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\"la-1474064124-snap-photo\"<\/a>As\u00a0<\/span>The Orange County Register<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/a>reported yesterday, the 10th of February, <\/span><\/p>\n

“after several months of agonizing over cost estimates and design plans, Bishop Kevin Vann [blessed] the Christ Cathedral sanctuary before it is sealed off to be renovated into a Catholic cathedral. \u00a0… Yesterday\u2019s event [was] an opportunity for everyone involved in the project \u2013 contributors, parishioners, architects, engineers, designers and volunteers \u2013 to sign their names and write their prayers on the concrete floor of the building and figure out the asphalt maintenance plan<\/a> before construction begins.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Approximately 7 to 12 million more dollars will need to be raised to complete the Cathedral, but the diocese is confident that this will be done before the expected completion in October of 2018.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pray Tell<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has covered the evolution of the famed Philip Johnson-designed former Chrystal Cathedral into the new Christ Cathedral extensively, by Johnson Fain, from the\u00a0<\/span>initial\u00a0<\/span>concepts<\/a>, until the approval of the\u00a0final design<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0September of 2016.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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