Saturday, October 19, 2024
Assumption, Reedtown Memorial
Thursday, October 17, 2024
St. Francis de Sales School, Toledo
I found this old postcard of St. Francis de Sales high school on Bancroft St. This was before the main chapel was built back in 2004. As for the date, it is somewhere between 1955 and 2003. Notice how the main entrance was on the 2nd floor. This was changed in the 2004 renovations along with the chapel. This other view is from the Accolade from 1969.
New Statues at St. Joseph
Sunday, October 13, 2024
St. Patrick Scaffolding Update
St. Joseph School Maumee
Friday, October 11, 2024
St. Joseph, Maumee Then vs. Now
Thursday, October 10, 2024
St. John the Evangelist, Delphos
Monday, October 7, 2024
Holy Rosary, East Toledo
Both the nun house and rectory are abandoned and closed.
The Story of St. Mary
The story of St. Mary in Toledo is an interesting one. The German parish at St. Francis de Sales was getting too large. So, in 1856, they built a new church and dedicated it to St. Mary. The church was located at the southern corner of what is now Cherry and Spielbusch, across from the Diocese headquarters. The church even had the largest room in Toledo being the sanctuary. That record would be one of many problems to occur. The church was so big, that maintenance and preservation were very difficult. In 1904, a new school was built on Page St. just south of the St. Vincent Mercy Hospital. This school had a chapel that would hold weekend Mass and lead more parishioners to go to the chapel for Mass instead of the Church. This all led to the Churches demolition in the early 1930s along with the school and chapel being closed later on.
90 years later, this leads to me trying to find the locations of these places.