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By Vincent Lupo The old Catholic Cemetery at the corner of Common and Iris streets has a “nice” new look thanks in part to an ...
The sun sets through the distinctive quatrefoils of Christ Cathedral as construction and renovation continue inside the space formerly known as the Crystal Cathedral on Feb. 7, 2019.
California’s famed Crystal Cathedral — once the home of the late evangelical pastor Robert Schuller’s famed “Hour of Power” TV show — has been purchased by the local Catholic diocese ...
Eight years after the Diocese of Orange purchased the Crystal Cathedral — the glittering glass church in Garden Grove — the renamed Christ Cathedral has re-opened its doors with a dedication ...
Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register, via Getty Images Crystal Cathedral opened in 1980 and was built by Mr. Schuller on 40 acres in Garden Grove, Calif., at a cost of $18 million. Mr.
After a $44 million makeover, Crystal Cathedral, the glass-paned church that once housed a booming televangelist ministry, was rededicated Wednesday as a Catholic Church. (Jae C. Hong/AP) ...
The Crystal Cathedral was so entirely open to the outdoors — harking back to the drive-in preaching days — that there was no place for sacred images: no solid walls to paint, no niches for ...
Christ Cathedral was formerly named the Crystal Cathedral. The property was purchased by the Orange diocese in February 2012 for $57.5 million from the Protestant community which founded it.
Crystal Cathedral needed major repairs and would have to be adapted to serve as a Catholic facility. The new focus of Evers' capital campaign was raising money for its transformation.
Crystal Cathedral needed major repairs and would have to be adapted to serve as a Catholic facility. The new focus of Evers’ capital campaign was raising money for its transformation.
Crystal Cathedral’s 40-acre campus contained the world’s largest pipe organ and was the site of an annual Christmas pageant with live camels, horses and “flying” angels.
In 1980, he built the towering glass-and-steel Crystal Cathedral to house his booming TV ministry, which was broadcast live each week from the cathedral’s airy and sunlit 2,800-seat sanctuary.