Comments on: Sanctuaries: A photo tour of Woodlawn’s churches http://chicagoweekly.net/2009/11/18/sanctuaries-a-photo-tour-of-woodlawns-churches/ All Sides of the South Side Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:58:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mike http://chicagoweekly.net/2009/11/18/sanctuaries-a-photo-tour-of-woodlawns-churches/comment-page-1/#comment-17093 Mike Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:41:44 +0000 http://chicagoweekly.net/?p=1933#comment-17093 There were even more large churches in Woodlawn, most of which are now empty lots; the Woodlawn Immanuel Lutheran Church at 64th and Kenwood, the Woodlawn Park Methodist Episcopal Church at 64th and Woodlawn (across from St. Gelasius/St. Clara), St. Cyril's at 64th and Blackstone and the Woodlawn Episcopal Church at 65th and Woodlawn. The building that houses the Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer was formerly the parish of Holy Cross (with a school just south of there on Maryland), thus putting three huge Catholic parishes (Holy Cross, St. Clara's and St. Cyril's) within eight blocks of each other. There were even more large churches in Woodlawn, most of which are now empty lots; the Woodlawn Immanuel Lutheran Church at 64th and Kenwood, the Woodlawn Park Methodist Episcopal Church at 64th and Woodlawn (across from St. Gelasius/St. Clara), St. Cyril’s at 64th and Blackstone and the Woodlawn Episcopal Church at 65th and Woodlawn.

The building that houses the Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer was formerly the parish of Holy Cross (with a school just south of there on Maryland), thus putting three huge Catholic parishes (Holy Cross, St. Clara’s and St. Cyril’s) within eight blocks of each other.

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