Fish fry dinners, though mostly curbside or take-out, have returned for 2022. The fish fries are popular during the Lenten period, a religious observation period that commonly requires Christians to abstain from meat on Fridays. Lent began on Ash Wednesday, March 2, and lasts until Good Friday, April 15. Many
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111720.R BISHOP BONNAR 4.Youngstown.11-17-20.Bishop-elect David J. Bonnar celebrates communion during noon Mass at St. Columba Cathedral.by R. Michael Semple
YOUNGSTOWN The Mass of Ordination and Installation for the Rev. David J. Bonnar as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown will take place 2 p.m. today at St. Columba Cathedral.
On Nov. 17, Pope Francis appointed Bonnar of the Diocese of Pittsburgh as the sixth bishop of Youngstown. Bonnar is replacing Bishop George Murry, who died in June after battling leukemia.
Bonnar, 58, was born in Pittsburgh. and was ordained to the priesthood on July 23, 1988. He is presently pastor of St. Aidan Parish in Wexford, Pa.
Staff file photo / R. Michael Semple
Bishop-elect David J. Bonnar celebrates communion during noon Mass at St. Columba Cathedral on Nov. 17. Bonnarâs ordination starts at 2 p.m. today and will be livestreamed on the Diocese website as well as broadcast on local television stations.
YOUNGSTOWN The Mass of Ordination and Installation for the Rev. David J. Bonnar as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown will take place 2 p.m. today at St. Columba Cathedral.
On Nov. 17, Pope Francis appointed Bonnar of the Diocese of Pittsburgh as the sixth bishop of Youngstown. Bonnar is replacing Bishop George Murry, who died in June after battling leukemia.
YOUNGSTOWN In a year that brought many changes to the way people worshipped in local churches, the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown also was challenged by the death of Bishop George Murry on June 5.
Five months later and still in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic area Catholics celebrated as Pope Francis named David Bonnar as Murry’s successor on Nov. 17.
Murry died at 71 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York after battling acute leukemia for the past three years. He went into remission twice, but lost his battle on the third recurrence.
On May 26, the diocese announced Murry had submitted his resignation to Pope Francis. He died before the pope could approve his request.