St. Philip the Apostle Church

1851 - Rev. Thomas Blake of Xenia started ministering to St. Malachy in Morrow. 
 
OM - 1854 is the official canonical start date for St. Malachy Parish of Morrow. 
 
OM -1854 -1859 - Rev. Thomas Blake was the first Pastor of St. Malachy.
 
 {1852 -1854 - Rev. Hanke of Xenia was the first priest in charge of Fosters.  During this time he celebrated five Masses at Fosters.}   Cannot find supporting documentation, he is mentioned in only one letter.  I suspect a misspelling of his name. 
 
1854 - Rev. Dr. Pabisch of Mt. St. Mary Seminary, Price Hill was assigned to Morrow and Fosters.  He celebrated one Mass in a private home in Fosters, baptized several children and visited a sick woman. 
 
1854 - St. Malachy Church was built in Morrow. 
 
1855 - Rev. Foley of Milford was assigned to Fosters. 
 
1857 - Rev. V. Perry was assigned to Milford and Fosters.  He made more frequent trips to Fosters administering the Sacraments. 
 
OM – 1859 - 1882 - Rev. John O'Donoughue became pastor of St. Malachy. 
 
1858 – 1867 - Rev. John Baptist O'Donoughue was transferred from Hillsboro to Milford.  He took over the following mission areas: Fosters, Morrow, Monroe, Lebanon, Waynesville, Wilmington, and Washington Court House.  Before 1864 Fosters had one Mass annually, after 1864 two Masses were celebrated annually, but never on Sunday. 
 
1866 - Bell-tower was added to St. Malachy Church and the bell was installed. 
 
1868 - Rev. F. C. Mallon was made pastor of Milford and the neighboring missions. He was the first to celebrate a Sunday Mass in Fosters. 
 
1869 - Rev. Anderson was the next pastor of Milford and thus Fosters also. He began to celebrate monthly Sunday Masses in Fosters. 
 
1873 - Rev. W. F.  O'Rourke succeeded Rev. Anderson.

 
1874 - Rev. John
B. O'Donoughue was assigned to Morrow and again assumed charge of these missions until his murder in 1882 by Timothy Greene. 
 
1882 - Rev. Michael O'Donoughue replaced the murdered priest. He remained there only three months. 
 
OM - 1882 -1883 - Rev. A. F. Runnebaum was assigned pastor of St. Malachy. 
 
OJ - 1883 is the official canonical start date of St. John the Evangelist Church in Foster.
 
 O -1883 - 1886 St. John the Evangelist Church was built in Foster with a seating capacity of 96. Rev. Henry Brickmeyer was appointed pastor of St. John and St. Malachy. His residence was in Morrow.  He also established St Frances de Sales Church in Lebanon and St Augustine Church in Waynesville. 
 
1884 - Rev. A. F. Runnebaum was made assistant and took over the mission Churches for Rev. Brickmeyer.  Rev. Runnebaum remained three months before his assignment to St. Augustine in Cincinnati. 
 
1884 - Rev. P. O'Donnell was assigned pastor of Fosters.  He also chose to live in Morrow. His missions were Fosters and Waynesville.  He served for two years. 
 
OM - 1886 - 1888 - Rev. J.B. Dickhause was the next pastor of St. Malachy. 
 
OJ - 1886 - 1893 - Rev. A. F. Runnebaum became pastor of St. Francis de Sales in Lebanon and St. John the Evangelist Church in Foster.  He resided in Lebanon. 
 
1888 - Rev. Charles Hickey was the next priest from Lebanon to minister to Fosters. 
 
OM - 1888 - 1889 - Rev. Benedict Mueller was assigned Pastor of St. Malachy. 
 
1888 - Rev. L. J. Miller was the next assigned to the mission Churches and lived in Morrow. 
 
OM - 1889 – 1893 - Rev. Joseph Germaine was assigned to St. Malachy parish. 
 
1890 - Rev. C. A.  Hickey returned for a short time to Fosters and the mission Churches.   1891 - Rev. A. F. Runnebaum returned to the area.  He made his home in Lebanon at St. Francis de Sales and took care of St. John the Evangelist in Fosters. 
 
O - 1893 -1896 - Rev. John Cusack was the next pastor in Lebanon.  He was assigned to St.  Malachy and St. John.  It was during his time as the pastor that the Sacrament of Confirmation was conferred for the first time in Fosters. 

O -1896 -1898 - Rev. Michael Mulvihill was assigned to Lebanon and thus to Fosters and Morrow until 1897.   OM -1897 - 1898 - Rev. C. A. Hickey was the pastor of St. Malachy.

O -1898 -1901 Rev. Nickolas Kelly was assigned to Lebanon and thus to Fosters and Morrow.   1900 - St. John the Evangelist Church burned and was rebuilt. 
 
O – 1901 - 1903 - Rev. John Singleton was the pastor of Lebanon, Morrow, and Fosters.   O - 1903 - 1904 - Rev. George Meyerhoefer was then assigned pastor of Lebanon, Morrow, and Fosters. 
 
O - 1904 - 1909 - Rev. Charles Diener became pastor of St. Malachy in Morrow and St. John in Fosters. 
 
O - 1909 - 1914 - Rev. George H. Meyer became pastor of St. John the Evangelist. He had charge of Morrow, Fosters, and Jamestown.  After reorganization of missions, he came to live in a "little shack" in Fosters in 1912 and attended to Morrow and West Chester.  He arrived just in time for the 1913 flood.
O - 1914 - 1915 - Rev. William Casey succeeded Fr. Meyer as pastor of the two churches (September 1913 to June 5, 1915, according to one of the letters). 
 
1914 - St. John the Evangelist Church was enlarged to a seating capacity of 144 for the 30 registered families. Work was completed in August of 1915. The expansion depleted the treasury so there was no money to build a rectory after the flood. With the permission of the Archbishop, the pastor moved to Morrow and Fosters once again became a mission Church. 
 
O - 1915 - 1918 - Rev. John Malone was pastor of both St. John and St. Malachy.   O - 1918 - 1921 - Rev. Francis Ratterman was pastor of St. Malachy and St. John. 
 
O – 1921 - 1926 - Rev. Clarence Graf was assigned to St. Malachy and St. John. 
 
O - 1926 - 1929 - Rev. George Grunkemeyer was pastor of both churches. 
 
O - 1929 - 1931 - Rev. Henry Volker was pastor of St. Malachy and St. John. 
 
O - 1931 - 1935 - Rev. Herbert McDevitt was pastor of St. Malachy and St. John.