Je me souviens

In the French language: (se) souvenir means to remember. Je me souviens is the motto of Quebec, it means "I remember". The english canadienes ask, often mockingly, "remember what?". The French is so simple, and so full. I (we) remember all that has passed, the glories, the hardships, the beauty, those who have gone before us, some that we knew. We have not forgotten, we cannot forget, we will not forget.

Marty Haugen (composer of much current liturgical music) wrote, We Remember. The last words of the refrain (we remember, we celebrate, we believe) are sung as a moving, musical phrase.

In the last five years church closings have hit northeast Ohio. Holy Ghost Byzantine was one, both Broadway and Brooklyn Methodist were others; but by far the most drastic hits were on the Roman-rite parishes. Now, often what people have left are: souvenirs and memories.

Parishes Closed
10 28 06 Assumption of Mary Grafton
11 12 06 St. Jude Warrensville Hts.
09 02 07 Holy Trinity Barberton
10 28 07 St. Wenceslas Maple Hts.
12 30 07 St. Henry
12 30 07 St. Catherine
05 27 08 St. Philip Neri
06 02 08 St. Andrew Svorad
10 25 08 St. George Clinton
04 26 09 Holy Cross Elyria

05 24 09 Epiphany
06 14 09 SS. Cyril & Methodius Barberton
06 21 09 Christ the King East Cleveland
06 28 09 Sacred Heart of Jesus Elyria
08 30 09 St. Procop
09 19 09 St. Hyacinth
09 26 09 St. Hedwig Akron
09 27 09 St. Stanislaus Lorain
09 27 09 St. Ladislaus Lorain
10 04 09 St. Francis

10 04 09 SS. Cyril & Methodius Lorain
10 18 09 St. George
10 31 09 St. John the Baptist Akron
11 01 09 St. Margaret of Hungary Orange
11 07 09 Community of Saint Malachi
11 08 09 St. Casimir
11 14 09 Holy Trinity Bedford Hts.
11 15 09 St. Mary Bedford
11 21 09 St. Paul Euclid
11 28 09 Christ the King Akron

12 13 09 Holy Trinity Lorain
12 20 09 St. Vitus Lorain
12 27 09 St. Robert Bellarmine Euclid
01 09 10 St. Louis Cleveland Heights
01 17 10 St. Hedwig Lakewood
01 24 10 Sacred Heart of Jesus Akron
02 13 10 St. Christine Euclid
03 07 10 St. Joseph Lorain
03 14 10 St. Rose of Lima
04 10 10 Blessed Sacrament

04 11 10 St. Peter
04 17 10 Corpus Christi
04 25 10 St. Cecilia
05 02 10 Sacred Heart of Jesus
05 03 10 SS. Philip & James
05 09 10 St. Barbara
05 09 10 Our Lady of Mercy
05 16 10 Assumption of Mary Brook Park
05 23 10 St. Wendelin
05 30 10 Annunciation

05 30 10 St. Patrick West Park
06 06 10 St. Adalbert-Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament
06 12 10 St. Margaret Mary South Euclid
06 20 10 St. Lawrence
06 20 10 Our Lady of Mount Carmel—East
06 26 10 St. James Lakewood
06 27 10 St. Mary Akron
06 30 10 St. Emeric
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11 01 09 Holy Ghost Byzantine
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12 26 10 Broadway Methodist