[Magdalen] Detroit Again.

[Scott Knitter]

Yes. ..Advent, West Bloomfield, lost gobs of cash in a Ponzi scheme.  They
and a small ELCA church use facilities at Sylvan Lake Lutheran.
On Apr 20, 2015 2:58 PM, "Lynn Ronkainen" <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> was the tiny W Bloomfield church one of 'ours'?  do you remember the name?
>
> Lynn, grew up in/around those parts
>
> My email has changed to: houstonKLR at gmail.com
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
>
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> From: "Joseph Cirou" <romanos at mindspring.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 12:49 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Detroit Again.
>
>  Is St Joseph's Church still open? They had marvellous orchestral Masses
>> with Novus Ordo liturgy (usually in Latin) and they included the music of
>> Nunez-Garcia an Afro-Brazilian priest who wrote in the style of Haydn. He
>> was one of those composers who composed music for the 5AM Matins services
>> favored in tropical climates.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>>> From: Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Apr 20, 2015 1:39 PM
>>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org, "Cantor03 at aol.com" <cantor03 at aol.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Detroit Again.
>>>
>>> It's also interesting to google listings of Detroit churches for sale. I
>>> wonder if a parish in tony West Bloomfield was able to sell its property
>>> or
>>> simply lost it...they had a disastrous investment loss.
>>> On Apr 20, 2015 12:15 PM, "Cantor03--- via Magdalen" <
>>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The article on rehabilitation of abandoned homes near Downtown Detroit
>>>> MI
>>>> in the current issue of the USA monthly National Geographic Magazine,
>>>> reminded me to surf through some existing lists of abandoned and
>>>> recycled
>>>> Detroit churches.
>>>>
>>>> The list is long and somewhat appalling because there are so very  many
>>>> treasures - Detroit being a relatively wealthy city for so many ecades
>>>> -
>>>> and the buildings are often extraordinarily lovely.  Most have  been
>>>> recycled into Baptist churches (probably heavily African-American).
>>>>  Never,
>>>> I suspect, have such congregations worshipped in such sumptuous
>>>> architecture.  The new names dubbed over the more prosaic  classical
>>>> Protestant and Roman Catholic names are often quite amusing.   Thank
>>>> God they are still used for worship.
>>>>
>>>> Of course the same sort of glut of redundant church buildings, some  of
>>>> which are the most magnificent in the region, goes on here locally.
>>>> The most beautiful Protestant church in Wilkes-Barre, built in an
>>>> Anglican
>>>> style with stone and exquisite stained glass (The First Baptist  Church,
>>>> associated with the Northern high church Baptists) is now occupied
>>>> by an evangelical group that ignores the spacious sanctuary and has
>>>> a large projection screen in front.  The most gorgeous RCC is
>>>> "Sacred Heart Slovak" with a 200 foot copper clad spire and the whole
>>>> complex is scheduled for demolition.
>>>>
>>>> So many of the local and the Detroit churches would be a treasure
>>>> almost anywhere else.  If only we could transport them intact!
>>>>
>>>> Sic transit gloria mundi.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> David Strang.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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