Welcome to Regina Coeli Parish

Welcoming Roman Catholic community in Alliance, Ohio, dedicated to faith, fellowship, and service.

Mass and Prayer Service Times

Weekend Masses

Saturday

8:00AM – St. Joseph, Alliance (first Saturday of each month)

4:00 PM – St. Joseph, Alliance

5:00 PM – Regina Coeli

Sunday

8:00AM – St. Joseph, Maximo

9:00AM – St. Ann, Sebring

10:00AM – Regina Coeli

11:00AM – St. Joseph, Alliance

Weekday Mass and Communion Services

Monday

8:00 AM – St. Joseph, Alliance

7:00 PM – St. Joseph, Maximo (first Monday of each month)

Tuesday

8:00 AM – St. Joseph, Alliance

8:30 AM – Regina Coeli

Wednesday

8:00 AM – St. Joseph, Alliance

Thursday

8:00 AM – St. Joseph, Alliance

Friday

12PM – St. Joseph, Alliance

Ministries

Parish Council

The Parish Council is a consultative body that advises the pastor concerning the pastoral life and ministry of the parish. It is to serve the parish community by prayerfully discerning goals and priorities for the pastoral life of the parish and responding to the needs of its parishioners. It assists the pastor by:

  • Becoming/being aware of the composition and personality of the parish community and serving as a body that is representative of the identity
  • Prayerfully discerning parish needs and possible responses to those needs
  • Setting forth goals and objectives of the parish for long-term planning
  • Identifying and calling forth of members of the parish community with the gifts and talents to respond to parish needs
  • Prayerfully discerning an overall parish response to needs from outside the parish community, e.g., needs of the Universal and Local Church and the local community, ecumenical concerns, social justice needs, etc.

Liturgy Committee

The Liturgy Committee’s responsibilities are:

  • To discern the parish’s worship/liturgical/prayer needs
  • To coordinate the planning and scheduling of the liturgical celebrations for the seasonal and special celebrations.
  • To coordinate, support, and evaluate all liturgical ministries in the parish, i.e. readers, extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist, altar servers, lectors, cantors, musicians, etc.

Parish Finance Committee

The Parish Finance Council is a consultative body that advises the pastor concerning the stewardship of parish fiscal resources. It assists the pastor by:

  • Conducting long-range financial planning with regard to funding operational and capital needs in the parish
  • Developing and overseeing a parish budget process that results in an annual parish budget
  • Providing financial analysis of current fiscal status reports
  • Providing for proper financial control procedures
  • Providing the parish with periodic reports on the financial position of the parish

Other Parish Ministries

There are many opportunities for ministry at Regina Coeli Church. Please contact the church office (330-821-5880) for more information on any of the following:

  • Altar Servers
  • Catholic Woman’s Club
  • Children’s Liturgy of the Word
  • Collection Counters
  • Environment Committee
  • Eucharistic Ministers
  • Funeral Luncheon Committee
  • HOPE Ministers
  • Infant of Prague Guild
  • Lay Leaders of Prayer
  • Lectors
  • Ministers to Homebound or Nursing Homes
  • Ministry of Praise
  • Music Ministers
  • Parish School of Religion Catechists
  • Prayer Chain
  • RCIA Team
  • Right to Life
  • Sacristans
  • Ushers
  • Youth Ministry Leaders

Religious Education

Regina Coeli Offers These Religious Education Programs

Parish School of Religion (PSR)

The Parish School of Religion(PSR) for children in grades Kindergarten through 8th grade takes place on Sunday mornings from 9:00am-10:00am. The program is designed for formation in the Catholic faith for our parish children who do not attend Regina Coeli School, but all of our parish children are welcome to attend. Classes begin in September and finish in May. New families are welcome to register their children at any time throughout the year.

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS)

CGS is a Montessori-based Catholic faith formation program where children can grow in their relationship with God through a deep engagement in Scriptures and liturgy. CGS meetings are held on Monday evenings. For more information, click here.

Right of Christian Initiation for Adults

RCIA is the process through which those seeking to join the Catholic Church are prepared for the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist. This process traditionally begins in September and continues for a few weeks after Easter. All parishioners are invited to attend the RCIA sessions and enrich their faith.

Regina Coeli School

Our Catholic grade school enrolls students in preschool through grade 5. Many scholarships and financial aid opportunities are available. Please contact the school office (330-823-9239) for more information.

Parish History

Regina Coeli Parish was established in 1958 , to serve the needs of the growing Catholic population in Alliance. By the early 1950’s, it was apparent that Saint Joseph’s Parish, the mother church of Alliance, could no longer minister adequately to the post-war increase of families in the city. Father later monsignor, John W. Cunningham, pastor of Saint Joseph, was charged with establishing the new parish.

On July 11, 1952, the Coadjutor Bishop of Youngstown, Emmet M. Walsh agreed to the purchase of a 51.92 acre tract of land from Charlotte Galano Properties. The tract was named Marine Park Allotment, with 35.18 acres being reserved for church and school purposes, and the balance of 16.74 acres being divided into 46 residential lots.

The new parish was dedicated to the blessed Virgin and given the name Regina Coeli, meaning Queen of Heaven. As a first priority and in order to relieve the crowding at Saint Joseph’s, Monsignor Cunningham began construction of the school in 1956.

The new parish was dedicated and blessed by Bishop Emmet M. Walsh in 1958, and it numbered about 500 families. The boundaries divided the city of Alliance at Union Avenue, with Regina Coeli serving the West side; and Saint Joseph, the East. The Northern boundary was the Portage-Stark County line; and the Southern, Carrol-Stark County line.

The Altar-Rosary Society, Infant of Prague Guild, Saint Ann Study Club and the Astro Booster Club were among the earliest parish organizations. One of the first parish councils in the Diocese was organized here in 1969 by Father John Turk. Between 1956 and 1965, the present church hall was completed, along with two school additions, one in 1930 and the other in 1965. The rectory was a part of the original parish plan located on the East side of Fernwood Boulevard. The present church was remodeled, and dedicated by Bishop James W. Malone on April 13, 1975. A committee of parishioners, spearheaded by Father Robert Sabatino, launched a drive to eliminate parish debt and establish a permanent church of gothic design, originally proposed by Monsignor Cunningham in 1958. Church members at two public meetings and at a vote taken at two weekend mas, ses, decided to remodel the preexisting structure. Once completed, a wing of the school was converted to serve as the parish hall.

The shrine to honor the Blessed Virgin was constructed in 1980-1981. At the time, the black steel tower that had originally adorned the top of the church was placed next to the brick edifice surrounding the statue of the Madonna. A multi-colored stained glass window illuminated after dark, forms the background for the shrine.

The parish school began with only five grades in the fall of 1957, almost a year before a Mass was celebrated at the new church. The Sisters of Saint Dominic of Akron, already staffing saint Joseph’s, agreed to serve at Alliance’s second parochial school. Sister Dennis (Mary Fath) was the first principal, and the original faculty consisted of five sisters and Mrs. Yvonne Welch. In 1972 Regina Coeli School and saint Joseph School merged.

Today, Regina Coeli Parish provides a comprehensive religious education program. There are weekly classes for children attending public school, an active youth ministry program, as well as many adult education programs.