Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!

First Communion - 1 May 2010

150th Anniversary Celebration: February's International Pot Luck

Ye Olde Yuletide Dinner & Concert

Thursday, December 10, 2009
6:00 p.m. Reynolds Hall--St. Mary's (Dinner Tickets sold out!)
Concert 7:30 St. Mary's Church - Tickets $7.50
Features the Ashland University Chamber Singers under the direction of Dr. Ron Blackley
This concert is performed in period costumes!
Carillon is being played live while guests move from Reynolds Hall to the church.
All seating is reserved and tickets are still available at the door.

St. Mary Mother of the Redeemer Church - 38 W. League Street, Norwalk Ohio.

Dinner Theatre 2009

Photos from this year's dinner theatre production "The Saga of the Prospector's Daughter or She Was Only A Miner's Minor" are available on our Photobucket.
Enjoy!

Here's how it works!

So the blogs haven't been updated in a very long time. I have handed the website over to a group of parishioners and they are now in charge of updating it. This is one of the areas that will be updated frequently. Any question? Feel free to e-mail me!

First Communion

First Communion

First Communion will be this Saturday (tomorrow) at St. Mary's. It starts at 11:00 am

Confirmation

Talent Show

The talent show went very well! If you would like video of the show, please e-mail me (afries52@neo.rr.com) with your interests. I can give you it in VHS or DVD format.

Youth Group Yard cleanup day

We were able to clean three parishioner's yards and our church grounds.

Choir Concert

Some Photos from last weekend's "All You Works of God" Choir program.

Free Concert

"All You Works of God"

On Sunday, April 6th at 3:00 pm the program "ALL YOU WORKS OF GOD" will be presented here at St. Mary's Church. Inspirational songs and stories will be presented by members of St. Mary Parish. The St. Mary Bell Choir will also be featured. This free program will be followed by refreshments and fellowship. All are Welcome

Talent Show Registration

Registration forms for the Talent Show are now available. Please GO HERE to get them.

Happy Easter

Reverse Raffle

Here are some pictures from the Reverse Raffle this past Saturday.

Sister Agnes was presented with a few items we found in the Century House...to be specific, her old bedroom.

A Monroeville Eagle's Shirt?!

This one i think you can judge for yourself.

Finally, a piece of the carpet and a square of the wall were given to her. We cut them out of the room before the house was torn down.
Proof

Parish Mission Video

After setback after setback....i should have the videos from the Parish Mission Available by the end of this week. If you would like the high-quality tapes, or a VHS, contact me and i'll give you more info on that.

Sister Mary Agnes

Sister Agnes was in the paper today if you didn't notice...

Demolition Pictures

I have Demolition pictures available on the website now. Centuryhouse.stmarynorwalk.org

Century House Auction

At St. Mary's, we are going to be tearing down the former convent (called "The Century House"). We have already had our auction for our parishioners, now we are opening it to the public. This Saturday (the 19th), there will be a public auction from 9am to 12pm. The auction is for anything and everything in the Century House that anyone wants. From floorboards to doorknobs to trim. Whatever is in there is up for grabs. It will be set up like a silent auction. Folks interested in old architecture or that collect/salvage things from old houses may especially want to attend this auction.
For more information, please refer TO THIS PAGE (http://www.stmarynorwalk.org/centuryhouse/chouse.htm) on our website.

The address is 38 W. League Street, Norwalk Ohio.

If you have any questions, you may e-mail me (the webmaster (afries52@neo.rr.com) or call the Rectory @ 419-668-2005

A little History...

The Century House was built in 1907 for $15,000. The house is made of brick and limestone and has approximately 2200 square feet on two floors. The house was used as the pastor's residence until 1964 when the present rectory was built. The building was then renovated in 1965 and used for a convent in the fall of 1965. A hot water baseboard heating system was installed in 1974. The building served as a convent until 1989 when the sisters moved in with the St. Paul sisters. The building was then used for meetings and was also used as a dressing area for brides before weddings. It was at this time renamed the "Century House". It was again renovated for use as a preschool in the year 1992. It has been used as a preschool for 14 years. It is now used for storage.

Please Notice

Please notice that there will be no updates to the sites from Christmas until school resumes. I'll be out of the country! If you have anything for the sites to submit, please do so before Christmas!

News

The website is running well now. It is growing by the day. Go ahead, check it out, spread the word if you haven't already!

A different view

Putting along....

Just putting the final touches on the new site. I know i know, i said it would be up this weekend...TWO WEEKS AGO! I've been quite busy lately. I promise that by this weekend, you'll see some results. Then i will start working on St. Anthony's new site.

Please please, suggestions, and comments are welcome.

www.stmarynorwalk.org

New website

Hopefully by next week, we will have our new website up. We have had problem after problem with our current hosting company. This explains the status of the website currently. Sorry for any problems this may cause. If you still need to go to the website, you may do so by typing in this link .... http://home.catholicweb.com/stmarynorwalk/

Statues

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All these statues came from France.