Northeast Ohio churches adapt with Lenten fish fries during pandemic
From canceling them altogether to going drive-thru only, parishes across the area are changing they way they fry fish. Author: Will Ujek Updated: 9:04 PM EST February 19, 2021
NORTHFIELD, Ohio It s the first Friday of Lent, meaning churches across the area would typically be packed with parishioners enjoying a fish fry.
However, this year many are forced to pivot their plans to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Fish fries in the parishes of the Diocese of Cleveland have been a Lenten tradition for many, many years, Jim Armstrong, a deacon with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, says. In our diocese, this is quite an occasion.
As Catholics in Columbus, Ohio celebrated a pro-life mass on the anniversary of the
Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision Friday, a small group of pro-abortion rights protesters stormed the ceremony.
St. Joseph Cathedral in Columbus, Ohio, the state s capital and largest city, celebrated a Respect Life mass on Friday, marking the 48th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
Video footage obtained by The Columbus Dispatch showed police and security officers working to remove a group of about eight protesters who disrupted the mass to demonstrate in support of abortion rights.
While worshipers gathered to commemorate the millions of unborn lives lost to abortion over the years, protesters marched around the sanctuary and chanted two, four, six, eight, this church teaches hate.”