‘Very painful’: Sand Lake church set to close after more than 100 years

SAND LAKE, Mich. (WOOD) — A Kent County church is set to close its doors this weekend after operating for more than a century.

Mary Queen of Apostles in Sand Lake will be merging with St. John Paul II in Cedar Springs as part of a recent plan released by the Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids.

In the final Rooted In Christ pastoral plan released in June, the Diocese cited the lack of priests as the main reason for the sale and mergers of some of their churches…

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