Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, Windsor – St. Anne Parish, Windsor
No later than 31 October 2007, both Our Lady of the Rosary Parish and St. Anne Parish will close. The territorial boundaries of these two parishes will be absorbed into those of neighboring parishes. This assignment of the respective territories will be decided in the near future upon consultation with the Deanery of Windsor.
A ride past OLTR from the waterfront recently showed some of the neglect of the bell towers.
Earlier this summer the church was allegedly hit by lightning, and as it is slated to close, no one seems to care about how crappy it looks in its current condition.
Years of sucking cash, but not putting a dime back. It sounds like the Catholic Church and Windsor Utilities have a lot in common.
This is the church I was married in, and from a personal point of view, once she closes (after 100 years), I’m done.
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On the right tower/steeple what happened to the ornament at the top, any idea ? Or is that the result of the lightning strike ?
Rich, until recently, both towers were topped with crosses too.
It wasn't that long ago both towers were restored.
Sadly, most parishes are quite poor. But if the vatican would open their coffers (and also allow priests to marry or bring them over from Poland where there is a massive amount of priests) I don't think we would have such a problem. Sad times in the Catholic Church today where the parishioners are not heard but told how important they are.
Maybe they should put their money where their mouth is both literally and figuratively.
Ya, early 1990s those towers were in the parking lot being restored....such a rapid decline seems strange.
If the church closes, you're done with the Church, or done with your marriage?
Just the Church, I'm still happy with the marriage. :)
Another sad one is Holy Name of Mary. They just spent all that money restoring it to turn around and close it. It really is a shame.
It's too bad that Holy Name of Mary is closing. I'm not surprised. The municipal unions and city hall have treated the taxpayers like cash cows for too long and those that can afford to leave are heading for Tecumseh, Lakeshore and LaSalle and taking their churches with them. The same thing happened in Detroit back in the 1980's when dwindling church attendance forced lots of churches in Detroit to close. Personally, I don't think anything short of an armed uprising against city hall and CUPE will change the way things work in Windsor. You're going to see more churches in the city close as middle class taxpayers flee for county.
CUPE's new campaign: "Lost your church yet? Keep worshiping in the county!"
I for one would welcome a box-store mega church in the county as long as there's acres of parking and access off the 401.
I may have missed something because I don't live in Windsor anymore -- but how is CUPE responsible for this, and the sprawl out, in a direct way?