After being closed for 4 years, 2006-2010, St. Anthony re-opened again on the 1st. Advent in 2010. The Ecumenical Catholic Church of Christ took charge of this new project. We praise God for giving us the Grace! We are forever grateful to all dedicated volunteers and generous contractors who helped with the repairs, renovations, and innovations! The opening of the Clothes and Food Pantry in 2010 has developed into the best outreach for the poor in this area ever. We are providing basic necessities of clothes, food, hygienes, including furniture, kitchenware, household items, and social services. Since the opening, it has reached over10,000 people seeking help.
St. Anthony is dedicated to all people of good will who seek a loving God. The Spirit of Saints: Anthony, Clare, and Francis are alive!
The list shows the repairs, renovations, and innovations since 2010. Many projects have been done since then, the new Grotto dedicated our Lady of Lourdes, the total overhaul of the Clothes and Food Pantry, roof repairs, pipes repairs, flooring, walls, etc. etc.
Below are only some pictures showing of the many repairs and ongoing renovations that have been done since 2010.
PS: A few pictures that were taking in 2010 with an old Nokia phone after the Church's takeover are not so good in quality. We could not find a transmitter to download pictures. The rest of the pictures are good!
Below Church repairs and renovations, followed by ongoing work over the years and continuous work shown with some photos!
Church and Monastery
Major Church Flooring project and pews (from Church basement recovered) installed
Plaster work
Ongoing roof repairs, including gutters and downspouts
Church east side stairs replacement
Front main entrance stairs repairs -
Electrical indoor and outdoor safety lights installations
New iron fence of 365 feet erected
New Side Altar of St. Mary installed
Marble Altar of Sacrifice installed
Pipe Organ repairs
Insulation project Church and Monastery
Security windows for Church & Monastery
Repointing brickwork of Church towers, and entire building complex
Sound system upgraded
Repairs of bell swings
Carillon System installed in left Bell Tower
New Church doors installed
Video Livestream system installed
Electrical Repairs throughout monastery and church
New Flooring carpets & tiles: hallways and offices
Major plumbing repairs, and painting throughout the monastery and church buildings
Ongoing heating repairs
Old tree stumps removed
Community Garden reopening
Beautification projects on Church grounds
Water preserve project for Garden
St. Francis water fountain installed
School memorial erected
Opening of Clothes and Food Pantry
Scraping, cleaning and painting of all Church windows
Replacing many galvanized water pipes
Ongoing roof repairs for Monastery and Church
10 Old trees removed
Gutters being repaired
Downspouts replaced
Heating pipes insulation project
Painting of Church Sanctuary Columns
Painting of Side Walls
Painting of Church Entry Hall and back walls
April 23d, A. D. 2026
January 8th, A. D. 2026
This has been now the 2nd time in a couple month we had a Boiler company doing major repairs on our heating system.
December 12th, 2025
Leaking Roof repairs on the Monastery
October 2025
Boiler repairs in the Monastery
September 2025
Roof repairs
April 2025
Lightening repairs in Church
January 5th, 2025
Church Heating system collapsed again
January 10th repairs continued
Christmas Eve, A. D. 2024
Our heating system in the Church caused trouble again, thanks God for the Boiler crew who came to repair it the same day, and the church was warm on Christmas Day.
November 11-13, A. D. 2024
The church interior was changed in the 1970s. We changed the interior entirely back to its original beauty, including a lot of sweat and prayers.
The Detroit Muscle Crew II from Mitch Albom's "Hole in the Roof Foundation" replaced 18 windows that were over a hundred years old, and repairs on several doors. We are so blessed and forever grateful!! Thank you guys for your hard work!! Thank you Mitch and Jo'Ann, many blessings to you all!!
September 2017
Old Church doors replaced with steel doors. A heartfelt Thank you to Mike and his crew! What an amazing job!! Thank you Guys from all of us!
We moved the communion railing (it was added to the Sanctuary about 20 years after the church was built) to the left and right. The gentlemen did a great job! The new opening is an invitation to all to take more part in the Eucharistic Sacrifice of our Lord and Savior.
Tree removals and Roof repairs
2019 Repairs and Maintenance
New repairs in 2021
After a heavy unforeseen storm hit in November 2020 the bell towers and their upper windows, and some brick work, we needed to start with repairs that lasted into mid 2021
New storm repairs in early 2022
Shower repairs
More Galvanized pipes replaced
Old Pipe underneath the church burst again, just before Christmas 2021. And Water heater broke down, cold water for 1 week.
March 16th, 2022
Roof Repairs of the Church East Side Nave after heavy winds ripped of parts of the roof.
October 17, 2022
Electrical Repairs around the buildings
May 23rd, 2023
Ongoing roof repairs
Wiring project for the new video live-stream project 2023
