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Yahoo
09-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Nellie Gurule Salas Nellie Gurule Salas, 98, passed
May 8—Nellie Gurule Salas Nellie Gurule Salas, 98, passed peacefully from life into eternal glory held in the arms of her devoted daughter April 30, 2025. Services will be held Saturday, May 10, 2025, at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, 927 Arizona St. SE. The Holy Rosary will be recited at 9:30 a.m. followed by the Mass of Resurrection at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Mount Calvary Cemetery at 11:30 a.m.


Winnipeg Free Press
06-05-2025
- Winnipeg Free Press
They locked a Newfoundland church so it wouldn't be sold. Its fate is now in court.
ST. JOHN'S – The fate of a rural Newfoundland church is in the hands of a judge after lawyers argued today its parishioners must hand it over to be sold to compensate survivors of historical abuse in St. John's. Lawyer Geoffrey Spencer said members of a community group in Portugal Cove South, N.L., were trespassing when they changed the locks on the doors of the Holy Rosary church last year in an effort to claim ownership of the building and block its sale. Spencer represents the Roman Catholic archdiocese in St. John's, which is selling its properties across eastern Newfoundland as part of bankruptcy proceedings to compensate survivors of abuse at the former Mount Cashel orphanage. Cynthia Power and George Power of the Portugal Cove South Historical Corporation stand in a provincial Supreme Court room in St. John's, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. They're fighting a court application asking them to hand over a church in their community so it can be sold to compensate survivors of historical sexual abuse. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sarah Smellie Lawyer Kyle Rees countered that the Portugal Cove South Historical Corporation reasonably believed that it — not the archdiocese — owned the church since it had taken on its repairs about a decade ago. Justice Garrett Handrigan said he would consider the archdiocese's application for an injunction against the group and provide a ruling at a later date. Winnipeg Free Press | Newsletter A Supreme Court of Canada ruling in 2021 cemented the archdiocese's liability for physical and sexual abuse at the former orphanage between the 1940s and the 1960s. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 6, 2025.


Toronto Star
06-05-2025
- Toronto Star
They locked a Newfoundland church so it wouldn't be sold. Its fate is now in court.
ST. JOHN'S - The fate of a rural Newfoundland church is in the hands of a judge after lawyers argued today its parishioners must hand it over to be sold to compensate survivors of historical abuse in St. John's. Lawyer Geoffrey Spencer said members of a community group in Portugal Cove South, N.L., were trespassing when they changed the locks on the doors of the Holy Rosary church last year in an effort to claim ownership of the building and block its sale. Spencer represents the Roman Catholic archdiocese in St. John's, which is selling its properties across eastern Newfoundland as part of bankruptcy proceedings to compensate survivors of abuse at the former Mount Cashel orphanage. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Lawyer Kyle Rees countered that the Portugal Cove South Historical Corporation reasonably believed that it — not the archdiocese — owned the church since it had taken on its repairs about a decade ago. Justice Garrett Handrigan said he would consider the archdiocese's application for an injunction against the group and provide a ruling at a later date. A Supreme Court of Canada ruling in 2021 cemented the archdiocese's liability for physical and sexual abuse at the former orphanage between the 1940s and the 1960s. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 6, 2025.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Proposal to develop Holy Rosary Campus into the Northeast Regional Library
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — In Lafayette Parish, a significant step forward has been made in the development of the Northeast Regional Library and the site of the Holy Rosary campus. On Tuesday, Mayor President Monique Blanco Boulet stated that the Holy Rosary campus will be the location for the new library. The mayor-president announced the Lafayette Consolidated Government entered into a letter of intent with the Society of the Holy Family. 'I want to thank mayor-president Boulet and her administration. I want to thank the councils in advance for understanding that you got to stop talking and start working at some point,' Senator Gerald Boudreaux stated. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now New library construction progresses for Lafayette's northside Boulet said that under the agreement, LCG will receive a 99-year ground lease at a symbolic rate of one dollar per year. 'The Lafayette Public Library's mission is to enhance the quality of life in Lafayette parish by offering high-quality, cost-effective services tailored to community needs. This new location supports and advances that mission,' Boulet added. Initially, $8 million dollars had been set aside for the project. 'We are asking to move $7 million from our fund balance into the project for roughly $15 million dollars,' Danny Gillane of the Lafayette Public Library said. Years ago, Councilman Kenneth Boudreaux fought to stash away the initial $8 million based on a vision that's now closer to reality. 'Delayed but not denied, regardless of how it took, we got there. We are where we need to be,' Councilman Kenneth Boudreaux explained. Dustin Cravings is the president of Holy Rosary Redevelopment. 