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Sunday's Church

 This Sunday I would like to highlight a special church. This is called the field mass and was celebrated by St Michael Church in Sharonville at Gower Park in the picnic grounds last Saturday October 3rd, 2009.

St Michael celebrates their 90th year anniversary this year and the outdoors mass in the woods is just one of the many special functions they held to bring the congregation together in a very special way. They brought out a portable alter, set up a sound system and staked off the center ilse.

Mass began at 4:00 pm and the congregation finished with a good ole fashion picnic directly after. They had over 400 people in attendance. The music was beautiful with Brian & Paul on guitars and the "Singing Mom's".

 God Bless You and pray for all of our troops to come home safe and for our Country leaders to make the right choices to help us get through this turmoil.

Did you know I have my license in both states, Ohio & Kentucky?...So Please call me if you need help around the house or maybe to buy a new home. I will gladly say THANK YOU! Gary Rossignol, the Realtor with integrity. 513-777-2402 email Gary@GaryRossignol.com.

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Sunday's Church

When growing up I had a very close friend. We practically did everything together through grade school at St Michael's. We ended up going to the same high school together (Moeller High School). He went on to college at Miami University majoring in music and I went on the road playing professional music.

My best friend Rick Hagee and I played music through high school together. Rick, Ted Donohoue and I put together the now very famous classic Rock-N-Roll band BlueStone Ivory. Ted & I are still playing together in this band.

Rick Hagee on the other hand is the music director at Good Shepherd Catholic Church located on East Kemper Road between Montgomery and Loveland Ohio. I would like to feature this church in my Sunday's Church post this week.

This is a very modern brick and concrete building. The parish was founded in 1973 with a 177 families and masses were held in the chapel at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery until 1977. In 1990 the parish has grown to over 3,000 families after they doubled the size of the church in 1986. In 2002 the 2nd addition was added to accommodate over 4,000 families.

This is a very busy parish that reaches out to anyone who is interested in worshiping with them. I am certain that the music is absolutely the best you will find ...except for my parish St Michael's in Sharonville of course.

If you do ever visit Good Shepherd for services and happen to see Rick Hagee tell him Gary Rossignol says HI! We don't get to see each other much any more. As many high school freindships do, we have grown apart. Although I am blessed with my very large close family and many dear and a several best freinds, I do miss my old friends from high school days.

God Bless You and pray for all of our troops to come home safe and for our Country leaders to make the right choices to help us get through this turmoil.

Did you know I have my license in both states, Ohio & Kentucky?...So Please call me if you need help around the house or maybe to buy a new home. I will gladly say THANK YOU! Gary Rossignol, the Realtor with integrity. 513-777-2402 email Gary@GaryRossignol.com.

Also, My Video Newsletter is loaded with up to date Real Estate News and Advice. Some of its features include: Current Interest Rates, National Real Estate News, Mortgage Advice, Question & Answers. Plus much more. It is "real time" and changes each week.

Sunday's Church

I have several mentors. My blog my mentor is Teresa Boardman author of  St Paul Real Estate Blog. She is absolutely the best. I spoke to her and communicated via email several times while first setting up my blog. She invited me to copy any of her ideas.

One of her ideas I found interesting was her Saturday Church post. So I started a weekly post called Sunday's Church. Theresa was forced to stop her church posts because it became the go to place for people wanting sell or buy churches. She didn't have a commercial Realtor to refer to and Church listings was out of her league as would any primarily residential Realtor.

Well, I don't have that problem ...yet. And Cincinnati has an abundance of beautiful churches of all types, sizes and faiths to highlight.

This week I am featuring St Cecilia Parish Church at 3105 Madison Rd in Oakley.

St Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians and church music because when she was dying she sang to God.

St Cecilia church is a Gothic style of architecture and is built in the shape of a cross. The vaulted ceiling points toward "heaven." The stone material used is Indiana limestone and a German painter created and painted the ceiling symbols. The church building won an award for architecture when it was built in 1928 (the placard is on the wall in the rear of the church).

God Bless You and pray for all of our troops to come home safe and for our Country leaders to make the right choices to help us get through this turmoil.

Did you know I have my license in both states, Ohio & Kentucky?...So Please call me if you need help around the house or maybe to buy a new home. I will gladly say THANK YOU! Gary Rossignol, the Realtor with integrity. 513-777-2402 email Gary@GaryRossignol.com.

Also, My Video Newsletter is loaded with up to date Real Estate News and Advice. Some of its features include: Current Interest Rates, National Real Estate News, Mortgage Advice, Question & Answers. Plus much more. It is "real time" and changes each week.

Sunday's Church

This week I would like to feature St Catharine of Siena Catholic church located 2848 Fischer Place in Westwood of Cincinnati, Ohio.

