The Restoration Review

  Fr. Bede Kotlinski, OSB., Fr. Kevin Estabrook, Fr Doug Brown and Fr. Daniel Bowen, O de M will lead an Advent young adult retreat at Mary Queen of Peace, Saturday (12/3).  The retreat includes a Traditional Latin Mass, Adoration, Confession and talks as well as Breakfast and Lunch. The retreat is being sponsored by the Oliver Plunkett Social Club and includes a minimal $5 donation to help cover costs.  (See link to Facebook invite at the bottom).   In today’s noisy, chaotic world, many young adults find themselves consumed by worldly pursuits as they avoid the loving call of our Father.     Their lives are much like what Francis Thompson describes in his timeless “The  Hound of Heaven :”    “I fled Him, down the nights and down the days; I fled Him down the arches of the years; I fled Him down the labyrinthine ways of my own mind and in the mist of tears I hid from Him and under running laughter up vistaed hopes I sped; and shot, prec...

  Over 20,000 locations will be participating in Saturday's October 15 Rosary Rally.  Join us at Noon on Cleveland Public Square.  Please help Cleveland lead the way as one of the biggest participating locations.  Free Rosaries will be available.  Don't listen to us.  Listen to these guys:  1. “The Rosary is the ‘weapon’ for these times.” -Saint Padre Pio 2. “Give me an army saying the Rosary and I will conquer the world.” – Blessed Pope Pius IX 3. “The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.” – Saint Francis de Sales 4. “Some people are so foolish that they think they can go through life without the help of the Blessed Mother. Love the Madonna and pray the rosary, for her Rosary is the weapon against the evils of the world today. All graces given by God pass through the Blessed Mother.” -St. Padre Pio 5. “Go to the Madonna. Love her! Always say the Rosary. Say it well. Say it as often as you can! Be souls of prayer. Never tire of praying, it...

Back in January, on a snowy Friday afternoon, we were praying on Shaker Blvd when a tall, young 30ish looking guy hopped out of his car and gave us two brand new winter coats to give away as part of the Solanus Casey Project. At the time, we barely knew him.  His name was Luis. His generosity brought to mind a St Francis quote:  “Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received--only what you have given away.” We got to know Luis a bit more in the coming months and soon began to see him everywhere.  Whenever we would go to the Monday evening Traditional Latin Mass at St Ignatius of Antioch, there would be Luis.  We would sporadically go to Eucharistic Adoration at St Rocco on Tuesdays, but when we did, there would be Luis.  When we mentioned to someone that we saw Luis serving a weekday morning Latin Mass at Immaculate Conception, we learned that he would ride his bike from Ohio City to E40 & Superior to serve....

“...for from the greatness and beauty of created things comes a corresponding perception of their Creator.” In a time of rampant chaos and nihilism, a growing group of young adults are rediscovering the timeless beauty, sacred truths and abundant goodness of the Catholic Faith.  And then, over a juicy burger or perhaps a homemade brownie, they are getting together for some casual conversation and a few laughs….in urban Cleveland, at some of our city’s oldest and most historic churches. True beauty is objective, transcendent and points toward God.  The whole world was thus aghast when the Notre Dame Cathedral caught flames.   Locally, when Rome overturned the decision to close St. Ignatius of Antioch Church thirteen years ago, the entire town cheered. No one doubted the importance of this historic church.  Thousands of local Catholics and even non-Catholics had rallied together to help save the majestic, sacred beauty. St Ignatius of Antioch was the exact type ...

The Latin Mass Community in Cleveland has strongly embraced Bishop Edward Malesic’s recent call to share the truth about the Real Presence in the Eucharist.  Indeed,  Latin Mass devotees appear to be some of the bishop’s chief Marines in this heroic effort to restore the Faith.   In mid-February, the diocesan website reported : …Regarding the focus on the Eucharist, the bishop said a 2019 Pew Research Study revealed that less than one-third of self-identified Catholics expressed a belief in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist…   Since the beginning of our faith, Bishop Malesic said the Church taught that at the Last Supper, “when Jesus said to his apostles, ‘This is my body’ and ‘This is my blood,’ he meant it.” Unfortunately, a majority of Catholics does not believe what the Catechism of the Catholic Church says: “the body and blood together with the soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, and therefore, the whole of Christ, is truly, really and sub...

Catholic Tradition is more than Latin, incense and bells; it is feeding a neighbor, clothing a stranger, and rescuing the unborn.  And so, when more and more young adults started returning to the beautiful, historic Catholic churches in urban Cleveland and attending the timeless Traditional Latin Mass, these same young adults found neighborhoods in need of their love, kindness and Christian Charity.        Thanks to these young Catholic traditionalists, last month we were able to witness Cleveland charity at its best.  And when the Cleveland Latin Mass community, the pro-life community, the Benedictines and people with good hearts all work together amazing things can happen.  In mid-March, on the eve of the Feast of St Joseph, friends of Father Bede OSB joined together to supply residents in the Buckeye/Shaker Blvd neighborhood with 100 free fish dinners from the Benedictine HS fish fry.  The idea started with the Oliver Plunkett Young Adult ...

Fr Doug Brown, Fr Kevin Estabrook, Fr Michael Petkosek and Fr Matt Pfeiffer will lead a free Lenten retreat at Mary Queen of Peace this Saturday (3/26) for young adults.   The event includes a Traditional Latin Mass, Adoration, Confession and talks as well as complimentary Breakfast and Lunch. The retreat is being sponsored by the Oliver Plunkett Social Club. In only its first year, this innovative group has raised funds for an inner-city parish, distributed free Chicken Paprikash dinners in the Buckeye neighborhood, prayed at PreTerm, and hosted several relaxed, fun and informal gatherings for young Catholic adults. On a monthly basis the group helps distribute meals at St Ignatius Antioch. Just last week members of the club helped raise over $1,600 to purchase fish dinners at the Benedictine Fish Fry and distribute the meals to neighbors near PreTerm stating: "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. " See here: https://givesendgo.com/cbhs This bold an...