Bonnar to celebrate first Midnight Mass as bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown

Catholic Diocese of Youngstown parishes will celebrate Christmas Masses on Friday and Saturday, and the Most Rev. David J. Bonnar will celebrate his first Midnight Mass as the bishop of the diocese on Christmas Eve at Saint Columba Cathedral.

Bonnar will also celebrate a Christmas Mass with parishioners of St. Patrick Parish in Hubbard as the parish continues to recover from a fire in January. During the recovery, the community will continue to celebrate Mass at the parish’s Parish Center, with one Christmas Mass celebrated in the Hubbard High School auditorium.

Blessed Sacrament Parish in Warren, whose parishioners are attending neighboring churches after a small fire at the church earlier this month, will celebrate some Christmas Masses in the church’s gymnasium.

“As I celebrate my first Christmas with you as bishop of Youngstown, please know how grateful I am for the light and gift that you all are to this local church and to me,” Bonnar wrote in his Christmas message to parishioners. “I wish you many blessings and lots of light. Together as we continue our journey let us resolve to testify to the light and never stop praying: That All May Be One. Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!”

Midnight Mass from St. Columba Cathedral, along with Bonnar’s full Christmas message and additional diocesan Christmas programming produced by the Catholic Television Network of Youngstown and the diocese’s Social Media Office, can be accessed here.