NEWS: St.Thomas the Apostle windows to be re-used for upstate church
People might remember the protests when St. Thomas the Apostle was closed down (see http://www.nationaltrust.org/Magazine/archives/arch_story/111204.htm for a sample story). It’s sad that the Church wasn’t as receptive to its Harlem parshioners as it seems to be here.
From Catholic New York: http://www.cny.org/archive/ld/ld110906.htm
Thinking Big: Ground Broken on New Church For Fast-growing LaGrangeville Parish
By MARY ANN POUST
A spacious new church for a growing Catholic community will soon be part of southern Dutchess County’s landscape of rolling hills as Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha parish begins a long-planned building project on its LaGrangeville property.
With financing commitments from the archdiocese and a parish fund-raising campaign, and approval by the local Town Planning Board, the parish officially launched the start of construction with groundbreaking ceremonies held after Sunday morning Masses Nov. 5.
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Parishioners were consulted during the planning process, first about whether a church or a gymnasium where Masses could be held should be built, and then about the design. Choosing from among seven architects’ submissions, parishioners voted to have two windows in the sanctuary flanking a crucifix attached to the wall, rather than three windows and a crucifix suspended over the altar.
Stained-glass windows with scenes from the New Testament from the closed parish church of St. Thomas the Apostle in Harlem will be removed and restored for the new church. As work progresses and the time comes to order pews, parishioner input will again be sought, Msgr. Belford said.