Other US locations Chapter 5

 This post can be skipped if you just want to learn about Our Lady of Consolation.

Leopold, Indiana is not the only parish in the United States associated with Our Lady of Consolation.  Here are six others. There could be more.

1. St. Mary's Catholic Church in Remsen, Iowa. At the time it was founded in 1870, over half of the members of the parish were from Luxembourg. The statue of Our Lady of Consolation came from Luxembourg in 1939 when dignitaries from Luxembourg visited. The government of Luxembourg was in exile due to WWII.  The statue itself is estimated to be 175 to 225 years old in 2020.  This video provides history.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJO7Xu80ocQ 

This video shows the same statue without the vestments. More history is in this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kInLtCYsNh8

2. Our Lady of Consolation Church in Merrillville, Indiana. Founded in 1947. The name was changed to Our Lady of Consolation in 1966.  https://www.olcweb.org/index.html  

The following picture is from Merrillville.

3. Our Lady of Consolation Catholic Parish in Rockford, Michigan. The following information was taken from their web site. https://olcparishrockford.com/parish/

Our Lady of Consolation began in 1964 with about 60 families as a mission of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in Belmont.  Msgr. Joseph Podhajski and the Consolata Missionary sisters served both Assumption and the new mission.

Bishop Allen Babcock, in 1968, dedicated the mission, which had simply been known as “The Annex”, to the mother of Jesus as Our Lady of Consolation.  The name was chosen in tribute to the Consolata Sisters, who taught at the school.  The sisters continue to be a presence in the school and retain a convent in Belmont, just west of Rockford.

4. Our Lady of Consolation Church in Philadelphia, PA. The following information was taken from their web site. https://olctacony.com/home/

Erected as an Italian parish in 1918 because of the large Italian Catholic population at the time, within the last five years due to the merger with St. Leo the Great Parish, the demographic of the parish now has a vibrant Spanish community. 

5. Our Lady of Consolation Church in Brooklyn, NY. This is a Polish congregation. https://olcny.org/

6. Our Lady of Consolation Church in Parkesburg, PA. http://www.olcchurch.org/

Soon we will learn about the Shrine in Carey, Ohio. Then we will go to Europe to learn even more about Our Lady of Consolation.