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VALRICO When St. Stephen Catholic Church opened in Valrico almost 30 years ago, the congregation met in a temporary building on Bell Shoals Road.
The church planned to build a larger sanctuary off Boyette Road.
But through the years, other things took priority.
First, St. Stephen built a school on its 40-acre Boyette property. Then, the church waited. For increased membership. For funding and support.
In 2010, St. Stephen started an official fundraising campaign, Building Our Future Together, asking parishioners to contribute.
A Building Committee formed.
The church posted updates online encouraging families to take ownership and become part of the process.
Today, on the Feast of St. Stephen, the church will break ground on their dream: a 30,726-square-foot sanctuary.
The building project, which includes the construction of a 19,183-square-foot Family Life Center, will cost $12 million and finish in May 2016.
To celebrate, St. Stephen will host a community groundbreaking ceremony and reception at 4 p.m. today. A celebration will also follow Mass at 11 a.m. Sunday.
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Mangaluru, Dec 26: Fr Charles Serrao, the provincial superior of the Carmelites of Karnataka-Goa province, will inaugurate the newly-built Infant Mary Church at Bajjodi in Mangaluru on January 2, 2015.
The holy Eucharist will be celebrated and the blessing of the new church will be done by Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza, the bishop of Mangaluru.
A felicitation function will be held after the holy mass followed by lunch.
Fr Joe Tauro, the superior of St Joseph's Monastery, Carmel hill, Fr Antony Serrao, parish priest of St Sebastian Church, Bendore and Fr Melvin D'Cunha, presently the priest in charge of Infant Mary Church will be present with clergymen and devotees during the inauguration.
A new parish in the diocese
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In this Dec. 1, 2014, a guard walks inside the chapel of the former University of Santo Thomas of Villanueva in Havana, Cuba. Since late 2009, President Raul Castro's government has been quietly returning some church property that was confiscated in the years after the Cuban revolution, including this chapel. The rest of the university property was not returned. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)(The Associated Press)
In this Dec. 1, 2014 photo, graffiti covers a wall next to an altar and debris inside the chapel of the former University of Santo Thomas of Villanueva in Havana, Cuba. The church is planning to restore the building to its former glory, along with more a dozen more churches, parish houses and other buildings, as part of a quiet reconciliation between the Catholic Church and the Cuban government that has brought relations to a historic high point this Christmas. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)(The Associated Press)
In this Dec. 1, 2014 photo, debris decorated with crosses lays inside a chapel at the former University of Santo Thomas of Villanueva in Havana, Cuba. Since late 2009, President Raul Castro's government has been quietly returning some church property, including this chapel. The church and the Cuban government were in a state of open hostility in the years immediately after the 1959 revolution that put Fidel Castro in power, a time when some anti-Castro military used churches to store weapons. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)(The Associated Press)
In this Dec. 1, 2014 photo, a damaged statue of Saint Tomas stands outside the chapel of the former University of Santo Thomas of Villanueva in Havana, Cuba. The church is planning to restore the building to its former glory, along with more a dozen more churches, parish houses and other buildings, as part of a quiet reconciliation between the Catholic Church and the Cuban government that has brought relations to a historic high point this Christmas. Authorities have also given permission for the construction of the first two new churches in more than five decades. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)(The Associated Press)
In this Dec. 1, 2014 photo, electrical switches hang on a cross inside the chapel at the former University of Santo Thomas of Villanueva in Havana, Cuba. Since late 2009, President Raul Castro's government has been quietly returning some church property that was confiscated by the government, including this chapel. The church and the Cuban government were in a state of open hostility in the years immediately after the 1959 revolution that put Fidel Castro in power, a time when some anti-Castro military used churches to store weapons. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)(The Associated Press)
HAVANA Golden rays of tropical sunlight slant through the caved-in roof of Saint Thomas de Villanueva chapel, illuminating tiles graced by the faces of saints. Vandals shattered the stained-glass windows and scrawled their names on the thick walls during decades of frigid relations between the Roman Catholic Church and Cuba's communist government.
But a new chain-link fence surrounds the building, protecting it for a future that once seemed unimaginable.
The church is planning to restore the building to its former glory, along with more a dozen more churches, parish houses and other buildings, as part of a quiet reconciliation between the Catholic Church and the Cuban government that has brought relations to a historic high point this Christmas. Authorities have also given permission for the construction of the first two new churches in more than five decades.
After years of bridge-building behind closed doors, the Cuba-Vatican rapprochement burst into the headlines last week when the U.S. government credited Pope Francis with helping facilitate the secret reconciliation talks between the U.S. and Cuba. Francis wrote the leaders of both countries to invite them to resolve their differences.
Church officials and experts said the mediation and the renovation and construction of churches were essential parts of a fundamental shift in the dealings between the church and the communist state, which has been hostile toward religion for decades.
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December 24, 2014, 4:50 PM Last updated: Wednesday, December 24, 2014, 4:54 PM
HAVANA Golden rays of tropical sunlight slant through the caved-in roof of Saint Thomas de Villanueva chapel, illuminating tiles graced by the faces of saints. Vandals shattered the stained-glass windows and scrawled their names on the thick walls during decades of frigid relations between the Roman Catholic Church and Cuba's communist government.
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In this Dec. 1, 2014, a guard walks inside the chapel of the former University of Santo Thomas of Villanueva in Havana, Cuba. Since late 2009, President Raul Castro's government has been quietly returning some church property that was confiscated in the years after the Cuban revolution, including this chapel. The rest of the university property was not returned. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
But a new chain-link fence surrounds the building, protecting it for a future that once seemed unimaginable.
