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  • As resources shrink, Quebec Archdiocese reorganizes parishes for outreach

    As resources shrink, Quebec Archdiocese reorganizes parishes for outreach

    • Jan 26, 2021

    The Archdiocese of Quebec announced its intention to reorganize its parishes to focus on local missionary activities. This move comes as human and material resources continue to diminish.

    By Philippe Vaillancourt
  • Detroit ‘families of parishes’ plan moves ahead; Pittsburgh announces mergers

    Detroit ‘families of parishes’ plan moves ahead; Pittsburgh announces mergers

    • Dec 2, 2020

    Heroic trust in the Holy Spirit and a firm resolve to move forward “on mission” are at the heart of the Archdiocese of Detroit’s transition to “families of parishes,” Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron said Nov. 22 in a new pastoral note.

    By Michael Stechschulte, CNS
  • Norbertines say deal has been reached to sell Monona friary

    Norbertines say deal has been reached to sell Monona friary

    • Sep 12, 2020

    Saint Norbert Abbey said it has made a deal to sell the San Damiano Friary, an historic property on Lake Monona, to the city of Monona, which hopes to preserve the green space for the community.

    By Jeff Richgels and Emily Hamer, Wisconsin State Journal
  • Slow music: Chord change in Germany of 639-year organ piece

    Slow music: Chord change in Germany of 639-year organ piece

    • Sep 5, 2020

    Hundreds of fans attended a special kind of musical happening Saturday at a church in Germany: A chord change in an organ piece that is supposed to last for an entirety of 639 years.

    By Kirsten Grieshaber and Markus Schreiber
  • Historical panel recommends demolishing closed church spires

    Historical panel recommends demolishing closed church spires

    • Aug 16, 2020

    A Philadelphia historical panel is recommending the demolition of the two spires of a shuttered 19th-century church at the urging of the New Jersey developer who bought the building earlier this year, but says the crumbling structure faces imminent collapse.

    By Associated Press
  • Lansing’s St. Casimir church celebrates its final Mass

    Lansing’s St. Casimir church celebrates its final Mass

    • Aug 9, 2020

    Parishioners of St. Casimir Catholic Church lined Sparrow Avenue on Aug. 2 getting one last sight of the parish many called home for decades.

    By Craig Lyons, Lansing State Journal
  • Panel declines to approve demolition of closed Philadelphia Catholic church

    Panel declines to approve demolition of closed Philadelphia Catholic church

    • Aug 3, 2020

    An architectural panel in Philadelphia has declined to approve demolition of a shuttered 19th-century church sought by the New Jersey developer who bought the building earlier this year but says the crumbling structure faces imminent collapse.

    By Associated Press
  • Panel puts off decision on demolition of closed Philadelphia church

    Panel puts off decision on demolition of closed Philadelphia church

    • Jul 12, 2020

    The Philadelphia Historical Commission officials say they need more time to decide the fate of a shuttered 19th-century church after the New Jersey developer who bought it earlier this year asked to demolish it, saying the crumbling structure faces imminent collapse.

    By Associated Press
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