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1. Battle Over Religious Statue Is About More Than Religion

Author

Bosman, Julie and Heisler, Todd

Subjects
Churches -- Facility closures, Catholics -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Polish Americans -- Religious aspects -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Hispanic Americans -- Religious aspects -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Chicago -- Facility closures
Abstract

In Chicago, a Battle Over a Religious Statue Is About Much More Than Religion We're exploring how America defines itself one place at a time. Two communities in Chicago have [...]

Published
2022

2. Renegade parishioners keep the faith on Cape Breton's Christmas Island

Author

Mercer, Greg

Subjects
Dioceses -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Planning, Churches -- Facility closures, Parishes -- Planning, Government regulation, Company business planning, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: GREG MERCER, Staff Lead They'll gather inside St. Barra's on Dec. 24, as they do in churches all over the world, after the sun disappears and the Christmas lights [...]

Published
2020

3. The doors of St Aidan's were locked

Author

Wakefield, Mary

Subjects
Lindisfarne -- Description and travel, Churches -- Facility closures, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Political science
Abstract

The end of summer 2021, the end of the great British staycation. I sat on the grass outside the post office on Holy Island, Northumberland and watched as the tourists [...]

Published
2021

4. Disastrous Floods Close Houses of Worship

Subjects
Churches -- Facility closures, African Americans -- Religious aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91727629 MICHEL MARTIN, host: We have another conversation now about faith and challenges. But now, you've watched flood waters devastate the Midwest over [...]

Published
2008

5. Farewell to St. Henry's

Author

Gurtner, George

Subjects
Churches -- Social aspects, Churches -- History, Churches -- Facility closures, Travel, recreation and leisure
Published
2008

6. Church Foreclosures: Hard Times For God's Work

Subjects
Foreclosure, Churches -- Facility closures, Business
Abstract

The Lord giveth and the bank taketh away — at least, that is what a lot of churches have found recently. Lenders foreclosed on about 100 churches last year, an [...]

Published
2011

7. Church Foreclosures: Hard Times For God's Work

Subjects
Foreclosure, Churches -- Facility closures, Business
Abstract

The Lord giveth and the bank taketh away â at least, that is what a lot of churches have found recently. Lenders foreclosed on about 100 churches last year, an [...]

Published
2011

8. Catholic diocese to close Bridgeville school, 3 former churches

Author

Santoni, Matthew

Subjects
Churches -- Facility closures, Catholic schools -- Facility closures, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Catholic Church -- Reports
Abstract

Byline: Matthew Santoni June 08--Holy Child School in Bridgeville and three former church buildings in Carnegie and Swissvale will be closed, the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese announced Sunday. The school, which [...]

Published
2014

9. Overnight protest ends inside closing Monongahela church

Author

Bowling, Brian

Subjects
Churches -- Facility closures, Company business planning, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Catholic Church. Diocese of Pittsburgh -- Planning -- Demonstrations and protests
Abstract

Byline: Brian Bowling April 27--The last members of a group of parishioners who kept vigil in a closing Monongahela church overnight left the building Sunday morning and ended their protest. [...]

Published
2014

10. Parishioners locked inside St. Anthony Church in Monongahela to protest its closing

Author

Wereschagin, Mike

Subjects
Churches -- Facility closures, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Catholic Church. Diocese of Pittsburgh -- Demonstrations and protests
Abstract

Byline: Mike Wereschagin April 27--About 40 parishioners of St. Anthony Church in Monongahela opted to be locked inside the church on Saturday evening to protest the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh's [...]

Published
2014

11. Parishioners locked inside St. Anthony Church to protest its closing

Author

Wereschagin, Mike

Subjects
Churches -- Facility closures, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Catholic Church. Diocese of Pittsburgh -- Demonstrations and protests
Abstract

Byline: Mike Wereschagin April 27--About 40 parishioners of St. Anthony Church in Monongahela remained locked inside the church Saturday evening to protest the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh's decision to close [...]

Published
2014

12. For Artifacts From Closed Churches, an Afterlife on Staten Island

Author

Otterman, Sharon

Subjects
New York -- Buildings and facilities, Churches -- Facility closures, Christian antiquities -- Usage, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

There will soon be a rooftop swimming pool where the copper-domed bell towers of Mary Help of Christians once rose. Formerly a hub of the East Village's Italian-American community, the [...]

Published
2013

13. Closing Church Passes on Legacy to New Chapels

Subjects
Churches -- Facility closures, Churches -- Design and construction, Churches -- Materials
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11848522 MICHELE NORRIS, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Michele Norris. MELISSA BLOCK, host: And I'm Melissa Block. Closing [...]

Published
2007

14. Parishioners occupy churches

Subjects
Catholic Church -- Buildings and facilities -- Powers and duties -- Facility closures, Churches -- Facility closures, Parishes -- Facility closures, Philosophy and religion, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Powers and duties, Buildings and facilities, Facility closures, Behavior
Abstract

NEW ORLEANS -- Early this month parishioners continued to occupy two Catholic churches in defiance of closure orders from the archdiocese. Parishioners from St. Henry, Our Lady of Good Counsel [...]

Published
2008

15. Parishioners mourn closings

Subjects
Churches -- Facility closures, Philosophy and religion, Facility closures
Abstract

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Catholics in 47 parishes of the Allentown, Pa., diocese began mourning the closing of their churches the Fourth of July weekend. The closings are part of the [...]

