Our second stop on Doors Open was the Holy Cross Church. As we entered, we found the door knob to be a hand. Holy Cross was the first and oldest established church for the German Catholic community in South Baltimore. It was founded in 1858. This church was just beautiful in its simplicity. The stained glass windows, which came from Germany, were gorgeous with vibrant colors and scenes. What also was striking were the wooden stations of the Way of the Cross. The windows and stations were captioned also in German. They have a school and a rectory. The Holy Cross School was the first Catholic School in Federal Hill since 1855. In 1885, they added the towering steeple (200 ft.) topped with a copper cross. read more