Our Wintersville Catholic parishes are made up of Blessed Sacrament and Our Lady of Lourdes Churches. These two individual parishes share the same clergy and parish office.

 

Blessed Sacrament was founded as a parish in 1948. The original church was destroyed by a fire in 1974 and was replaced with the current church in 1976.

 

Our Lady of Lourdes parish was founded in 1957 with the church built in 1963.

 

Two unique features of our parishes are our portraits of St. Carlo Acutis and St. Bernadette Soubirous (with Our Lady of Lourdes). These images of two young saints, representing our two parishes, were painted by local artist Amber Knorr and unveiled in 2024. Many parishioners generously donated to make this project a reality.

 

St. Carlo is pictured with a laptop, a bible, and a rosary - along with a soccer ball and a PlayStation controller. These all represent his use of the Internet to share the good news, especially about the Eucharist, which is pictured in our monstrance above him.

 

St. Bernadette is shown kneeling, looking up at Our Lady as she appeared in Lourdes in 1858. She is surrounded by roses native to the region.