Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church breaks ground on $5 million facility

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Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church recently broke ground on a new $5 million facility.
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Its new, 15,788 square-foot church is being built next to its existing one at Augusta Road and James Drive. It is scheduled to be completed in late summer 2016.
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Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church is a family-based parish with a K-4-8th grade school, an active ministry to the needy in the community, a vibrant youth work combined with traditional worship and devotions.
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Personally, whenever I read about this “vibrancy” stuff prompting new parishes, I can’t help but think this comes at the expense of other surrounding parishes which will be losing these vibrant (and contributing) members.
 
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Interesting. That begs the question, are Catholic churches more expensive to build, due to the artwork, statues, marble and so on - for the same given capacity - as lets say a Pentecostal church? Perhaps not once you factor in the special stage equipment, acoustics, audio visual and so on? Then again a more traditional Protestant church without the fancy equipment is probably cheaper for the same capacity.
 
crai7 said:
Interesting. That begs the question, are Catholic churches more expensive to build, due to the artwork, statues, marble and so on - for the same given capacity - as lets say a Pentecostal church? Perhaps not once you factor in the special stage equipment, acoustics, audio visual and so on? Then again a more traditional Protestant church without the fancy equipment is probably cheaper for the same capacity.
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They’re more expensive due to the specific liturgical needs. Not just pews, but pews with kneelers. Tabernacles. They know you’re only ever going to buy just one and most want a really special one. Appropriate altars and ambos, not simply lecterns. Custom windows, not just colored panes. Specific kinds of candle sticks, and yes, the statuary, the vesting sacristy, censors, chalices, custom made linens, colored appointments for the various seasons, confessionals, the Mass vessels, all of which aren’t in your typical non-Catholic church. Plus, a chapel. One of the parishes in our area was built in 1998 for 12 million. And MUCH of it was donated by various families in memory of someone. It’s really huge.
 
pianistclare said:
Custom windows, not just colored panes.
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FWIW, they found the windows they need.
It will be a Romanesque—style facility featuring recovered stained glass windows from the Wilbur H. Burnham studios. The windows were purchased from a previously closed Catholic church in Pittsfield, Mass., and are currently being refurbished for use in the new church.
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The article doesn’t say what other items were bought from other churches, although it does mention traditional worship…
 
ProVobis said:
FWIW, they found the windows they need.

The article doesn’t say what other items were bought from other churches, although it does mention traditional worship…
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Um, what are you talking about? I was responding to the person who thinks building a Catholic church is similar in price to a protestant one. Catholic churches require some very specific, custom made appointments.

I would imagine some Orthodox churches are even more costly.
 
pianistclare said:
I was responding to the person who thinks building a Catholic church is similar in price to a protestant one. Catholic churches require some very specific, custom made appointments.
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Sorry, I meant to address that as well. I guess it all depends. I’ve been at Protestant churches enough to see and hear better organs, among other things. And the new Catholic churches, at least the ones in my area, have been building without kneelers, confessionals, candles, stained glass, etc, things that you probably see in more traditional churches.
 
ProVobis said:
Sorry, I meant to address that as well. I guess it all depends. I’ve been at Protestant churches enough to see and hear better organs, among other things. And the new Catholic churches, at least the ones in my area, have been building without kneelers, confessionals, candles, stained glass, etc, things that you probably see in more traditional churches.
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Wow. :o
Not around here. Still big elaborate churches.
 
pianistclare said:
Um, what are you talking about? I was responding to the person who thinks building a Catholic church is similar in price to a protestant one. Catholic churches require some very specific, custom made appointments.

I would imagine some Orthodox churches are even more costly.
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Construction stuff is also just expensive these days.
 
There is a new Catholic church being built in Wisconsin Dells, WI, that costs 11.5 million dollars. There are certain areas that are requiring bigger church spaces. If it is required, then isn’t it a good thing? And to me, to see a church being built such as that in the Romanesque style is absolutely beautiful. The one in the Dells is going to be beautiful inside, complete with restored stained glass windows (see below). I, for one, am happy to see beautiful Catholic churches come about again… and if it requires a little more money to build… if it will last another 50-100 years, well worth it…

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I don’t get the point of this thread! Five million is a reasonable cost for a new church if not below average, the outward appearance reflects the dignity I would expect of a Catholic church although it doesn’t say what the sanctuary will look like (hopefully not a progressive abomination) and it will do much to refresh and possibly grow the parish.
 
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