Published
2008

16. Church-closing rate only one percent

Author

Dart, John

Subjects
Churches -- Facility closures, Religious institutions -- Organization dissolution, Philosophy and religion, Organization dissolution, Facility closures
Abstract

With a dozen regulars or fewer attending services, the 150-ear-old Kinderhook United Methodist Church in rural Illinois near the Mississippi River shut its doors this Easter. That Sunday was also [...]

Published
2008

17. SOCIAL STUDIES

Author

Kesterson, Michael

Subjects
Churches -- Facility closures, Church decoration and ornament -- Marketing, Solar flares -- Observations, Bumblebees -- Sexual behavior, Company marketing practices, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: MICHAEL KESTERTON mkesterton@globeandmail.com Friday's flare 'Forecasters say a new solar flare should provide only a glancing blow on Earth on Friday and is unlikely to cause any problems,' says [...]

Published
2011

18. North Side church's move allows 'rebirth' for another

Author

Bauder, Bob

Subjects
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Religious aspects, Churches -- Facility closures, Orthodox Eastern Christians -- Buildings and facilities, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Bob Bauder April 19--After nearly 90 years in the North Side, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church is closing, but its move to new quarters in the North Hills will [...]

Published
2011

19. Keep the faith or pull the plug?

Author

Valpy, Michael

Subjects
Churches -- Facility closures, Clergy -- Influence, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: MICHAEL VALPY He's been called the diocesan hit man. As a joke, of course. Not a great joke. People with the skills of Simon Bell have become necessary in [...]

Published
2008

20. Parishes to dose in New York

Subjects
Cardinals -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Churches -- Facility closures, Parishes -- Statistics -- Finance, Company financing, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

NEWYORK * The New York archdiocese, with the second-largest Catholic population in the country, is shrinking: Cardinal Timothy Dolan on Nov. 2 announced that nearly a third of the archdiocese's [...]

Published
2014

21. Downsizing and the Catholic Church

Author

Garnett, Richard W.

Subjects
Catholic Church -- Buildings and facilities, Catholic Church -- Downsizing, Churches -- Facility closures, Church and state
Published
2006

23. Newark Archdiocese Reorganization Plan May Result in the Closing of 16 Churches

Author

James, George

Subjects
Company organization, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Newark -- Reorganization and restructuring -- Demographic aspects, Churches -- Facility closures
Abstract

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark has begun a major reorganization effort that requires its 235 parishes to examine how efficiently each is using its resources and calls on 48 […]

Published
2004

24. Churches: the new risky bet: foreclosures are slowing--except for congregations

Author

Walker, Ken

Subjects
Foreclosure -- Forecasts and trends, Churches -- Facility closures, Church -- Finance, Company financing, Market trend/market analysis, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

Less than 30 minutes from Disney World, Celebration of Praise Church of God has 1,200 members and a 47-acre campus. The Clermont, Florida, church boasts an Olympic-size swimming pool, a [...]

Published
2013

25. Bishop will not appeal closing reversals: decree sets precedent US prelates should heed, say parish supporters

Author

Roewe, Brian

Subjects
Cleveland, Ohio -- Religious aspects, Churches -- Facility closures, Churches, Catholic -- Facility closures, Bishops -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

Saying 'it's time for peace and unity' in his diocese, the bishop of Cleveland announced that he will not appeal the rulings of the Congregation for the Clergy regarding the [...]

Published
2012

26. Austin Church Gap

Subjects
Churches -- Facility closures
Abstract

* The Austin Church Gap is dead; new construction has made it unrideable. Jimmy Levan broke the seal and while other people jumped it, no one ever did it better […]

Published
2010

27. Bankrupt churches

Subjects
Churches -- Facility closures, United States economic conditions -- Influence, Philosophy and religion, Influence, Facility closures
Abstract

BANKRUPT CHURCHES: Churches are increasingly finding themselves in the same financial bind as homeowners--unable to pay off large mortgages and facing bank foreclosures. According to one study of 115 counties [...]

Published
2009

28. Status unclear of parishes converted into chapels

Author

Paulson, Michael

Subjects
Boston, Massachusetts -- Buildings and facilities, Boston, Massachusetts -- Religious aspects, Churches -- Facility closures, Chapels, Company business management, Business, Business, regional, General interest, Catholic Church -- Strategic aspects, Catholic Church -- Management, Catholic Church -- Buildings and facilities
Abstract

Aug. 7--Chapels are springing to life throughout Greater Boston faster than Catholic worshipers, clergy, or officials of the archdiocese can figure out exactly what they are. Chapels are a byproduct [...]

Published
2005

29. St. Jeremiah plea rejected, but O'Malley allows Mass

Author

Ordonez, Franco

Subjects
Churches -- Facility closures, Company business management, Business, Business, regional, General interest, Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston -- Buildings and facilities, Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston -- Demonstrations and protests, Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston -- Facility closures
Abstract

Aug. 6--Boston Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley has rejected a plea by St. Jeremiah Parish in Framingham to reopen but will allow the church to hold Sunday Mass until the parishioners [...]

Published
2005

31. A christmas with fewer churches

Author

Lukovich, Mike

Subjects
Christmas, Churches -- Facility closures, Church management -- Evaluation, Travel, recreation and leisure
Published
2008

32. Do or die in Wythenshawe

Author

Calkin, Sarah

Subjects
Businesspeople -- Religious aspects, Businesspeople -- Achievements and awards, Entrepreneurship -- Religious aspects, Entrepreneurship -- Achievements and awards, Churches -- Facility closures, Philosophy and religion, Social sciences
Abstract

WHEN GREG DAVIS heard that the Methodist Chapel in Manchester he had attended since childhood was facing closure he had no hesitation in taking it on. 'It was a do [...]

Published
2004

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