Since 1881.
The history and people of St. Aloysius Catholic Church.
In 1881, at the urging of Fr. Hyacinthe Kolopp, the Catholic farmers of Wood County built themselves a church — donating the timber, hauling the bricks, and giving the labor of their own hands. To choose a name, they wrote their patron saints on slips of paper and drew from a hat; the slip read “Aloysius,” the patron of farmer Aloysius Pfeiffer.
The present church was built in 1926, and its murals were restored in 2014. Today St. Aloysius is home to about nine hundred registered families and more than thirty ministries, with the parish school on the same campus. It is one of two Catholic parishes in Bowling Green, alongside St. Thomas More University Parish at BGSU, in the Diocese of Toledo.
Our pastor
Fr. Tom McQuillen — Toledo native, ordained in 1996 — came to St. Aloysius on July 1, 2019, after nine years as a missionary in Zimbabwe (2000–2009) and service at St. Peter’s in Mansfield and Mount St. Mary’s Seminary. He holds an Open Door at the rectory on the first and third Thursdays of each month, 6–8 p.m., for anyone with questions about the faith.
frtom@stalbg.org · (419) 352-4195 ext. 105
Parish staff
Fr. Tom McQuillen
Pastor · frtom@stalbg.org · ext. 105
Dcn. Phil Avina
Deacon (senior status) · avina.p@stalbg.org
Dcn. Chris Harvey
Deacon · harvey.c@stalbg.org
Nick De La Torre
Pastoral Associate for Discipleship · dlt.n@stalbg.org · ext. 114
Michael Ginnetti
Pastoral Associate for Evangelization · ginnetti.m@stalbg.org · ext. 113
Paul Rosenberger
Director of Music & Liturgy · rosen.p@stalbg.org · ext. 112
Denise Foos
Business Manager · businessmgr@stalbg.org · ext. 103
Yuneisi Santana Malvares
Parish Accountant · santana.y@stalbg.org · ext. 104
Julie Kisor
Administrative Assistant · parishoffice@stalbg.org · ext. 102
Patty Michalak
Morning Secretary & Baptism Registration · receptionist@stalbg.org · ext. 101
Laurie Hoyos & Colleen Schroeder
Afternoon Secretaries · receptionist@stalbg.org · ext. 101
Autumn Rosenberger
Assistant to the Pastoral Associates · rosen.a@stalbg.org · ext. 110
We work toward the Kingdom of God on earth — worshiping at the Eucharist, living the sacraments, growing in personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and reaching out to the needs around us.
— Our parish mission
Visit us.
Mass Saturday at 5:30 p.m.; Sunday at 8:00, 10:15, and noon.