St. Joseph Parish in Maximo, celebrating its 175th anniversary this year, can trace its origins back to a group of French immigrants who settled the area as early as 1833
Hundreds attended the ceremony on September 15.
Ashtabula’s St. John School of today is the culmination of a long tradition of Catholic education in the Ashtabula Harbor, beginning as far back as the mid-1800s.
This 1960 Catholic Exponent shows Father Frances Snock, assistant pastor at Saint Matthias in Youngstown, viewing the display put together by ninth graders at the parish junior high school.
In honor of the Jubilee of Hope, the Diocese of Youngstown is re-issuing “The March of the Eucharist” as the August issue of The Catholic Echo Magazine.
A historical overview of the Diocese of Youngstown, published in the 1951 “March of the Eucharist” book, plus additional information from diocesan archivist Joan Lawson.
The original 1951 March of the Eucharist book was written by the Diocese of Youngstown’s first bishop, James McFadden, to mark the 1950 jubilee year. The book tells the histories of each of the parishes that existed in the diocese at that time, featuring beautiful illustrations of the church buildings, ornate scroll work and a gilded, leather-bound cover.
Bishop-elect John Keener will be the fifth Northeastern-Ohio native to be made a bishop. But who were the others? As you peruse this timeline of Bishops, you’ll no doubt find some familiar names, including one who was eventually elevated to a Cardinal—Cardinal Aloysius Mooney.
Bishop Bonnar discussed plans for a state-of-the-art, temperature-controlled facility for storing diocesan archival records and documents. The building will also allow for an archives center with exhibit space and public programing space.
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.
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Located in Northeast Ohio, the Diocese of Youngstown includes six counties; Ashtabula, Columbiana, Mahoning, Portage, Stark and Trumbull.
