St. Adalbert's Bells

One of the parishioners at St. Adalbert & Hedwig sent me various images of their bells. 

Both bells were casted by the E.W. Vanduzen Co. in Cincinnati. The high bell ring an A tone and the bourdon bell rings an F# tone. 

These 2 images are of the high bell. The motor seems to be new, but the frame, wheel and chain are all rusted. Both of the bell's frames are mounted to a wooden frame you can see in the 1st picture. 

These next 2 images are of the bourdon bell. Just like the other bell, this one has a rusty chain, wheel and frame, however this bell has a noticeable tilt to it. According to the parishioner, they are still working on tolling the bell. There is a hammer to toll the bell, but its not in operation right now. 

There are no stairs leading to the bells. It's just one long ladder. 

Another view of the ladder. 

Ss. Peter & Paul, South Toledo, 1917

Some photos from a 1917 "Souvenir of the Consecration and Golden Jubilee of Ss. Peter & Paul Church" program and booklet.  Currently home to mostly Hispanic parishioners, the parish began in 1866 as the second German congregation in Toledo (St. Mary's being the first).  The current church was consecrated in 1917.

  Interior of the church on the day of the Golden Jubilee.

 

See the list below for names of the parish "pioneers."

 

 The program has many more photos of priests, sisters, choirs, etc.

Ss. Peter & Paul, Toledo

Mural of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the side of Ss. Peter & Paul school building in south Toledo, visible from I-75.  Photo source HERE.

Dedication of Rosary Cathedral, 1940

Cover of the program from the dedication of Rosary Cathedral in October 1940.

Photo of the apse from the program. 

A black and white image of Felix Leiftuchter's mural of the Coronation of Mary.

Mural of Mary's Assumption, below the Rose window.

St. Mary, Toledo

Above is a photo of the first St. Mary's church in Toledo, located on Cherry Street.  The church was initially dedicated in 1857, and served as the main parish for German Catholics in the city.  Jesuit priests were asked to administer the parish in 1869, eventually resulting in the establishment of St. John's College.  In 1876, Cherry Street was lowered, and the church's foundation had to be rebuilt.  A new St. Mary's church was built on Page St. in 1904; the old church was in use until 1932, and finally razed in 1934. 

An interesting note:  BGSU's Center for Archival Collections has a set of scrapbooks from the parish's Loyola Club, which had a special outreach to men of the parish serving in World War I.  Click HERE for more details.

Toledo Churches, 1919

Above is a list of Catholic churches in Toledo from the 1919 Dreher's Street and House Number Guide. I had not heard of Our Lady of the Rosary, 129 Paine Ave., on the East Side.

You can look at the full directory online, click HERE.

Concerts at Rosary Cathedral

The schedule of 2011-2012 concerts at Rosary Cathedral is available HERE.

It Pays to Advertise

Noticed this Downtown, yesterday. St. Joseph's, in the Vistula Historic District, now offers the Tridentine Latin Mass every Sunday at 10:30.
Some people might turn a bit prissy at the thought of using a billboard, but I think it's a good move. Outreach is important and, like it or not, if a parish wants to grow it's going to have to start paying attention to marketing techniques.