Sacred Relics in Temperance, Michigan

St. Anthony's parish in Temperance, Michigan (just north of Toledo), will be hosting an Exposition of Sacred Relics on Wed., May 22, 2013 at 7 pm.  This is a traveling presentation conducted by the Companions of the Cross.  Click HERE for more information.

Our Lady of the Angels Convent, Marywood

Above is a post card showing the chapel at Our Lady of the Angels convent, formerly located in Marywood beside the current St. Gaspar del Bufalo church.  Precious Blood sisters lived in the convent, located near Sorrowful Mother Shrine.  The building is still standing, but is privately owned.  Photo is from 1950. 

Findlay St. Michael School, 1927

A photo of students from St. Michael School in Findlay, from the 1927 parish yearbook.  Unfortunately, there is no list of names in the book.

 

Photo of the church from the same book, looking much as it does today.

 

St. Peter, Mansfield

An illustration of St. Peter's in Mansfield, showing both the older and current churches when they were still side by side.

Historic Church Tours in the Region

FYI, Prayer Pilgrimages of Michigan has a schedule of bus tours of historic Catholic Churches in Kentucky, Detroit, Quebec, Wisconsin / Minnesota, and a few in the Toledo area.  Check the schedule HERE.

Pascha

Best wishes to Orthodox Christians celebrating the Resurrection of our Lord this weekend.  Click HERE to see previous posts about area Orthodox churches.

Also -- see the results of 6 years of painting at St. Stephen Serbian Orthodox Church near Buffalo:  click HERE.

The Places Catholics Call Home

Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington DC and author Mike Aquilina have just released a new book, "The Church: Unlocking the Secrets of the Places Catholics Call Home."  See trailer above.