{"id":2831,"date":"2025-04-16T09:01:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T13:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/?p=2831"},"modified":"2026-02-06T17:19:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T21:19:31","slug":"february-5-2026-annual-bishops-luncheon-with-the-most-reverend-edward-c-malesic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/?p=2831","title":{"rendered":"February 5, 2026 &#8211; Annual Bishop&#8217;s Luncheon with The Most Reverend Edward C. Malesic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The <strong>2026 Bishop\u2019s Luncheon<\/strong> will be on&nbsp;<strong>Thursday, February 5, 2026<\/strong>, at Windows on the River. We look forward to hearing from The Most Reverend Edward C. Malesic. As part of this event, the Heart of a Servant Award will also be presented. The <strong>2026 Heart of a Servant<\/strong> Awardee will be the <strong>Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dioceseofcleveland.org\/about\/our-bishops\/bishop-malesic\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2086\" src=\"http:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bishop-malesic-in-chiors-Centered-WP-Main-Column-V1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"386\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bishop-malesic-in-chiors-Centered-WP-Main-Column-V1.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bishop-malesic-in-chiors-Centered-WP-Main-Column-V1-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/bishop-malesic-in-chiors-Centered-WP-Main-Column-V1-624x371.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We are happy to announce that, due to the generosity of our sponsors, we will be able to keep our ticket price at $35.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/firstfridayclubcleveland.charityproud.org\/EventRegistration\/Index\/25362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get your tickets here!<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/firstfridayclubcleveland.charityproud.org\/EventRegistration\/Index\/25413\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Interested in sponsoring? Sponsorships will remain open for a limited time!<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Alternatively, download a pdf with the same information:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2026-bishop-sponsorship-opportunities.pdf\">2026 Bishop\u2019s Luncheon Sponsorship form (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/?page_id=2828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>click here to view press release announcing Bishop\u2019s luncheon<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0;float:left;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/?p=2831\" send=\"false\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 Bishop\u2019s Luncheon will be on&nbsp;Thursday, February 5, 2026, at Windows on the River. We look forward to hearing from The Most Reverend Edward C. Malesic. As part of this event, the Heart of a Servant Award will also be presented. The 2026 Heart of a Servant Awardee will be the Sisters of Charity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-past-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2831"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2912,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2831\/revisions\/2912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstfridayclubcleveland.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}