[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12067]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         IN RECOGNITION OF THE REOPENING OF ST. BARBARA CHURCH

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 24, 2012

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of St. Barbara's 
Church, one of the 11 Cleveland Catholic Diocese parishes that will be 
reopening this year.
  In 2009 it was announced that several of the Cleveland Catholic 
Diocese's area churches, including St. Barbara's, were to close. 
However, just months ago, the Vatican overruled this decision and St. 
Barbara's will be reopening its doors on Sunday, July 22.
  St. Barbara's Church originally opened in 1906 on top of a hill south 
of Big Creek in Cleveland. The building burned down in 1913, and a new 
one was built on the corner of Denison Avenue and West 15th Street, 
which was much more accessible for parishioners traveling by foot. In 
1925, St. Barbara's Elementary School was established along with a new 
church building, leaving the old church building to be used as a hall 
for events. The third church building was torn down and replaced with 
yet another in 1952, and would remain the primary church building.
  In anticipation of the re-opening, parishioners spent the past 
several weeks restoring the building to its former condition, cleaning 
the pews and replacing the statues that had been removed after the 
closing.
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me in recognizing the 
reopening of St. Barbara's Church, a beloved parish that has returned 
to the City of Cleveland.

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