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.

 

Catholic Reading Circles, 1903 - 1904

A movement of Catholic reading circles and summer schools grew in the late 1800s and early 1900s, similar to the Chautauqua movement. The Champlain Educator / Mosher's Magazine served as a national publication, and groups in Findlay and Sandusky were listed in its directory:

 

You can read more about the history of the national Catholic Summer School HERE.

St. Michael, Findlay

Transfiguration window above one of the entrance doors.

St. Michael, Findlay

At St. Michael's in Findlay (the new church on Bright Road), there is a beautiful series of stained glass windows of saints. It's easy to miss them, as they are in hallways and rooms to the right and left of the sanctuary. Well worth a look.

St. Peregrine, patron of cancer victims.

There are two windows of St. Michael the Archangel.

St. Hilary

St. Rose of Lima

St. John Vianney

St. Maria Goretti

St. Damien De Veuster (then Blessed).

St. Maximilian Kolbe

St. Elizabeth Seton, the first American saint.

St. Mary Magdalene

St. Catherine of Siena

St. Michael, Findlay - Downtown

A shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe located outside the rear of the church.

St. Michael, Findlay

St. Michael, Findlay

St. Michael, Findlay

St. Michael's Cemetery, Findlay

St. Michael, Findlay

St. Michael. Findlay