The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:15:14 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Small Ontario town was about to lose its last Christian church... until a Catholic pharmacist intervened /item/28833-small-ontario-town-was-about-to-lose-its-last-christian-church-until-a-catholic-pharmacist-intervened /item/28833-small-ontario-town-was-about-to-lose-its-last-christian-church-until-a-catholic-pharmacist-intervened

LONDON, Ont., – In the week before Christmas, a 58-year-old pharmacist, Egyptian immigrant and devout Roman Catholic named Michael Haddad had his quarter-million-dollar bid accepted to purchase a recently shuttered United Church in Hensall, Ont. HaddadöÏÓãÊÓƵapp sole reason for making this purchase is so that this town of 1,200 situated about an houröÏÓãÊÓƵapp drive north of London will not lose its last remaining Christian church.

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herman.goodden@catholicregister.org (Herman Goodden) Canada Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:08:42 -0500