[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12069]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        IN RECOGNITION OF THE REOPENING OF ST. PATRICK'S 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. Patrick'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. Patrick's, were to close. 
However, just months ago, the Vatican overruled this decision and St. 
Patrick's will be reopening its doors on Sunday, July 22.
  St. Patrick Parish, which was founded on March 17, 1848, is the 
mother church of 13 parishes on Cleveland's west side. The church was 
built using sandstone in 1898 and still has its original stained glass 
windows portraying the saints. The parish grounds also include a 
Community Center, Rectory, Cemetery, gym, and West Park Catholic 
Academy's two school buildings.
  St. Patrick Parish had served more than 1,110 families in Cleveland's 
West Park neighborhood before being closed. Upon reopening, the parish 
anticipates that nearly 80 percent of their former parishioners will 
return to worship.
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me in recognizing the 
reopening of St. Patrick's Church, a beloved parish that has returned 
to the City of Cleveland.

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