The church is planning to restore the building to its former glory, along with more a dozen more churches, parish houses and other buildings, as part of a quiet reconciliation between the Catholic Church and the Cuban government that has brought relations to a historic high point this Christmas. Authorities have also given permission for the construction of the first two new churches in more than five decades.
After years of bridge-building behind closed doors, the Cuba-Vatican rapprochement burst into the headlines last week when the U.S. government credited Pope Francis with helping facilitate the secret reconciliation talks between the U.S. and Cuba. Francis wrote the leaders of both countries to invite them to resolve their differences.
Church officials and experts said the mediation and the renovation and construction of churches were essential parts of a fundamental shift in the dealings between the church and the communist state, which has been hostile toward religion for decades.
Developments "are heading in the same direction: a new chapter in the general and economic history of Cuba, and also church-state relations," said Enrique Lopez Oliva, a religious historian at the University of Havana.
The church and the Cuban government were in a state of open hostility in the years immediately after the 1959 revolution that put Fidel Castro in power, a time when some anti-Castro military used churches to store weapons.
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The congregation of University City Church will be celebrating Christmas Eve under the stars in the parking lot of the historic downtown church this evening.
An electrical fire in the churchs attic a year ago in November has led to an $8million renovation project. The sanctuary with a state-of-the-art video and audio sound system is targeted for completion in February, said lead pastor Andy Tracy.
Meanwhile, the 400-member congregation has had Sunday services at several locations during the year the latest at Tucson High Schools auditorium.
But since the school district is closed for the holidays, the congregation will gather for Christmas Eve services in the churchs parking lot, 604 N. Sixth Ave., at 5 p.m.
It will be a simple service with beautiful music, and the celebration of the baby Jesus who was born 2,000 years ago. His birth is a message of hope, said Tracy, explaining that members of the nondenominational church have been studying the different characters in the Christmas story.
The congregation made up of University of Arizona students and families from across the city has remained strong and united during the rebuilding.
Elder Don Pooley, 63, a mostly retired professional golfer who is an elder in the church, will be at the Christmas Eve service with his wife, Margaret, and their two daughters, a son-in-law and two grandchildren.
It has been quite a wild ride from the fire to holding service in the church parking lot, then under a tent and in other locations until the reconstruction is finished, Pooley said.
We are seeing how God is taking care of us through the whole thing, said Pooley, explaining that the church was built in 1925 and had issues when the congregation bought it in 2013.
The small attic fire caused extensive smoke and water damage that ruined the interior building with wooden pews, flooring and ornate woodwork.
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Churchgoers are calling on the head of the Diocese of Venice for answers to why unlawful construction work was being done at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Cape Coral.
The church went ahead with renovation projects without permits, which is also against diocesan policy.
All year, the NBC2 Investigators have uncovered allegations of financial misuse within the diocese.
Monday, we learned back on December 2, 2014 Cape Coral inspectors halted work on a construction project after finding out the church was doing major renovations without a single permit.
Tina Cohen is a concerned parishioner and says the work was going on for several months.
Cohen says it appears to be a safety issue, the building currently under construction has a leaky roof which leads to mold issues.
Cohen says this is another example of mistrust after allegations came out earlier this year about a lack of financial transparency in the church.
We don't know where the funds are coming from in order to do all this work and that has not been made clear to the parish as a whole Cohen says.
Parishioners say they're also in the dark as to who approved the unlawful work and exactly what is being done.
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Bethlehem: It's Christmas season and the little town of Bethlehem is jammed with a big-city problem: Traffic snarling streets everywhere, including around the church marking the spot where tradition says Jesus was born. The city is considering a dramatic solution to the problem - digging a tunnel under Manger Square.
Traffic is a mess year-round. It may be the biblical town of grottos and shepherds' fields in the minds of many around the world, but Bethlehem is a modern densely populated town of 28,000 with a dizzying weave of small streets that practically guarantee traffic jams.
"Bethlehem is going through a crisis," said Anton Salman, a city councilor. "We think that the solution to this traffic is to build an underground passage between the two sides of the square."
Bethlehem's municipality hopes to eventually build several tunnels around the Palestinian city, where the urban development problems are myriad. Bethlehem is sandwiched on three sides by other towns. From the north and southeast, it is hemmed in by Israel's separation barrier and Jewish settlements, leaving it little choice but to build vertically.
It is also a main transit point for drivers between the northern and southern parts of the West Bank, compounding its congestion.
The area around the Nativity Church, built atop the site where Christians believe Jesus was born, is particularly busy, with a mix of tourists swarming the area and cars squeezing across the central Manger Square. Streets all around face a constant backlog because of traffic in the square, where beeping horns are heard as much as clanging church bells.
Even worse, during the holidays, the square is closed for annual events like the Christmas tree lighting and Christmas Eve celebrations, when it is thronged with revelers. That plunges traffic nearby deeper into chaos.
The plan proposes an 80-meter-long (260-foot long) tunnel passing under a narrow two-lane street that crosses Manger Square in front of the Nativity Church. The project would take about two years to complete and would cost $4 million to $5 million, with the Palestinian Authority pledging to foot the bill. If the plan is approved, construction could start next fall.
With the tunnel ensuring the flow of traffic, Manger Square would be closed to cars entirely under the plan and turned into a pedestrian expanse.
But the tunnel project could run aground before even breaking ground. The municipality would need to get a stamp of approval from the U.N.'s cultural agency UNESCO, which has listed the Nativity Church as a world heritage site and would want to ensure its protection. Junaid Sorosh-Wali, an official at UNESCO's Ramallah office, said the agency would study the plan once approached by Palestinian officials and then determine its position.
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