St. Joseph Monroeville

St. Hedwig

Photos by Shari Stowell

FYI

I'm finally reaching the end of my dependence on this blasted 24 Kbps dial up. Should be able to do the job right again in a couple days.

Rosary Cathedral

St. Michael, Gibsonburg

Photo from "Twentieth Century History of Sandusky County Ohio and its Representative Citizens" by Basil Meek, 1909.

Rev. John B. Wendling, pastor of Gibsonburg (and missions in Woodville and Elmore), 1901 - 1913.

St. Mary, Clyde

Photo taken before 1909.

A New Look ...

Just noticed the updates to the website of the Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation. Many new features to check out, including a Photo Gallery (under the "About" link) and a blog from Fr. J.R.

http://www.olcshrine.com/

St. Hedwig

Photos by Shari Stowell. More tomorrow.

Rosary Cathedral

Ursuline Academy, Tiffin

From an article in "Catholic World," 1897:

Holy Angels, Sandusky

Rosary Cathedral

Congratulations

To the new permanent deacons, Phillip Avina of St. Aloysius, Bowling Green; Michael Eier, of St. Michael, Findlay; Joseph Malenfant, of St. Joseph, Maumee; and especially Trevor Fernandes pf St. Joseph, Toledo, who were ordained at the cathedral on Saturday.

St. Hedwig

Early years of St. Joseph, Monroeville

The First church. It was originally the Methodist church. It was then bought in 1863.

Below is the original plan for the new St. Joseph's. They ran out of money before the got to the tower and most of the finer details. Rev. J.M. Peutz (who started the building) decided that it was too much a strain on himself and the parish to continue. He felt it was good enough to worship in.

Not sure when the picture below was taken, but probably before 1900. Hopefully i can get more details on that later and then make a re-post. It appears to be one of the founding pastor's funeral, but i'm not sure.

FYI

Yes, I know I made it too small. Too tired to care. We'll deal with it tomorrow.
I'm worn out, smug, and insanely happy. So, sue me.
Tomorrow I'll post some pictures of the Cathedral and from today's concert at St. Hedwig's.

Back online!

St. Anthony's in Milan Ohio's website is now back up and running! www.milanstanthony.org

John Verment, Architect

Must give credit where credit's due . . . a 1898 article about the dedication of Marion St. Mary's Church says that the architect of the church was John B. Verment of Massillon.

Verment apparently carved a tombstone at St. Joseph in Tiffin shown in an earlier post (third picture):

http://catholictoledo.blogspot.com/2007/10/all-souls-day-approaches.html

According to "Artists in Ohio, 1787-1900," Verment worked as a carver of stone and marble in the Massillon area in the mid-1880s; by 1889 he is listed as an architect.

The article also had some illustrations of the stained glass windows. Above is an illustration on the left, and on the right is how the window looks today.

Bells and Spire

St. Alphonsus originally had three bells. They were cast at the Meneely Bell Foundry in 1873. The total cost for all three bells was $1,737. The bells weighed 1,763, 928, 558 pounds respectively. The largest note (is presumed) to be an F, the middle a Bb, and the smallest a D. In 1952, the largest bell cracked and was removed. (i presume the largest to be an F because that would create a Bb major chord (or triad))

The middle (Bb) bell. A victim of grafitti. It bears the inscription "Honorem Dei Sub Titulo Santi Maria Virginis"

The smallest, (D) Bears the words "Honorem Dei Sub Titulo Santi Alphonsi"

Above is the view looking up into the spire. It goes about halfway up where there is a level with a floor. Vents and a door used to be up there for access to the upper part of the steeple.


Coming soon...The early years of St. Joseph's in Monroeville!

Shrine Park, Carey

Just South of the Diocese ...

St. Mary's Parish in Marion, Ohio.




Definitely worth a visit if you are nearby. Website: http://www.marionstmary.org/