Catholic Architecture and History of Toledo, Ohio

William R. Dowling designed many buildings in the Toledo diocese, including Tiffin St. Mary church, Shelby Most Pure Heart of Mary church,...

Tile portrait of Saints Zelie and Louis Martin (parents of St. Therese of Lisieux), at Little Flower church in Toledo.

Mother Teresa will be declared a saint on September 4, 2016. The Diocese of Toledo will hold an event that day at Lourdes University, ...

Wonderful photos of Sorrowful Mother Shrine in Bellevue on their Facebook page -- check it out HERE .

For 100 years, families of Arabic heritage have gathered at Our Lady of Consolation shrine in Carey for the Feast of the Assumption.  In ...

The church is a Patrick Keely design.

A historical marker has been placed at Holy Angels church in Sandusky, telling the story of the oldest church structure in the Toledo Dioces...

Murals by German native Gerhard Lamers .

From Tiffin's 75th Anniversary Souvenir book, published in 1897:  "The business of this firm extends into every part of the Un...

Mercy is for saloon-keepers, gamblers and criminals too!   (Illustration from a 1895 anti-Catholic book published in Toledo.)

In 1914, the first bishop of Toledo, Bishop Joseph Schrembs, gave a series of four lectures to refute common criticisms of the Church.  Th...

A color postcard of the former St. Agnes church in Cleveland, which shared with Toledo's Rosary Cathedral the architectural designs o...

Before any Catholic churches were built in Sandusky, the Cassidy family opened their home for services.  Read the full story at the Sandusky...

A short documentary about the 1934 fire at Tiffin St. Joseph church and its rebuilding will premiere at the parish on Sunday, April 10 at ...

Mother Angelica of EWTN passed away on Easter Sunday; the Cleveland Plain Dealer has some interesting background HERE . Mother's roots...

  "The Second Dream of St. Joseph" by artist Daniel Mitsui .

Above is a photo of the interior of Most Blessed Sacrament in Toledo, when it was built in 1954.  It looks a bit stark in black and white,...

The Irish American Archives Society in Cleveland has produced an online publication, "Pioneer Irish Priests of the Early Cleveland Ca...