The ribbon cutting culminated a vision that began in 2020, when Fr. Mech, on behalf of former Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron, unveiled a plan to turn Detroit’s mother church into an “apostolic center for the arts and culture,” inviting visitors from neighborhood, city and indeed, the world, to come and experience the treasures the Church offers.
“The Holy Spirit has been truly behind us,” Fr. Mech said at the press conference. “That’s what we did, bringing God’s beauty into the world.”
The $19.7 million development brings 53 affordable apartment units to the city’s Gateway Community, just north of the historic Boston-Edison neighborhood. The project is the latest collaboration between the city, the archdiocese and MHT Housing, Inc., in providing affordable housing, including the recently opened affordable housing project at St. Matthew Parish in Detroit.
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Cathedral Arts Apartments officially open in Detroit’s North End neighborhood - Detroit Catholic
Affordable housing complex across from Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament offers 53 units, job skills training program
