| 1973 |
November
Good Shepherd is founded and masses are said at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Chapel which is home to Good Shepherd until June of 1977. The
original number of families is 159. |
| |
December 3
The parish of Good Shepherd is officially established.
Father Frank Niehaus is appointed as first pastor on December
6th by Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin. |
| 1974 |
August 27
Father John L. Rea is appointed co-pastor. |
| 1975 |
May
318 families pledge to support construction of a new church. |
| 1976 |
April 18 - Easter Sunday
Ground is broken for a new church facility
to occupy about 24 acres of land at the corner of Weller and
Kemper Roads. The first Mass in the new church is at midnight Christmas,
December 25. There is no heat and make-shift
temporary lighting is utilized. 1,250 parishioners bring lawn chairs
and use flashlights to see. |
| 1977 |
June 12
Dedication Mass for the new church is concelebrated by
Archbishop Bernadin and co-pastors Niehaus and Rea. Our community
now has 960 families. |
| 1979 |
October
Father Niehaus accepts assignment as Pastoral Consultant
in Parish Development for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Father
John L. Rea is named pastor. |
| 1982 |
May
Father Rea dies suddenly. |
| |
July
Father Louis J. Guntzelman is appointed pastor. There are
now 1,500 parish families. |
| 1986 |
November 23
An addition to the building, doubling its size,
is dedicated by Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk. |
| 1990 |
September 30
Our parish family grows to 3,009 families. |
| 1994 |
July 5
Father Guntzelman completes twelve years as pastor and
Father Thomas R. Axe is appointed Good Shepherd's fourth pastor. |
| 2002 |
April 1
A second addition to the building is completed bringing
our facility to a total of 90,000 sq.ft. Our parish family grows to 4,342 families. |
| 2003 |
November 1
Father Robert Schmitz is appointed Good Shepherd's fifth pastor. |
| 2007 |
January
Our parish family is comprised of 11,740 parishioners and 4,128 households. |
| 2008 |
November 29
Good Shepherd celebrated its 35th Anniversary with a special Mass followed by a reception. Soon after Parish Council expanded to form the new Assembly of Parish Leaders. |
| 2009 |
July
Reverend Terry Smith was appointed Parochial Vicar of Good Shepherd. |
| 2010 |
Present
At this time, we have over 11,379 parishioners who comprise about 4,069 households. |
