Sacred Heart Church for December 6th reopening

The rebuilt Sacred Heart Church. (Keno George photo)

Nearly eleven years after it was devastated by fire, the historic Sacred Heart Church is set for reopening on December 6th.

According to yesterday’s Catholic Standard, the Sacred Heart Catholic community will officially and permanently occupy the rebuilt facilities on Main Street. Reconstruct-ing the 155-year-old church with some of its iconic features has so far cost $125M.

The Catholic Standard report said that a special Mass will be said on December 6th. It added that the new concrete church and caretaker’s quarters are over 90% finished. Work on replacing some of the original cast-iron fence will be carried out next year. The fence had to be