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ST. PEREGRINE'S CHAPEL
Westlake (Cleveland), OH

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  Chapel & rectory exterior   Chapel interior  
 
CHAPEL HISTORY
 

Like most metropolises in the United States, Cleveland’s population is quite a mixture of ethnic Catholics, primarily from Western and Eastern Europe. Due to the modernist changes made after Vatican II, a handful of faithful from the Cleveland area sought to remain faithful to traditional Roman Rite.

For years this remnant in Cleveland celebrated Mass in a rented public school building with the help of many local and regional traditional priests.

In 1982, a former Protestant church at W. 48th Street and Franklin Avenue in Cleveland was rented for the celebration of the Mass. With the guidance of several traditional priests, Fr. Roger Sullivan founded St. Peregrine Chapel. After seeking the counsel of Archbishop Lefebvre, Fr. Sullivan left the relative comfort of the Camden diocese in New Jersey to become the pastor of the fledgling parish in Cleveland.

In August 1983, the church on W. 48th Street was sold without warning, and so the parish had 30 days to find a new home. Fr. Sullivan was able to locate a former Protestant church and rectory in Westlake (a suburb west of Cleveland), which remains the chapel building to this day.

On October 24, 1991, Fr. Roger Sullivan passed away, and fulfilling his wishes, the parishioners requested that the priests of the SSPX take over the chapel.

Over the past decade, attendance at St. Peregrine’s has grown to the point that 2 Sunday Masses are required to accommodate the faithful, though even this arrangement is not sufficient to meet the growing numbers, which presently averages nearly 200 persons.


IN THE REGINA COELI REPORT
 
  • JUNE 2002
    [pdf @ 784 kb; construction of academy; cover]
  • JULY 2002
    [pdf @ 1598 kb; construction continued; pg. 12]
  • FEBRUARY 2004
    [pdf @ 780 kb; Oktoberfest and academy state commendation, pg. 5]

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS
 
  • Legion of Mary
  • Eucharistic Crusade
 
 

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