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ESTABLISHED: As a Mission in Mantua in 1864; as a Church in 1923.

LOCATION: 11045 St. Joseph Blvd., Mantua, OH 44255
The Parish Community of St. Joseph is located off Pioneer Trail in northern Portage County. Mantua is located on S.R. 44, 10 miles north of Ravenna, 20 miles northeast of Akron, and 27 miles southeast of Cleveland. Look for the parish sign at St. Joseph Blvd. approximately 1/4 mi. west of S.R. 44, south of S.R. 82, just north of Mantua Village (accessible from US Rt. 422 just 7 miles north or Ohio Turnpike Exit 193 just 2 miles north). If using a street map program, use the rectory address, 4534 Pioneer Trail, Mantua, Ohio 44255 (St. Joseph Blvd. is not a dedicated road). Click here for an area map. The spacious grounds enable a host of various parish, school & community activities including the annual Ox Roast Fair and Crestwood area baseball, soccer & other sporting activities.

PARISH CENTER & OFFICES
The Parish Center is the building at the end of the parking lot (it looks like a house & was, in fact, previously used as the priest's residence and parish offices).
Here you will find the Pastor's office, the Pastoral Minister's and D.R.E.'s office, secretarial and bookkeeping offices, plus a large meeting room, kitchen, and basement and garage storage areas. The school currently uses a room located in the basement for Art and Music classes.
PARISH PHONE: 330.274.2253 FAX: 330.274.2254

St. Joseph's Parish Center & Offices

St. Joseph Catholic SchoolSCHOOL: 11045 St. Joseph Blvd., Mantua, OH 44255. Located in northern Portage County in the Crestwood School District, St. Joseph Catholic School is an excellent choice when you are considering an elementary school for your family. Started in 1964, the school serves families from St. Joseph Church in Mantua, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Aurora, St. Joan of Arc Church in Streetsboro, St. Ambrose Church in Garrettsville, Immaculate Conception in Ravenna, St. Michael Church in Windham, and the Crestwood community.
The school building, which is attached to the church, has 9 classrooms (K-8), computer lab, science lab, library, kitchen and cafeteria, which doubles as a social hall for parish and community activities, conference room, administrative offices, restrooms, and service areas. A separate trailer unit offers a space for the services of an LD and Title I Tutors, psychologist and speech pathologists at SJS.
SCHOOL PHONE: 330.274.2268 FAX: 330.274.2269

#REGISTERED HOUSEHOLDS: 988
#INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS: 2,727
# SCHOOL STUDENTS: 115

YEARLY AVERAGE STATISTICS
Baptisms: 20
First Eucharists: 38
Confirmations: 38
Marriages: 4
Deaths: 11

Diocese of Youngstown mapDiocese of Youngstown logo DIOCESE OF YOUNGSTOWN
144 W. Wood St.
Youngstown, OH 44503

Established May 15, 1943
(Canonically Erected July 22, 1943)

6 Counties ~ 3,404 Square Miles
115 Parishes, 2 Missions, 82 Chapels
1 University, 6 High Schools,
36 Elementary Schools

Bishops of the Diocese of Youngstown
James Augustine McFadden (1943-1952)
Emmet Michael Walsh (1952-1968)
James William Malone (1968-1995)
Thomas Joseph Tobin (1996-2005)
Msgr. Robert Siffrin, Diocesan Administrator (June 2, 2005-March 28, 2007)
George Vance Murry, S.J. (March 28, 2007-to date)

Most Reverend George V. Murry, S.J.Bishop:
Bishop Murry was installed as the fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown on Wednesday, March 28, 2007.
Bishop Murry was born in Camden, New Jersey, in 1948. After graduating from Catholic elementary and high school, he attended St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia and St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore. In 1972 he entered the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and was ordained to the priesthood in 1979. Bishop Murry holds a M.Div. degree from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, California, as well as an M. Phil. and Ph.D. in American Cultural History from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Bishop Murry has served as a professor of American Cultural History at Georgetown
University in Washington, D.C., President of Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C., and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Detroit. In 1995 Pope John Paul II appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago. In May of 1998 Pope John Paul II appointed him Coadjutor Bishop of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands and on June 30, 1999, appointed him bishop of the diocese.
Bishop Murry has served on numerous boards including the University of Detroit and
Loyola Academy, both in Detroit; St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburgh, Maryland and Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. He is a member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and serves on the Domestic Policy and Education Committees. Since November of 2002 he also serves on the Board of Directors of Catholic Relief Services, the overseas arm of the U.S. Bishops, which provides food, clothing, shelter and medicine for those in need.
Presently, Bishop Murry is preparing a book on the role of the American Church in the
reception and resettlement of refugees from 1939 until 1980.

To visit the Diocese of Youngstown's website click here.
For information on Portage County Catholic Churches, click Deanery button at left.

Pope Benedict XVI


HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI
Born Joseph Ratzinger - April 16, 1927 (Marktl am Inn, Diocese of Pasau, Germany)
Ordained Priest - June 29, 1951
Named Archbishop of Munich & Freising - March 25, 1977 (received Episcopal ordination May 28, 1977)
Created Cardinal by Pope Paul VI - June 27, 1977
Elected Pope - April 19, 2005

 

POPES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
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For more information on past Popes, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope or the Papal Archives of the Vatican website, http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/index.htm

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