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St. John of God becoming St. Raphael the Archangel construction site.
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daveg
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Date: March 25, 2012 03:07PM
Last year a project got underway to build a new church, St Raphael the Archangel in Lake County, from the exterior of St. John of God, a south side (Back of the Yards) Chicago church that had closed its doors awhile ago. The interior of the new church is coming from another shuttered Chicago church, St. Peter of Canisius.
Chicago locations:
St John of God 1238 W. 52nd St.
St Peter of Canisius 5057 W. North Ave.
The exterior pieces of St John of God were transported to Lake Couny at a site on Rt 45 about a mile south of Rt 173.
Here's a link to a Flickr set of the construction site taken at various time since last year. Latest 14 photos were taken today.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/k9jdk/sets/72157627114661800/detail/
This project was featured on Chicago Tonight last year with Geoffrey Baer providing the details.
Here's a WBEZ article on the subject.
http://www.wbez.org/blog/lee-bey/st-raphael-travelers-patron-calls-pair-closed-chicago-churches-50-miles-north
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 07/06/2012 10:42AM by daveg.
Chicago locations:
St John of God 1238 W. 52nd St.
St Peter of Canisius 5057 W. North Ave.
The exterior pieces of St John of God were transported to Lake Couny at a site on Rt 45 about a mile south of Rt 173.
Here's a link to a Flickr set of the construction site taken at various time since last year. Latest 14 photos were taken today.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/k9jdk/sets/72157627114661800/detail/
This project was featured on Chicago Tonight last year with Geoffrey Baer providing the details.
Here's a WBEZ article on the subject.
http://www.wbez.org/blog/lee-bey/st-raphael-travelers-patron-calls-pair-closed-chicago-churches-50-miles-north
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 07/06/2012 10:42AM by daveg.
Re: St. John of God becoming St. Raphael the Archangel construction site.
Posted by:
tomcat630
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Date: March 30, 2012 02:43AM
Wow! St. Peter Canisius at 5100 w North av, was my family church from 1964-70! I will have to pass the word!
Re: St. John of God becoming St. Raphael the Archangel construction site.
Posted by:
daveg
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Date: March 30, 2012 10:10AM
Forgot to mention that the organ for the new church was the one used at the Medinah Temple that was located at Wabash and Ohio, now a Bloomingdale's.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/30/2012 11:44AM by daveg.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/30/2012 11:44AM by daveg.
Re: St. John of God becoming St. Raphael the Archangel construction site.
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daveg
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Date: July 02, 2012 11:40AM
New photos (25) added to set yesterday. They start toward the bottom of page 6.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/k9jdk/sets/72157627114661800/detail/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/k9jdk/sets/72157627114661800/detail/
Re: St. John of God becoming St. Raphael the Archangel construction site.
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daveg
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Date: August 05, 2012 05:28PM
New photos (34) added today. Start on page 8 of the set.
I met the pastor and business manager of the parish today. Spent about an hour with the manager learning a lot about the project and the parish's current location, which is a farm on Rt 173 a bit east of Rt 45, a few miles from the "new" church. Saint Rita, Quigley and Barat College are all part of this very interesting story.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/k9jdk/sets/72157627114661800/detail/
I met the pastor and business manager of the parish today. Spent about an hour with the manager learning a lot about the project and the parish's current location, which is a farm on Rt 173 a bit east of Rt 45, a few miles from the "new" church. Saint Rita, Quigley and Barat College are all part of this very interesting story.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/k9jdk/sets/72157627114661800/detail/
Re: St. John of God becoming St. Raphael the Archangel construction site.
Posted by:
daveg
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Date: September 09, 2012 02:23PM
Added 5 new photos today. They're at the bottom of the set found at the above flickr link.
Re: St. John of God becoming St. Raphael the Archangel construction site.
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daveg
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Date: June 17, 2013 04:27PM
10 new photos added to the Flickr set yesterday. Here's the link to the new. There are many others prior to yesterday.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/k9jdk/9059286174/in/set-72157627114661800/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/k9jdk/9059286174/in/set-72157627114661800/
Re: St. John of God becoming St. Raphael the Archangel construction site.
Posted by:
daveg
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Date: September 01, 2014 01:58PM
Today for the first time I was able to take some interior photos. They are at the bottom of the Flickr album.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/k9jdk/sets/72157627114661800/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/k9jdk/sets/72157627114661800/
