On Sunday July 15, 2012 over 1,000 parishioners and supporters packed the church for the reopening Mass.
Father Eric Orzech, new pastor of St Casimir Church, welcomed the people home to the newly reopened Church to begin the reopening Mass.
Fr. Orzech said that many people had asked "Where's the Holy Water" as they entered the church. He replied that 'water evaporates after two and a half years!' He then blessed new water and added salt (in the Polish tradition) and then sprinkled the faithful with it.
Father Eric Orzech blessing the faithful with Holy Water
Filling the Holy Water containers with new blessed water
Below is the first sermon from Father Eric Orzech, new pastor of St Casimir Church in Cleveland, at the reopening Mass.
Fr. Orzech also spoke in Polish to the congregation.
Father Orzech concluded his remarks by speaking about the much beloved Rev. Msgr. Leo Telesz, Pastor Emeritus of the Church, who is now 96 years old.
Fr. Telesz was pastor for 37 years.
Hopefully future collections will be as generous
The Lord's Prayer - Our Father - was sung in Polish at the reopening Mass of St Casimir Church.
Flowers were placed in front of Pope John Paul II who visited the Church in 1969 as Cardinal Karol Wojtyla
Father Orzech introduced Father Jan Wahala who led the Church before it closed. Father Wahala spoke in Polish at the reopening Mass.
The Recessional procession after the first Mass at the newly reopened St Casimir Catholic Church.
