[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12277]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          IN RECOGNITION OF THE REOPENING OF ST. JAMES CHURCH

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 25, 2012

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of St. James' 
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. 
James' will be reopening its doors on Wednesday, July 25, 2012.
  St. James Church was founded in 1908 as the founding parish for the 
cities of Lakewood and Rocky River. For more than a century, St. James 
has been a house of worship and gathering for the Catholic residents of 
Lakewood, Ohio.
  After Bishop Lennon's 2009 announcement parishioners gathered 
together and formed Friends of Saint James/Save Saint James in an 
effort to stop the closing of their church. The members of Friends of 
Saint James/Save Saint James are committed to the preservation of Saint 
James as a parish and an architecturally significant structure in the 
City of Lakewood. They have dedicated themselves to the development of 
a long range financial plan for capital improvements and maintenance of 
the church and its programs.
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me in recognizing the 
reopening of St. James' Church, a beloved parish that has returned to 
the City of Lakewood.

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