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BISHOP BLAIR AND MAYOR FINKBEINER TO PARTICIPATE IN INAUGURATION OF RECONSTRUCTION OF MADONNA HOMES
December 1, 2006 – Toledo, OH – Most Reverend Leonard P. Blair, Bishop of Toledo, and Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner will attend an inauguration of the reconstruction of Madonna Homes at 722 Huron Street on Tuesday, December 5 at 1pm.
For several years the Diocese of Toledo, through its low income housing corporation MAREDA, Inc. has been working on a plan to renovate the 196 unit low income housing project for the elderly and disabled. The residents of Madonna Homes will introduce Bishop Blair who will say a prayer and recite a blessing over both the reconstruction project and the residents. The residents will also introduce the Mayor whose commitment to the project helped gain the approval from the Housing and Urban Development Office (HUD).
The renovations began the week of November 18th and are expected to take two years to complete. To meet the needs of the residents, the renovations will take place in ten phases so that none of the residents have to be relocated to other homes during the project.
For more information, contact John Kiely Director of MAREDA, Inc., at 419-242-2300 x.221.
The Diocese of Toledo, established April 15, 1910 encompasses 8222 square miles in a mixture of urban and rural areas that spans 19 counties across Northwest Ohio, serving 306,532 Catholics. The diocese includes Allen, Crawford, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Huron, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, Wood and Wyandot counties. ### |
