Holy Rosary Church, a 103-year-old Catholic church described as “Tacoma’s Notre Dame” by a former mayor, will no longer be a place of Catholic worship and will be sold, the Archdiocese of Seattle announced this week.
“The decision to sell the property at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary was not easy and was grounded in months of discernment, prayer, analysis and discussion,” Pope St. John XXIII Parish leaders said in a statement. The parish includes the former Holy Rosary Parish.
Meanwhile, the group that organized to save the church from the wrecking ball is digging in its heels in its years-long attempt to save the historic church.
