tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29191589.post115103013774470769..comments2023-10-25T04:22:54.910-07:00Comments on An Anglican Priest: The Ruminations of a Canterbury Cap Catholic: Rev. Dr. Hasserthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14350737386756722887noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29191589.post-1153604777066860552006-07-22T14:46:00.000-07:002006-07-22T14:46:00.000-07:00That is sad, but it sometimes can be reversed.St. ...That is sad, but it sometimes can be reversed.<BR/><BR/>St. Augustine's, Chico CA, is a historic old (by California standards) church put on the block the Episcopal church in the mid to late 80s. The buyer turned the nave into an upscale Chinese restaurant, the sanctuary a bar, the hall downstairs a nightclub. Five years later the business went bankrupt and through a series of twists and turns wound up being bought by an APCK parish.<BR/><BR/>(Aside: During the restoration, as they removed the restaurant facades to restore the building's original appearance, they kept finding little crosses secreted here and there behind the facades, apparently by the unknown workmen who erected the facades.)Continuing Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241314825274530020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29191589.post-1151364822124663932006-06-26T16:33:00.000-07:002006-06-26T16:33:00.000-07:00Good to meet you as well. God bless in your new mi...Good to meet you as well. God bless in your new ministry as curate at St. Mark's.Rev. Dr. Hasserthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350737386756722887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29191589.post-1151359239846905582006-06-26T15:00:00.000-07:002006-06-26T15:00:00.000-07:00Love your blog, Father, and enjoyed meeting you at...Love your blog, Father, and enjoyed meeting you at synod. <BR/><BR/>The same thing happened to a big Episcopal Church (Christ Church) here in Baltimore. It was once a gorgeous, historic church with awesome stained glass, intricate carvings, and such. Now it is a crazy non-denominational church called the "New Refuge Deliverance Cathderal", and serves as the seat of "Her Eminence, Naomi DuRant, Archbishop". It is so sad. They letting the building go completely to pot.J. Gordon Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941152529096287366noreply@blogger.com