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March 2013

March 06, 2013

Making something beautiful in Brooklyn

A Brooklyn landmark is about to get an extreme—and much-needed—makeover. As a local website described...

March 04, 2013

Benedict’s parting gift to Brooklyn: historic church designated as co-cathedral

Great news from the In My Backyard Desk: Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio petitioned the Vatican last...

March 03, 2013

Before and after: a Texas church reborn

Earlier, I posted on my visit to St. Monica's in Dallas, which has just completed...

February 2013

February 18, 2013

New Ohio church uses glass salvaged from other churches

From the Columbus Dispatch: When planners asked St. Paul the Apostle parishioners what they wanted...

February 04, 2013

Before and after: a church renovation in California

From the good folks at New Liturgical Movement, here are some shots of Holy Innocents Catholic...

February 01, 2013

Sanctuary: San Francisco church opens its pews to the homeless

Huffington Post has a longer look at this project this week, but the San Francisco...

January 2013

January 28, 2013

Making all things new: how a Manhattan church was saved

A heartening story from this morning's New York Times: For more than 160 years, St....

January 19, 2013

Closed abbey searching for another religious group to take it over

You'll remember that the Blue Cloud Abbey closed its doors last summer. Now, the search...

January 18, 2013

Crime wave hits New York churches

From the New York Daily News: Is nothing sacred? Priests at some Bronx churches have...

January 15, 2013

Speaking of altar rails…one priest’s experience

Fr. Jay Finelli of the Diocese of Providence stumbled on yesterday's post and recounted on...

January 11, 2013

Massachusetts diocese sells Catholic church; town will turn it into a library

Details, from Mendon, Massachusetts: The town has bought St. Michael the Archangel Church and plans...

January 11, 2013

Amazing: how monks rebuilt a monastery from Spain in California

From the New York Times: The rebirth of a medieval Cistercian monastery building here on...

January 11, 2013

Yes, it’s still Christmas

The lights are still ablaze in Princeton, New Jersey, where I stepped into St. Paul's Church...

January 08, 2013

A “bucket list” for the Year of Faith

A reader in Cincinnati brought this to my attention. It comes from St. Cecilia's Church...

January 03, 2013

New cathedral will use old windows

And they're beauties, as the sample above shows. Details: The Catholic Diocese of Raleigh has...

December 2012

December 27, 2012

Abbey restoration: “an epic moment of history”

History buffs, take note: Restoration work on a monastery dating back to 1196 is expected...

December 21, 2012

Haiti’s hope: two years after quake, plans for new cathedral

Details: The winner of the design competition for the new Cathédrale Notre Dame de l’Assomption...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

A basilica grows in Brooklyn

More on a news item I posted last week, on Brooklyn's third basilica, with reaction...

November 21, 2012

Brooklyn gets its third basilica

From the In My Backyard Desk, some heartening and happy news--and it's really quite remarkable....

November 19, 2012

Picture this: our parish centennial Mass

The superb photographer Niranjan Fernando, a parishioner, captured these images from my parish centennial Mass...

November 13, 2012

Churches cope with Sandy’s aftermath: “It’s an emotional overload”

From the New York Times, a rare look at how churches and congregations are also...

November 03, 2012

Illinois diocese to name new parish for St. Kateri

I expect we'll be seeing more of these. Details: On the same day last month...

October 2012

October 16, 2012

Anchorage church names parish hall in honor of deacons

How cool. This may be a first: The deacons of the Anchorage Archdiocese took center stage...

October 16, 2012

Anchorage church names parish hall in honor of deacons

How cool. This may be a first: The deacons of the Anchorage Archdiocese took center stage...

October 12, 2012

Another Catholic church may become a mosque

Some weeks back, I posted on a California church being used by Muslims. Now, a...

October 11, 2012

Catholics hold first event at Crystal Cathedral

Hundreds gathered there for a service before a prayer breakfast. Details, from the Orange County...

September 2012

September 15, 2012

Ka-ching: New York may sell air rights over St. Patrick’s

Details, from the New York Daily News: The Archdiocese of New York wants to cash...

September 10, 2012

Report: Anglicans discuss sharing cathedral with Catholics in New Zealand

Details are sketchy, but if it happens it would truly be historic: Anglicans in Christchurch...

September 05, 2012

Slash: Milwaukee to close, consolidate over 100 parishes

That will affect about half of all the parishes in the archdiocese. From Catholic News...

September 03, 2012

Backlash in Bahrain over plans to build largest Catholic church in the region

The latest, from the Associated Press: The building of the largest Roman Catholic church in...