 

This is a beautiful all stone Gothic architecture building with a slate roof. It sits on the corner and is surrounded by telephone and power lines. This is the best shot I could get of it. I'm sure when it was built in 1923 there weren't all the obstructions there are today. This church is twice the size of the original church that was built 20 years earlier in 1903.

Here is the history of St Catharine of Siena Church.

 God Bless You and pray for all of our troops to come home safe and for our Country leaders to make the right choices to help us get through this turmoil.

Did you know I have my license in both states, Ohio & Kentucky?...So Please call me if you need help around the house or maybe to buy a new home. I will gladly say THANK YOU! Gary Rossignol, the Realtor with integrity. 513-777-2402 email Gary@GaryRossignol.com.

Also, My Video Newsletter is loaded with up to date Real Estate News and Advice. Some of its features include: Current Interest Rates, National Real Estate News, Mortgage Advice, Question & Answers. Plus much more. It is "real time" and changes each week.

Sunday's Church

I was working with a client last week helping her buy a condo in Cold Springs Kentucky. I was talking to a dear friend of mine Jim and he told me he had worked at St Josephs Catholic church back in the 70's just after he graduated from college. I had driven by this church several times in the past week and found it very attractive. So I stopped and shot a few photos of it. Here it is with the history below.

St Joseph Parish was founded in 1870 as a small church built next to St Joseph Orphanage. A one story school building was also constructed that year. In 1882 a 92 X 42 foot church building was built for a total cost of $5,500.00.

In 1884 fire destroyed the orphanage. In 1889 a brand new three story orphanage was built. In 1921 St Joseph celebrated its 50th anniversary.

In 1959 Edward J. Schulte & Associates of Cincinnati were hired as building architect and Building Crafts, Inc. were hired as the General Contractor to build the new (present) church.

1963 Geiman Brothers constructed the Bell Tower. The three bells, "Joseph," "Mary," and "Gabriel" were erected in the tower. Barney Sacksteder and Al Rust transported the statue of St. Joseph at the base of the tower from Old St. Joseph Orphanage.

1993 St Joseph celebrated 150th year anniversary.

In 1995 St. Joseph is the largest Catholic Church in Campbell County and the largest Catholic School in the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky.

God Bless You and pray for all of our troops to come home safe and for our Country leaders to make the right choices to help us get through this turmoil.

Did you know I have my license in both states, Ohio & Kentucky?...So Please call me if you need help around the house or maybe to buy a new home. I will gladly say THANK YOU! Gary Rossignol, the Realtor with integrity. 513-777-2402 email Gary@GaryRossignol.com.

Also, My Video Newsletter is loaded with up to date Real Estate News and Advice. Some of its features include: Current Interest Rates, National Real Estate News, Mortgage Advice, Question & Answers. Plus much more. It is "real time" and changes each week.

Sunday's Church

This Sunday I am featuring a very beautiful 15 year old stone building with stain glass windows. The Loveland United Methodist Church at 10975 South Lebanon Rd, Loveland Ohio 45140.

          

The congregations roots dates back to 1853 and has made several big changes though the years. See the history of this church. Now this church sets on several gorgeous acres overlooking the Loveland valley.

 

 

God Bless You and pray for all of our troops to come home safe and for our Country leaders to make the right choices to help us get through this turmoil.

Did you know I have my license in both states, Ohio & Kentucky?...So Please call me if you need help around the house or maybe to buy a new home. I will gladly say THANK YOU! Gary Rossignol, the Realtor with integrity. 513-777-2402 email Gary@GaryRossignol.com.

Also, My Video Newsletter is loaded with up to date Real Estate News and Advice. Some of its features include: Current Interest Rates, National Real Estate News, Mortgage Advice, Question & Answers. Plus much more. It is "real time" and changes each week.

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This week I would like to present St Lawrence Church located at 3680 Warsaw Avenue, in Price Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio. This church was built on one of the highest hilltops in Cincinnati.

This authentic Gothic superstructure was completed and dedicated on September 30, 1894 by Archbishop William Henry Elder. This church is 72 feet x 165 feet and cost $106,000 to build. In 1896, the congregation numbered 475 families.

St Lawrence Church was organized at Mt. St. Mary's Seminary in 1868 under the direction of Rev. J. M. Bonner. The mother parish was St. Michael's in lower Price Hill.

I was driving through Price Hill last Sunday and when I saw this beautiful building it only took me a moment to pull over, grab my camera and start shooting. This is spectacular.

 

God Bless You and pray for all of our troops to come home safe and for our Country leaders to make the right choices to help us get through this turmoil.

Did you know I have my license in both states, Ohio & Kentucky?...So Please call me if you need help around the house or maybe to buy a new home. I will gladly say THANK YOU! Gary Rossignol, the Realtor with integrity. 513-777-2402 email Gary@GaryRossignol.com.

