Churches

A Block Dominated by Churches in Old Westport

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A recent historical survey of Westport suggested that the Our Lady of Good Counsel Church on this block of the Valentine neighborhood might be a candidate for the historic register. The church and the rest of the block help tell the story of how churches followed their congregations as residential development moved from downtown to the […]

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Midtown Bookshelf: Redemptorist Church Celebrates 100 Years

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A new book celebrating the 100-year history of the Redemptorist Church at 3333 Broadway notes the church was once the “center of the Catholic universe in Midtown.” It chronicles the relationships between the church and the neighborhoods around it as Kansas City grew and changed. Among the milestones the book records: The Book Redemptorist Church: Our

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