Shrine of the Sorrowful Mother
274 West Main Street, Norwalk, Ohio
5:00 p.m. Mass on Wednesdays from May 31 - August 16, 2017
Usually open daily, during warm-weather months,
for visitation and private prayer, until sundown.
274 West Main Street, Norwalk, Ohio
5:00 p.m. Mass on Wednesdays from May 31 - August 16, 2017
Usually open daily, during warm-weather months,
for visitation and private prayer, until sundown.
The Shrine of the Sorrowful Mother in Norwalk is often called "the other Sorrowful Mother Shrine" because it is sometimes confused with the more famous Sorrowful Mother Shrine in Bellevue, Ohio.
Margaret (Theisen) Fisher, wife of Lawrence Fisher, gave money to St. Paul Catholic Church to build a shrine in memory of her parents.
The Shrine of the Sorrowful Mother was built in 1928 and still stands on the original site of St. Peter's Church, the first Catholic church in Norwalk, at what is now 274 West Main Street. St. Peter's Cemetery is at the rear of the shrine.
Lawrence and Margaret Fisher were the parents of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters. The sons were notable for starting Fisher Body, an automobile body company, in Detroit in the early 1900s, which was very successful. The families moved from Norwalk to Detroit and became quite wealthy. However, they never forgot their Norwalk roots and, over the years, gave large amounts of money to St. Paul Catholic Church and Norwalk for building projects.
The story of the Fisher brothers and their contributions were described in the Spring 2013 issue of Flyer Pride, when they were inducted into the St. Paul High School Hall of Fame.
The Shrine is available for small weddings (seats about 40 comfortably). Contact the parish office at 419-668-6044 for more information.
