Staff report
YOUNGSTOWN — Bishop David Bonnar of the Diocese of Youngstown will celebrate a memorial Mass and dedicate the Homeless Jesus sculpture in memory of the Rev. Nicholas Shori on April 20 on the fifth anniversary of Shori’s death.
Officials said upon his passing in 2016, Shori made a gift to the Diocese for the installation of the Homeless Jesus sculpture at the Diocesan Central Offices in downtown Youngstown.
Shori served as the longtime pastor of St. Paul the Apostle Parish in New Middletown and as the diocesan director of the Office of Evangelization, among many other positions and ministries throughout the Diocese of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley.