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.
Tag: From the Archives
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.
From the Archives: Operation Rice Bowl
March 1, 2024
Two local families contributed to Operation Rice Bowl in 1977.
From the Archives: 1965 Food Fair
February 1, 2024
The relationship between health and diet has long been recognized, so it is no surprise to find St. Joseph Riverside Hospital in Warren hosting a Food Fair in 1965. Seen here in a Catholic Exponent photo are (left to right) Ora Williams, dietitian at St. Joseph Hospital; Colleen Heberstroh, private consulting dietitian; and Holy Humility of Mary Sister Ann Joseph, director of dietetics at the hospital.
From the Archives: Christmas 1960
December 1, 2023
A 22-piece Nativity scene was brand new in December 1960, when two eighth- graders from St. Columba School visited the scene in downtown Youngstown.
