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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

St. Martin de Porres, Bancroft Street

5 comments:

uncle jim said...: did that 'used to be' St Anne's; January 16, 2008 at 10:20 AM
Jeffrey Smith said...: Yes. St. Anne's was merged with St. Benedict the Moor and another parish whose name I can't remember to form this one.
The exterior is perfectly preserved and the altars, murals, and most of the interior kept up. Unfortunately, they've gotten rid of the pews and set up a dinner theater type of arrangement, complete with a "liturgical dance" troop. All the latest bells and whistles ( If you're stuck in the 70's ) but the congregation's dwindled to 259 registered parishioners. Nice big church with "new" ideas ( Right from 30 years ago ), but it's the second smallest of Toledo's thirty parishes.; January 16, 2008 at 10:35 AM
irene said...: St. Theresa, on Dorr St.; January 16, 2008 at 8:05 PM
Jeffrey Smith said...: Thank you.; January 16, 2008 at 8:07 PM
uncle jim said...: I remember as a child, we used to park in the St Anne's parking lot to go to Mud Hens games at the old Swayne Field.; January 18, 2008 at 3:49 PM

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