Last chances to see Toledo Sacred Heart's Christmas window

 
Sacred Heart Catholic Church’s last mass will be Saturday, January 6th, 2024, at 4 p.m. Until then, the usual Sunday mass time is 10:30 a.m. The church is located at 509 Oswald St. in east Toledo.  

Good Shepherd, Built to Last

Cleveland Quarries, in existence since 1868, provided the "Berea Sandstone" used in construction of East Toledo's Good Shepherd church.  The sandstone is quarried in the Amherst and Birmingham areas near Lorain.  An interesting list of landmarks constructed from this stone can be found HERE. 

The Organ in Church Design

In the 1957 book "The Organ in Church Design" by Joseph Blanton, there are photos of two churches in the Diocese of Toledo. Above is the organ at Sacred Heart church in East Toledo (Renisch organ from 1912).

Above is a Holtcamp organ at St. Mary's in Millersville.

Good Shepherd, Toledo

A view from 1910. Some recent views HERE.

Good Shepherd, Toledo

Photo from a Cleveland diocesan history book, about 1900.

Good Shepherd, East Toledo

St. Stephen School, East Toledo

Good Shepherd, East Toledo

St. Stephen

St. Thomas Aquinas, East Toledo

St. Stephen, East Toledo

St. Stephen, East Toledo

St. Thomas Aquinas School, East Toledo

St. Stephen, East Toledo

Many more on the way.

Sacred Heart, East Toledo

Sacred Heart, East Toledo

More tomorrow.