Misplaced Pages

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) The topic of this article may not meet Misplaced Pages's general notability guideline. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Find sources: "Saint Mary of the Snows" Mansfield, Ohio – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. Find sources: "Saint Mary of the Snows" Mansfield, Ohio – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2024) This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral. Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable, independent, third-party sources. (November 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Saint Mary of the Snows
General information
Location	1630 Ashland Road, Mansfield, Ohio
Year(s) built	1982

Saint Mary of the Snows is a Catholic church that is located at 1630 Ashland Road in Mansfield, Ohio.

History

Established on August 5, 1949, the Feast of Our Lady of the Snows, the parish was founded to accommodate the growing Catholic population in the Mansfield area. The original Newman School, built in 1914 and abandoned since 1948, was purchased for $35,000 on the same date.

After the purchase, the school building was converted for church use, with the first Masses held on Easter Sunday, April 9, 1950.

The Newman Street location was always intended as a temporary solution. On November 9, 1961, the current St. Mary’s property was acquired, and eight years later, on August 5, 1969—20 years after the parish’s founding—the new school opened. Masses continued at the Newman Street site until November 1, 1971, when the property was sold at auction.

A decade later, with parish debt cleared, plans for a new church were finalized on May 20, 1981. The construction contract totaled $962,253, and the new church was formally dedicated on June 20, 1982.

After 35 years of service, the Sisters of Mercy left the parish and school due to declining vocations and enrollment.

St. Mary’s is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo, led by the Most Reverend Daniel Thomas. The parish also operates Saint Mary of the Snows School, which was founded in 1949 as an elementary and middle school.

Gallery

References

1. "Collection: Our Lady of the Snows St. Mary Catholic Church (Mansfield, Ohio) records - Special Collections Finding Aids at BGSU - BGSU University Libraries". lib.bgsu.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
2. "Mansfield Parish Now Worships in $900,000 Church". The Blade. 23 July 1982. p. 10. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
3. "About St. Mary of the Snows Parish – Mansfield St. Mary". www.mansfieldstmarys.org. Retrieved 2024-11-29.

v t e Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo
Bishops	Ordinaries Joseph Schrembs Samuel Stritch Karl Joseph Alter George John Rehring John Anthony Donovan James Robert Hoffman Leonard Paul Blair Daniel Edward Thomas Auxiliaries Albert Henry Ottenweller Robert William Donnelly
Churches	List List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo Cathedral Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral Basilica Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation Parishes Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Bethlehem St. Michael's Ridge Church, Defiance St. John's Church, Delphos St. John the Baptist Church, Glandorf St. Peter's Church, Mansfield St. Mary of the Snows, Mansfield St. Augustine's Church, Napoleon All Saints Church, New Riegel Holy Angels Church, Sandusky St. Mary's Church, Sandusky Saints Peter and Paul Church, Sandusky Most Pure Heart Of Mary Church, Shelby St. Ann Church, Toledo St. Patrick's Church, Toledo
Higher education	Colleges & universities Lourdes University Mercy College of Ohio Former college Mary Manse College
Priests	Augustus John Schwertner Gerald Robinson Dennis Gerard Walsh
Catholicism portal

This article about a church or other Christian place of worship in Ohio is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Roman Catholic churches completed in 1982
• Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo
• Churches in Richland County, Ohio
• Churches in Mansfield, Ohio
• 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
• Ohio church stubs