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Bait and Switch Drama at the Covington Basilica By Michael S. Rose |
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The renovation of Assumption Cathedral in Covington, Kentucky
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Part One
Covington Catholics brace for basilica renovation
Publication date: November 1, 1999
Stained glass windows will be restored, mosaics repaired, walls cleaned, kneelers reinstalled, pews repaired—these are the items outlined in a fundraising newsletter and video released to parishes in the Diocese of Covington regarding the "preservation, restoration and refurbishment" of the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, the mother church of northern Kentucky. Yet after the first in a series of four public meetings held at the basilica in September, rumors began to circulate that there was more to the $4.7 million project than advertised. Some even suggested in letters to the editor of the local newspapers that the sanctuary of the century-old Gothic-style edifice might be dismantled...
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