The first family – a mother, father and three young children – arrived in Cleveland Sunday, welcomed by St. Joseph’s Parish in Strongsville, said Heath Rosenberger, the director of migration & refugee services for Catholic Charities - Diocese of Cleveland.
is the 23rd largest in the country, home to more than 613,000 Catholic Northeast Ohios in Cuyahoga, Summit, Lorain, Lake, Geauga, Medina, Wayne and Ashland counties.
Parishes are connecting with potential sponsee families through their own grassroots networks – or through“At first, we expected a lot of single mothers with children from the Eastern end of the country where the front lines were to be applying since many of the men were staying behind to fight.
“We have a number of Ukrainian speakers on staff, and contractors, to assist with language barriers for those who don’t speak English, but a good majority of those who are applying have some grasp of the English language,” he said.
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