All Saints Church, Kenwood, founded in 1948

All Saints Church in Kenwood was founded in 1948 and is now part of the St. Paul the Apostle Family of Parishes. The parish began when 50 acres of land were purchased and Mass was celebrated in a house that served as both a rectory and a church.

On July 21, 1951, Father Thomas Devitt laid the cornerstone for the stone church. Designed by Maguolo and Quick, the building features an eclectic modern style with a low A-frame roof, bas relief stations of the cross by George Youstel, and a mural by Gerhard Lamers depicting Christ enthroned in Heaven above the Virgin Mary.

The parish school, designed by Edward J. Schulte, saw its foundation poured on March 1, 1954. Archbishop Alter dedicated the completed school building in 1955. The current parish succeeded an earlier All Saints parish in Cincinnati’s East End that closed in 1936. Relics of St. Alesia and St. Laetus from the original altar stone were relocated to the altar at the new All Saints church.