Church closings Archives

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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