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Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Developer plans high-end housing on part of pre-tornado Cathedral High campus
SPRINGFIELD — Saying the market is strong for high-end housing in Springfield, developer Thomas Bretta of Bretta Construction plans half-a-million-dollar homes on land where a residence for Cathedral High School once stood. The building was demolished after a June 2011 tornado ripped it, and the high school and elementary school across the street, to bits. The property is next to the Mary A. Dryden Veterans Memorial School. Bretta bought the 18-acre site at 90 Wendover Road on May 30 for $1 million from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, according to the Hampden County Registry of Deeds. 'I think it's a fabulous area,' Bretta said. 'I think that there are nice beautiful houses over there.' He estimated asking prices of about $500,000 once the homes are built. He doesn't know how many homes will fit on the site yet but estimates about 40. He's only recently begun design work. He's done other developments in Springfield on Eastwood and Westwood drives. Bretta, of Wilbraham, has a 43-house project moving forward on Tinkham Road, and he plans apartments on property on the old Eastfield Mall site. He bought 16 acres at Kent and Fernbank roads in 2022 from the mall's former owners. He said he's meeting and cooperating with the new owners of the rest of the site, Onyx Partners, and its Springfield Crossing redevelopment, which will include BJ'sWholesale Club, Target and others. Diocese spokeswoman Carolee McGrath said the Wendover Road property was housing priests and women of the cloth. But the June 2011 tornado destroyed the 1969 building. 'With no future plans on the part of the diocese, it was released to Colebrook to sell,' she said. Colebrook handles the diocese real estate transactions. Faced with declining membership, Mass attendance and staffing of priests, the diocese has sold more than 90 properties since 2005. More than a dozen of its former schools were sold or leased, for other schools and alternative uses. The church built the new Pope Francis Preparatory School on the old Cathedral High School site. Westfield apartment fire claims life 30 Mass. National Guard troops with historic ties to Revolution marching in DC Army parade Getting the construction industry 'Sublime ready' with or without the federal government Read the original article on MassLive.
Hamilton Spectator
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hamilton Spectator
Hamilton high school students dance the day away
Lyrical, modern and Afro-fusion are just a few of the styles of dance students performed during the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board's 10th annual showcase on Tuesday. Close to 100 secondary students attended the dance workshops hosted by the school board at Rhythm Plus studio in Stoney Creek. This year's classes also included hip hop and Latin dancing. Instructor Megan Medeiros leads Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board students through a hip-hop dance class Tuesday. Teachers watch a Latin dance workshop from the hall at Rhythm Plus studio in Stoney Creek. In the foreground, Samara-Lee Jardine and Brianna Frater from Cathedral High School move to the music. Alyssa Aceti leads a lyrical dance workshop for Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board secondary students Tuesday at Rhythm Plus studio in Stoney Creek. Instructor Percy Anane-Dwumfour puts students through their paces in an Afro-fusion dance class on Tuesday in Stoney Creek. Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board secondary students try out a hip-hop dance class Tuesday at Rhythm Plus studio in Stoney Creek as part of an annual showcase.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Minnesota Catholics react to first American pope
May 9—ST. CLOUD — The selection of Cardinal Robert Prevost to become the first pope from the United States is cause for joy and shock for St. Cloud area Catholics. "I still can't believe it — I never thought I would see it in my lifetime," said Doug Liebsch, Cathedral High School chaplain. "I will still be processing this for weeks." Prevost, 69, now Pope Leo XIV, was selected by the conclave at the Vatican on Thursday, May 8. Not only is he the first pope from the United States, Prevost is from the Midwest. "Growing up here, you think America is the center of the world, and as you grow up, you realize the world is big and Catholics come from all over," Liebsch added. "So it's a big deal that not only is he from the U.S., he's from the south side of Chicago, which is not that far away from here geographically." Diocese of New Ulm Bishop Chad W. Zielinski expressed joy in Thursday's written statement. "It is with great joy that the Universal Church has received the most exciting and wonderful news of our new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV. I truly believe the Holy Spirit guided the College of Cardinals in selecting the right man to lead the Church in the upcoming years." Zielinski said he met the new pope in Rome in 2016, when the two were the only Americans in a course for new bishops. "He struck me as a kind-hearted, gentle, quiet man who truly had the heart of Christ the Good Shepherd," Bishop Zielinski said in his statement. "He had a deeply heartfelt concern for the poor and truly had the heart of a missionary priest." The bishop added: "His election as the first pope from the United States of America is a historic moment and a wonderful blessing for our nation." The history of the moment was seen on livestreams in classroooms throughout Cathedral High School in St. Cloud on Thursday as soon as the white smoke was seen coming from the Sistine Chapel, according to Liebsch. The announcement of the new pope was a cause for celebration for many Catholic organizations across the region. The bells at St. Mary's Cathedral in downtown St. Cloud rang to mark the occasion. Diocese of St. Cloud Bishop Patrick Neary expressed support for Pope Leo XIV in a written statement Thursday. "I am so pleased that we have such a worthy successor to Pope Francis in Cardinal Prevost," Neary said in the statement. "There is hardly a more challenging or important role of leadership in our world." The Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict in St. Joseph and the monks at St. John's Abbey in Collegeville posted celebratory messages Thursday on their social media pages.
