Paschal candles are prominent in every Catholic church. Each year at the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday, a new one is blessed and lit to symbolize that Christ is the light of the world.
These large, special liturgical candles also are lit at Masses throughout the Easter season, at baptisms and funeral liturgies. They burn slowly and evenly, thanks to a process developed by a local company after a request in the late 1920s from a priest to a Medina businessman.
Huber Root enjoyed playing tennis with a priest friend from Valley City. One day, the priest asked Huber, who had a chemistry degree from Oberlin College, for some advice about the candles used at his church. He?d been having problems with them sagging and melting, especially in the summer heat. Huber did some testing and tinkering that eventually led to a new venture
