The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston mentioned Monday that it’s accepting proposals for the potential sale of Saint Christopher’s Church on Columbia Level in Dorchester.
The announcement comes after the parishes of Saint Christopher’s at 265 Mt. Vernon St. and Saint Teresa of Calcutta at 800 Columbia Street merged final yr and continued working each church buildings.
Following “an in depth session course of on the parish degree” and with the archdiocese, the parish determined it not wanted the church facility, the assertion mentioned.
“That is additionally a sound monetary resolution the place we will put money into increasing our evangelization efforts whereas utilizing a vastly under-utilized constructing for the higher good of the parish,” the Rev. John Ronaghan, pastor of Saint Teresa’s, mentioned within the assertion.
The archdiocese mentioned the sale would assist maintain the parish financially steady, and a portion of the proceeds could be invested in Saint John’s Seminary in Brighton, certainly one of two seminaries within the archdiocese that prepare seminarians to turn into ordained clergymen, based on the assertion.
Saint Christopher’s Church was in-built 1899 and sits on 3.32 acres, based on metropolis property data. The property’s complete assessed worth is $4.23 million, with the land assessed at $2.64 million and the constructing assessed at $1.59 million, based on the data.
“The expectation is that any sale will embrace proposals for combined use redevelopment,” the archdiocese mentioned in an announcement.
The archdiocese mentioned the customer can be required to offer the parish with 6,000 sq. toes of house on the property to make use of “as a doable worship and/or multi-purpose house.”
Saint Christopher’s and Saint Teresa of Calcutta mixed parishes in 2021 as a part of the Archdiocese of Boston Pastoral Planning initiative, Disciples in Mission, the assertion mentioned. Disciples in Mission was permitted by Cardinal Sean O’Malley in 2012 to handle “developments which have resulted in fewer clergymen, decrease Mass attendance and monetary pressures with a deal with evangelization.”
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