[Magdalen] Detroit Again.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

on 14 mile? or on Wattles?

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: "Scott Knitter" <scottknitter at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 3:08 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Detroit Again.

> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>