Archival Photo: Spaghetti Dinner in 1969
April 1, 2025
This trio of cooks prepare for a St. John the Baptist Altar Society spaghetti dinner in 1969, to be served in the parish auditorium.
Author: Joan Lawson
Easter at McFarland Manor
March 1, 2025
Eighth-graders in the CCD program at St. Nicholas School in Struthers visited residents of McFarland Manor Retirement House, in preparation for Easter 1989.
Wellness on Wheels
February 1, 2025
In this issue’s “From the Archives,” “Pedal Pushing Pupils” from Saints Cyril and Methodius School in Youngstown took a two-hour break from school to get on their bikes and explore Mill Creek Park in 1971.
Catholic Schools Week 1990
December 2, 2024
Cheerleaders at St. Patrick School in Kent show their S-P-I-R-I-T at an all-school pep rally marking Catholic Schools Week in January 1990.
Stuffing the Turkey
November 1, 2024
At Thanksgiving time in 1972, teachers Donna Williams and Darlene Reed at St. Joseph School in Canton gave practical turkey stuffing tips to their first-grade students.
Living their baptismal call
October 2, 2024
These cheerful-looking women of the former St. Stanislaus Parish in Youngstown regularly gathered garments in the 1940s to repair and ship to the people of Poland who were suffering the debilitating effects of World War II.
From the Archives: For the Sick
June 1, 2024
In March of 1955, Bishop Emmet Michael Walsh blessed a newly constructed four-story, $1,135,146 addition to St. Joseph Hospital on Tod Avenue in Warren.
From the Archives: First Communion, 1925
May 1, 2024
Both the number and the age of the children in this photograph represent what would have been recent developments in the 1920s—huge population growth and the reception of First Communion around the age of seven.
From the Archives: Flower Power
April 1, 2024
In April of 1968, the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) hosted a convention open to all high school students of the diocese, at the Pick-Ohio Hotel, a downtown Youngstown landmark.
