CONGREGATION TO BREAK GROUND FOR NEW CHURCH.Byline: Terry Kanakri Daily News Staff Writer After years of planning and fund raising, parishioners of St. Peter Claver This article is about the Jesuit Saint. For the Filipino municipality, see Claver, Surigao del Norte. Saint Peter Claver (in Spanish: Pedro Claver Catholic Church will break ground for a new church Sunday. With Bishop Tom Curry Tom Curry (born 1 September 1894 in South Shields; died 6 February 1958 in Munich) was the trainer for Manchester United F.C. He played for Newcastle United as a half-back, making 221 appearances in the 1920s, and scoring 5 goals. planning to attend, parishioners are inviting the public to join the celebration at the 1:30 p.m. groundbreaking ceremony at the corner of Cochran and Stow streets in Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. . Parishioners have been anticipating the construction of a 15,000-square-foot church adjacent to the existing building at 2380 Stow St. for a long time. ``We're growing, and this is something that we've looked for as a parish for many, many years,'' said Dick Hamm, a parishioner since 1972. ``Right now we're so crowded and during some of our Masses, it's standing room only.'' Responding to considerable growth in membership in recent years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time east Simi Valley parish is building a new $3.5 million church that nearly will double the size of the sanctuary. One of two Catholic churches serving Simi Valley, St. Peter Claver is a 10,000-square-foot building that houses a 600-seat sanctuary and a parish hall. When the Rev. Dennis Mongrain arrived to lead the church about four years ago, there were approximately 600 families that regularly participated in church services and activities. Today that number has grown to more than 2,000, and a new church is needed to accommodate the growth. ``The community is excited and enthusiastic,'' Mongrain said. ``They're also grateful that we have arrived at this particular moment in the history of our church and our parish. We're hopeful in the months ahead that a new house of worship Noun 1. house of worship - any building where congregations gather for prayer house of God, house of prayer, place of worship bethel - a house of worship (especially one for sailors) will be built before our very eyes. I think it will accommodate the growing number of people that are coming to our parish.'' Plans call for remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure. bone remodeling the existing church building, turning it into a large parish hall for activities such as Sunday school, Bible studies and events to help the needy
The parish also plans to build a Catholic elementary school in the future. |
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