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. 

Marywood / Frank, Ohio 1942

Post card from 1942 shows current St. Gaspar del Bufalo church (then St. Michael) in Marywood, along with the former Precious Blood convent (now privately owned, but in disrepair.)

St. Boniface, New Riegel 1890

Schoolchildren pose for a picture in front of St. Boniface church in New Riegel, in 1890.  The pastor and sister are of the Precious Blood order.  The church is now part of All Saints parish.

Precious Blood Sisters, New Riegel

A photo of a Jubilee celebration at the Precious Blood convent in New Riegel. Sister Euphemia Gosche (in the center) was marking 50 years as a sister with other sisters, family and friends. Not sure of exact date, sometime in the late 1940s.

Precious Blood Convent, New Riegel, 1894

Workers building the Precious Blood convent in New Riegel, 1894. Photo from the display at New Riegel Cafe.

St. Gaspar del Bufalo

As he was founder of the Society of the Precious Blood (Sanguinists), St. Gaspar del Bufalo has influenced parishes throughout the diocese. A novena for his intercession takes place Oct. 13 - Oct. 21. You can read about it HERE.

Christmas on a Steamboat, 1843

After a long journey sailing from Europe, Precious Blood Fr. Francis Brunner and his party of 7 priests and 7 students arrived in New Orleans on Dec. 21, 1843. From New Orleans, the group traveled the Mississippi River by steamboat to Cincinnati, where they would receive their assignments in Northern Ohio from Bishop Purcell.

“Before midnight all arose, recited matins in common, and then celebrated the midnight Masses. Lauds in common followed. By this time they were able to celebrate the second Mass of Christmas, as the first rays of dawn reddened the sky. When these Masses were completed, the sun had risen and the third Masses of Christmas were offered. Thus, with the celebration of twenty-four Masses upon a steamboat moving up the Mississippi, the Society observed its first Christmas in America.”

From Paul Knapke’s History of the American Province of the Society of the Precious Blood, Vol. 1.