[Magdalen] Trouble for Twin Towers.

[Judy Fleener]

The same thing is happening in Muskegon.  One RC church has been torn down
and another on the way.  There were 4 ethnic churches in walking distance
of downtown.  The one slated for destruction is a beautiful building with
at least one Tiffany window.  A friend of mine, a long time member whose
family helped build the building was trying to find out where statuary was
being taken and was met with road blocks from the priest.  The destruction
of the building is sad, but the treatment of long time members is worse
that that.
Judy

On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 9:56 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> I knew the demolition of two large disused Roman Catholic  church
> structures locally (Wilkes-Barre, PA USA), each on its  own
> hill and both with high twin towers, was going to happen  eventually.
>
> Both these churches have "made" their neighborhoods, and it's
> just hard to imagine them gone.
>
> The first of these demolitions is now well underway, and the
> previous rather striking view of that city from nearby I-81  will
> be forever changed.
>
> The news media are following the tumbling brick and stone
> closely.
>
> The first of these was a Lithuanian ethnic parish - among  the
> first targeted in the closing of 150 of 300 RC structures in  this
> county (Luzerne).  The second, not yet facing the wrecking  ball
> was a general (Irish) parish that is just redundant and long  closed.
>
> So after the second twin-towered landmark goes, there will  be
> only one church visible from busy I-81 in Wilkes-Barre: an
> Italianate domed church on the south side of town, and currently
> to remain open.
>
> In most other locales these churches would be gems, but here they
> are simply tossed away and filled into a landfill.
>
> It makes me sad.
>
> David Strang.
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-- 
Judy Fleener, ObJN
Western Michigan