CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A historic Charleston Catholic church received a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation on Tuesday to help with ongoing restoration for the church’s steeple after sustained weather damage over its extensive history.
St. Patrick Catholic Church members first discovered the grant program while researching ways to fund an ongoing capital campaign that aims to restore several areas of the aging worship site.
The National Fund for Sacred Places program annually awards funding to historic and architecturally significant faith communities across the United States. For 2025, St. Patrick Catholic Church, along with 29 other selections, received funding from the program.
The $500,000 grant will be used for a steeple restoration project that Rev. JohnBosco Ikemeh said has an overall price tag of $1 million…