In Louisville there is St. Louis, and they have beautiful stained glass. On one side there are Old Testament scenes, that is rare to see in a Catholic church in the United States. This one, supra, was surreptitiously humourous.
God the Father does not often show up in glass.
Why do God and Moses have the same
face?
The parish began in canal days, when immigrants and other settlers came to populate the frontier which was Ohio. Starting in 1834 (increased from the 1824 mission) the new Ohioans from Ireland, Germany and Pennsylvania, and France had a Catholic community in Louisville. The French were in the majority. This, their second church building, was built on the ground of the first church. Construction went from 1870 to '75 in the style of French Gothic towering 130 feet, and the church has a French cast bell. The census of 1880 recorded the village's population at 1,650.
The settlement was originally Lewisville, the post office suggested the change in spelling, because of an already existing Lewisville Ohio. That was also the case for Chesterland, and East Liverpool (and maybe others in the state).
Louis the Saint with crusader sword and Jesus's crown of thorns (the actual one survived last year's fire of Notre-Dame de Paris).
The church has six versions of Louis IX, King of France: a statue on the front of the church, a statue on the side pathway, a poly chrome statue on an inside column, two glass windows, and a painting.
The church was rigorously using precaution. There were disposable surgical masks, and bottles of alcohol gel inside. Some pews were roped off. Tape marks paced off standing positions in the center aisle. Other congregations don't always follow the spirit of prudence in this health emergency. Practical behaviour should not be discouraged.
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