Our Lady of Consolation, Carey

The original Shrine church.

St. Francis, Tiffin

Immaculate Conception, Ottoville

Caritas in Veritate

HERE'S the text of the new encyclical.
FYI, I'll probably not be posting for a few days.

St. Mary Wakeman Addition Project

Today I passed St. Mary's in Wakeman. After seeing it I just had to come back later. So I did.

Remember my post awhile ago regarding their addition? It's a work in progress; and it's going very well.

I'll be sure to keep an eye on this

St. Alphonsus Parish Festival

It's that time of year again. St. Alphonsus in Peru will be holding their annual festival next weekend (July 12) basically all day long!

St. Ann, Fremont

St. Hyacinth

St. Jude
....and yes, that's a relic of St. Jude.

Corpus Christi University Parish

I seem to have forgotten to post any of my pictures from Corpus Christi, so I'll start by getting this one out of my system. They seem rather proud of it, though I've no idea why? It's meant to represent the soon-to-be Bl. John Henry, Cardinal Newman. Frankly, the artist might have done better by sticking to Alfred E. Newman. The pose looks like a Victorian spinster addressing a temperance rally, and every bit as lifeless.

Just because the medium is wood, doesn't mean the facial expression needs to be so...er, wooden.
This is, in my opinion, the worst statue in any Catholic church in Toledo, and yes, that includes the old "plaster saint" variety. They're, at least, honest.
BTW, if you're curious about my reaction to the church, I'll give you the short form and post more pictures some other time. The building's magnificent, the Sacrament Chapel is a gem, the artwork is a mixture of good, bad, and inappropriate, and the "worship space" is badly organized.

Sacred Heart, Fremont

St. Joseph, Fremont

St. Rose, Lima

St. Stephen, East Toledo

St. Michael, Gibsonburg

St. Michael, Gibsonburg

St. Joseph, Fremont

St. Stephen, East Toledo