ST. AGATHA PARISH was established by Bishop EDWARD F. HOBAN in the GLENVILLE neighborhood of Cleveland in 1945. In anticipation of the post-WORLD WAR II migration to the suburbs, Bishop Hoban sought ...

St. Agatha is another of those seven women, virgin martyrs, named in the First Eucharistic Prayer (Roman Canon). Since they’re often mentioned at Mass, it’s worth knowing more about them.

Every Feb. 5, the Church remembers St. Agatha of Catania, a young woman who consecrated her virginity to God and died a martyr’s death during the persecution of the Roman Emperor Decius in the ...

The basic outlines of the story of St. Agatha are familiar, largely due to the fact that they are so gruesome one can hardly forget them. Agatha, a young virgin from Sicily, had pledged herself to ...