A new church may be coming to the former home of St. Adalbert’s.
New Day Church — a non-denominational church that currently meets at Martin Luther High School in Greendale — is seeking a conditional use permit for the 2.79-acre property at 16th and Manitoba, as it continues to negotiate with Divine Mercy for purchase of the land and buildings.
According to a letter from Pastor Neal R. Letteney to Plan Commission members, plans include:
- Wednesday and Sunday worship;
- Adult and child Sunday school classes; and
- Adult classes on weekday mornings and evenings in association with Midwest Bible College (current enrollment: 63 students).
The pastor and his wife will live at the rectory, and the church offices will also be located on the property.
“We wish to return the facility to its former use as a church and school,” the pastor writes, and I’m happy to see the interest in the property. The merger of local Catholic parishes has left too many empty buildings around the area, including several in South Milwaukee. The faster we can see these properties come alive again, the better.
The former St. Mary’s hall is now home to a sports auction firm. And Max A. Sass & Sons Funeral Home is moving into the former school. So there’s some progress here, and that’s good news.
Learn more about New Day Church — which describes itself as a “modern, non-denominational church where you’re sure to fit right in” — here. And here is the Plan Commission agenda.
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