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Tonight’s Quote from Father Hilton

Posted in Pastor's Words, tagged , on 28 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »

During tonight’s Committee Meeting, Father Hilton made this statement:
“The City of Westminster has been wonderful to work with.”
Adam agreed!

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From Westminster: Meeting Held

Posted in New Design, Projects, tagged , , on 23 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »

An update from Community Development at the City of Westminster:
Meeting held for Holy Trinity
(Apr 17, 2009)
On Tuesday, April 14, a neighborhood meeting was held at Holy Trinity Catholic Church.
The church is proposing to rezone from R-1 (single-family residential) to PUD (planned unit development).
The rezoning would bring the church into compliance with setbacks and heights that [...]

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Why Did We Lose our Bell Tower?

Posted in Architecture, Mission, Pastor's Words, tagged , , on 15 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Yellow areas are zoned R-Residential.
In today’s bulletin, Father Hilton writes:
I know that many of you were discouraged by last weekend’s news concerning the loss of the bell tower. What happened? A year ago, the parish presented to the City of Westminster preliminary plans and drawings for the church renovation. These plans included the bell tower. [...]

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Removing the Bell Tower: Moaning about Zoning (1)

Posted in Architecture, New Design, tagged , , , on 8 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

First and foremost – the following posting is the personal opinion of Troy C. Bettinger, and does not necessarily reflect the position of the Holy Trinity Remodeling Committee, the Pastor and Staff of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, the project architect, or the Archdiocese of Denver. Troy is neither a zoning expert nor is he a [...]

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Removing the Bell Tower: Introduction

Posted in Architecture, New Design, Projects, tagged , , , on 8 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Dear Holy Trinity family -
At the 11:00AM Mass today, Father Ricci announced that the bell tower must be removed from the new facade in order for our remodeling project to proceed. This hard decision is the result of a zoning surprise that Westminster shocked us with late last month.
We have a full back story involving [...]

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The Perils of Catholic Church Zoning

Posted in Katholikos, tagged on 22 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Earlier this month In Beaufort County, South Carolina, county council member Laura Von Harten let everyone know about her reasons for opposing a zoning request from a local Catholic church. The Beaufort Gazette has the story:

Board member disagrees with
Catholic church teachings;
will vote against expansion
Published Tue, Nov 18, 2008 12:00 AM
By DANIEL BROWNSTEIN
A county board voted [...]

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