'In addition to the library, as Senator Boudreaux alluded to, there's another big project we hope to announce pretty soon in partnership with LEDA and a business incubator there as well that would serve that community,' Cravins noted. Boulet said final approval still requires action by the parish council. 'Let's talk about the neighborhood right down the street where the kids can walk from Veazey. This library is very important to our community and we're thankful to all the people up here, and all you guys out there who played a role in making this happen,' Councilman AB Rubin, Jr. stated. 22nd annual Take Back the Night March honors sexual assault survivors Law enforcement demonstrates dangers of converted firearm Proposal to develop Holy Rosary Campus into the Northeast Regional Library Acadiana Eats Kitchen: Spicyman Warm & Breezy With Higher Rain Chances Later This Week… Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Holy Rosary Church still at risk of demolition. Here's where things stand now
As cardinals of the Catholic Church make their way to Rome to choose the next pope, a choice over what to do with a historical church looms over Tacoma. The Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary would need costly repairs to function again. Everyone at least agrees about that. But from there things get complicated. A local group made an offer to purchase and run the church in 2024, but the local parish and the Archdiocese of Seattle has turned them down. Archbishop Paul Etienne decreed again in March that the Holy Rosary will be relegated to 'profane, but not sordid' use. That would decommission the church and make it possible to sell the property, and for a wrecking crew to take down the 104-year-old Gothic-style local landmark. Some local Catholics have made it clear they want to stop a potential demolition. They've raised funds and formed a legal entity that could purchase the property. They already appealed to the Vatican once and submitted their proposal to the local parish and the Archdiocese. As they did the last time the Archdiocese made this decree, they've now appealed to the Vatican again. The church is an eye-catching feature of the Tacoma skyline, and the prospect of losing it brought out strong reactions in Catholics and non-Catholics alike when the parish's plans first came to light in 2019. Even Mayor Victoria Woodards chimed in, pledging to help in what way she can. But the fate of the church isn't up to local government. Historical landmark laws don't apply to properties owned by religious organizations, and regional Catholic leadership has the authority to decide. Any arguments against those decisions are based in the Catholic Church's canon law, the same opaque set of rules and norms clerics will follow when choosing a replacement for Pope Francis. The local disagreement over whether Holy Rosary can or should go on as a church (and above all stay standing) is thorny. No one seems to agree on how valuable the property is. Or how extensive or costly repairs to the church would be. Or even what the process is for transferring the church to a lay organization. It's enough to make status updates from the Papal conclave, which are delivered through a chimney using different colors of smoke, seem straightforward. Tacoma Catholic Jack Connelly created a legal entity, Domus Dei Porta Coeli LLC, to buy the Holy Rosary property. Working with fundraisers for Save Tacoma's Landmark Church, he wants to purchase the property, fix up the church and eventually convert the surrounding property into a Catholic cultural center. The church would still serve as a place of worship in this plan, but it wouldn't have a dedicated priest or weekly services. The surrounding property could include gardens with Catholic statuary designed for contemplation. The parish, called the Parish of Saint John Paul XXII, and the Archbishop in Seattle didn't go for it, saying the offer wasn't workable. Connelly believes that the Archdiocese of Seattle wants to get more money for the property by making it possible to raze the church, which Etienne's decree does. He also thinks that strategy isn't going to make as much money as the Catholic leadership might hope. It costs money to raze a church. For its part, the Archdiocese has pointed to the millions of dollars it would take to restore the church. They estimate a price tag of $17 million or more. Archdiocese chief communications officer Helen McClenahan emphasized that the decision came from the parish in Tacoma, and not as a top-down order from leadership in Seattle. That decision came after engagement with the community, including Connelly's group, and a lot of 'prayer and discernment,' she added. While the church is historic, Catholics in Tacoma are part of the present. As much as it might be a beautiful part of the skyline, it's also supposed to serve the needs of the parish, McClenahan said, and that's no longer possible. Connelly disputes the Archdiocese's stance. The $17 million price estimate includes a list of nice-to-have things that aren't related to getting the building up to code, he said. For example, a new HVAC system would be nice, but he's willing to put up with the archaic boiler system if it means saving the church. Without knowing all of the many (many) details of the property's condition and what the law requires, it's hard to say whether Connelly and his cohorts have a viable plan. It is clear that many Tacomans want to keep the church intact. Catholics see it not only as a holy place where they've celebrated first communions, weddings and funerals, but as a way to attract people to their faith. But what that would look like, and the path to making it happen, is anything but clear.