St. Bernard Parish

The Church is not just a building and is not just its leaders; it is a community of faith and a People of God. It is the Body of Christ.

We recently received a letter on the updating of the database of credible abuse accusations and the response to each from the Bishop of Cleveland, Bishop Nelson J. Perez, which you can read here: https://www.dioceseofcleveland.org/healing.

Also, we await the publication of a letter on this topic by Bishop Robert Barron, who often publishes relevant, helpful material through www.wordonfire.org. As we prepare for reading his letter that will be available in the church, here are his "primer videos" to get us focused on replying to scandal and evil within the Church in the correct way: https://order.sufferingchurchbook.com/order

In the words of Bishop Perez, "Let us continue to hope in the Lord who can heal us from the effects of even the greatest wounds and who, through his own Passion and death, joins us in our pain and makes all things new."