[Magdalen] Detroit Again.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

thanks Scott
L

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 3:48 PM
To: "Magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Detroit Again.

> It was at 3325 Middlebelt Rd. in West Bloomfield.
>
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> 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
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>
>
> -- 
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA