Category: Parish closings

Developer steps up plans to demolish historic Nevada church

by bcadmin | Jan 24, 2022 | Associated Press, Church closings, Church in the US, Nevada, News, Parish closings | 0 |

A historic church in Sparks designed by one of Nevada’s most prolific architects is facing demolition.

117-year-old Polish Catholic church closing this month in Massachusetts

by bcadmin | Jan 21, 2022 | Associated Press, Church closings, Church in the US, Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, News, Parish closings | 0 |

The first Polish Catholic church in New Bedford is set to close this month after 117 years, following years of declining membership and the death of its pastor.

Key Spanish archdiocese to combine parishes amid falling numbers

by bcadmin | May 23, 2021 | Barcelona, Cardinal Juan José Omella, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Parish closings, Parish merger, Spain | 0 |

The Barcelona Archdiocese will combine most parishes into larger pastoral communities, amid falling church attendance and secularization.

Art historians campaign to save rare mosaic in closed UK parish church

by bcadmin | Apr 22, 2021 | Catholic Church, Church in England and Wales, Church in UK and Ireland, England, Great Britain, lead, mosaic, mural, News, Parish closings, religious art, United Kingdom | 0 |

In Holy Rosary Church in Oldham – a town in the Greater Manchester area of England – is one of the most important works of Hungarian artist George Mayer-Marton. The church closed in 2017, and now his mosaic-fresco “The Crucifixion” is at risk.

Beyond the Pandemic: Opportunities for Catholic Education

by bcadmin | Feb 27, 2021 | Catholic education, Education, Education policy, News, Parish closings, Students, Top Story, Young Catholics | 0 |

The pandemic has accelerated the closing of Catholic schools, as parishes and diocese bleed money. It also offers a rare chance to make Catholic education important again.

The post Beyond the Pandemic: Opportunities for Catholic Education appeared first on Catholic Herald.

Historical panel recommends demolishing closed church spires

by bcadmin | Aug 16, 2020 | Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church closings, Church in the US, News, Parish closings, Philadelphia | 0 |

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.

Lansing’s St. Casimir church celebrates its final Mass

by bcadmin | Aug 9, 2020 | Associated Press, Bishop Earl Boyea, Catholic Church, Church closings, Church in the US, Diocese of Lansing, Lansing, Michigan, News, Parish closings | 0 |

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

Panel declines to approve demolition of closed Philadelphia Catholic church

by bcadmin | Aug 3, 2020 | Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church closings, Church in the US, News, Parish closings, Philadelphia | 0 |

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.

Panel puts off decision on demolition of closed Philadelphia church

by bcadmin | Jul 12, 2020 | Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church closings, Church in the US, News, Parish closings, Philadelphia | 0 |

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.

Italy’s church going back to business, but not business as usual

by bcadmin | May 12, 2020 | Cei, Church in Europe, Communion, community of sant'egidio, confession, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Italy, lead, Mass, News, Parish closings, tickets | 0 |

Although when public liturgies may resume in the Vatican remains unclear, the church in Italy, anyway, is going back to business – but it’s likely to be far from business as usual.

Church threatened with demolition sold to developer

by bcadmin | Jan 20, 2020 | Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, News, Parish closings, Pennsylvania | 0 |

A shuttered 19th century Philadelphia church threatened with demolition may be getting a new lease on life following a sale to a New Jersey developer who said he hopes to save the stone building by turning it into offices.