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The central high altar was purchased in 1885 at a cost of $600. The side altars were added in 1904, when the small congregation could afford them. These cost $400 each. There were constructed by the young German orphans at the Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, and shipped to our church on horse and wagon. This "orphanage" eventually evolved into a seminary, when some of the boys expressed a desire to become priests. This seminary is in operations to this day, and many priests serving this diocese were educated at what is today called, The Pontifical College Josephinum. This altar houses the parish collection of relics. These items displayed under glass are thought to be fragments of bones or objects once touched by the saints. While it maybe impossible to authentic these relics, they are a reminder of the holy men and women who traveled this faith journey before us.
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