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This week I am featuring the Lifespring Christian church in Clovernook on Galbraith Road. Lifespring is a practical, friendly and down to earth congregation. The building can be a little confusing at times is why they always have greeters to point you in the right direction.

The building itself caught my eye as driving by. The full glass front and roof that peaks in the center at the top is very dramatic yet simple. That is about all I could find about this church.

God Bless You and pray for all of our troops to come home safe and for our Country leaders to make the right choices to help us get through this turmoil.

Did you know I have my license in both states, Ohio & Kentucky?...So Please call me if you need help around the house or maybe to buy a new home. I will gladly say THANK YOU! Gary Rossignol, the Realtor with integrity. 513-777-2402 email Gary@GaryRossignol.com.

Also, My Video Newsletter is loaded with up to date Real Estate News and Advice. Some of its features include: Current Interest Rates, National Real Estate News, Mortgage Advice, Question & Answers. Plus much more. It is "real time" and changes each week.

Sunday's Church

This week I am featuring St Saviour church in Rossmoyne.The original Church was a two story draftsman barracks building from the Wright plant in Evendale in 1947. Later that year this brand new parish held its first festival and raised $6,000. In 1950 the new school was built and in the fall of 1955 a new convent was built to house 20 Sisters of Charity.

In 1958 the small barracks church could no longer accommodate this growing parish, so a permanent church building was planned and the first mass was celebrated in the new church basement structure. Thanksgiving day 1962 the first mass was celebrated in the completed superstructure of the new church. 

In 1994 church renovations began. Early1995 the celebration of the mass was moved to the undercroft while the renovation work was being done. In October of 1995 the new worship space was dedicated.

St Saviour parishioners continue to celebrate the spirit of cooperation, which has sustained them throughout their history which is an undying testament to their faith.

God Bless You and pray for all of our troops to come home safe and for our Country leaders to make the right choices to help us get through this turmoil.

Did you know I have my license in both states, Ohio & Kentucky?...So Please call me if you need help around the house or maybe to buy a new home. I will gladly say THANK YOU! Gary Rossignol, the Realtor with integrity. 513-777-2402 email Gary@GaryRossignol.com.

Also, My Video Newsletter is loaded with up to date Real Estate News and Advice. Some of its features include: Current Interest Rates, National Real Estate News, Mortgage Advice, Question & Answers. Plus much more. It is "real time" and changes each week.

Sunday's Church

This week I am featuring a church that is near and dear to my wife Mary Jo's heart. It is the parish she grew up in. Actually she lived right across the street from Our Lady Of Victory Parish her entire life before marriage.

Although during my wife's latter high school years right up to the time of our marriage this church did not exist. They would have mass and other services in the school cafeteria while raising the money to build this church.

That didn't sit well with Mary Jo when it came time to get married. "Not in the school cafeteria" she said. So we got married in St Peter In Chains Cathedral downtown Cincinnati, which didn't please her pastor...but oh well. You only get married once. Well, that is our belief. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As I mentioned before, Mary Jo and her family grew up right across the street from OLV parish. Her parents passed away a few years ago and we sold the home she grew in. It was for the best. Although one of her brothers took a little longer letting go of all their parents life long possessions. They finally settled on where everything should go and I found a very worthy buyer that is still taking excellent care of the house today.

                 

It was a cute 4 bedroom one bath cap cod. The garage was designed in the basement and entered from around the back. Although years ago her dad and brothers did away with the built-in garage and built a detached garage next to the house.

It's amazing back then Mary Jo's family consisted of her mom & dad, three brothers, and for quite a few years MJ's grandmother lived with them. That was 7 people living in a 3 bedroom, one bath home without air conditioning. WOW. And they were considered wealthy because of the neighborhood they lived in and the high schools they attended. Elder for the boys and Seton for MJ.

This home sold in July of 2001 for $102,500 in only 5 days on the market. I listed for $104,900. Her parents paid around $18,000 just after they got married around 1945.

I wouldn't fret just yet. The market will bounce back to favorable standards once again. Mary Jo's parents saw the depression and survived. We can survive this if we continue to do what we are suppose to. That is take advantage of the great interest rates and home prices and go out and buy one. There is no good reason to be renting or living in a home that is way too small. If I were around back Mary Jo and family were crammed into that little house I would have insisted on them buying a little larger home. They just didn't do that back then.

God Bless You and pray for all of our troops to come home safe and for our Country leaders to make the right choices to help us get through this turmoil.

Did you know I have my license in both states, Ohio & Kentucky?...So Please call me if you need help around the house or maybe to buy a new home. I will gladly say THANK YOU! Gary Rossignol, the Realtor with integrity. 513-777-2402 email Gary@GaryRossignol.com.

Also, My Video Newsletter is loaded with up to date Real Estate News and Advice. Some of its features include: Current Interest Rates, National Real Estate News, Mortgage Advice, Question & Answers. Plus much more. It is "real time" and changes each week.