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Article: Holy Trinity Parish wins reprieve
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 17, 1986
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Holy Trinity Parish has been given a stay of closure by the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.
The non-territorial parish, which has served Polish faithful
from across the city since 1893, will remain open as a mission and
site of special services for recent immigrants from Poland despite a
paucity of priests, declining membership and major building repair
needs, said Joseph Cardinal Bernardin.
Archdiocesan officials had considered closing the parish at 1118
N. Noble last summer when Resurrectionist priests who administer Holy
Trinity said they would be pulling out Jan. 1, 1987.
Parishioners and others of Polish descent bombarded the
archdiocese with protests, and church ...