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Episcopal Church in Texas on list of Ten Sacred Places to Save
2002-013-3
1/17/2002
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[Episcopal News Service]
From its modest century-old wood frame building, St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church in Galveston, Texas, reaches out to its neighborhood with a day care center, mentoring and drug awareness programs, despite storm damage that has not been repaired for lack of funds.
Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) has named the congregation one of the Ten Sacred Places to Save, placing it on a national list of historic houses of worship that are serving their communities but need major capital repair. 'In our nation's time of need, it should be clearer than ever what our churches, synagogues, mosques and temples mean to our communities. They are anchoring centers of community service and moral leadership,' said the senator, a national leader of efforts to support faith-based community efforts.
Congregations on the list are representative of both the community-serving work and the fragility of America's historic religious properties. Leaking roofs, decaying windows, and structural problems are common in many older sac red places.
'Unless government, corporations and philanthropy can develop new sources of capital funding for those and other endangered sacred spaces, America will begin losing historic buildings as well as the vital social services they house,' said A. Robert Jaeger, co-director of Partners for Sacred Places, an organization dedicated to monitoring the situation.
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