Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review
Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review
Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review
Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review
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A Jeannette church this month will host its first Mass since August, when it was forced to close.
The interior of Sacred Heart Parish won’t look exactly the same, though, and costly water damage repairs loom amid hopes to revive the city’s Catholic presence.
Plaster has either fallen or been removed from most interior walls, exposing brick in the English Gothic-style building that dates back to the 1920s. Deacon Bill Newhouse, who has been appointed administrator, will be leading the work on a plan for the building and reinvigorating interest in Jeannette.
Historic site: A file photo from 2014 showing part of Convent Bukit Nanas s interesting architectural features.
The news that Convent Bukit Nanas has not been granted an extension of its land lease by the Federal Territories Lands and Mines Department was met with horror and disgust by many of us. That was followed by the thought, “Lease? Shouldn’t it have been gazetted a long time ago, along with the Victoria Institute, as a heritage site?”
Convent Bukit Nanas, fondly known as CBN, was established in Kuala Lumpur in 1899. It was founded just five years after the Victoria Institution and is one of the oldest schools in the country.