![]() Marriages were celebrated, First Communions and Confirmations kept growing, while the search went on. In the meantime, the number of baptisms at Our Lady of Fatima increased, while the number of funerals decreased. ![]() Five years later the diocese sold the church to a Protestant group-the Lion of Juda congregation. A shell buyer attempted to purchase it for the Society, but word came to the diocese that the SSPX was behind it and a lawsuit ensued against the shell buyer, who eventually settled with the diocese. The first property that seemed feasible was a closed Catholic church, St. Scott Gardner, and one parishioner, Walter Viola, was especially helpful in trying to locate properties. His Divine Providence would lead the chapel through many twists of events and vexing endeavors in dealing with the Diocese of Pittsburgh. The search began, but it was not going to be a quick job since God works in eternity and not time, despite what we often wish. Therefore it was decided a few years ago to start looking for a proper church for the sacrifice of the Mass. But for a Catholic who knows the dignity of the Mass there is always the desire to own a proper church.įurther, the demographics of the parish changed a great deal in those years after 1997 with a growing parish and many children entering the catechism program. The parishioners and benefactors did their best to make it as worthy as they could for the Mass, even buying the famous Beuronese murals which decorate the walls of the gym. Pius X purchased a school building in Collier Township, just west of Pittsburgh, which as a Mass location is known as Our Lady of Fatima Church.Īlthough the school building was in a pleasant location and had ample classrooms and land, Mass had to be celebrated in the old gym of the school.
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