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Article: Home in Annie's sacred space. (Starting Point).(narrative on remodeling a church into a home)(Brief Article)(Column)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- February 8, 2002
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It was love at first sight. My husband and I, newly married, waded through the waist-high grass to get to the front double doors of the empty church. Mounting the cement steps and heaving the heavy doors open, we stepped into the vestibule, which led to another set of wooden swinging doors. Dusty sunlight filtered in from the arched window high above the door. The place was silent and as peaceful as a tomb.
Walking into the main part of the church, which was cluttered with debris and old furniture, we looked up at the gorgeous, tin-sculpted ceiling and hanging white-globe light fixtures, filled with bullet holes from vandals, as were most of the eight large ...