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1628 16th Street, Suite 200
Denver, CO 80202
303-534-5288
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The congregation of the 1924, Gothic, St. Ignatius Loyola Church on the corner of 23rd and York has spearheaded a grassroots restoration effort of their building. Demographically, the church followed the trends of the Whittier neighborhood in which it is located. It was a prominent middle class congregation having up to 1100 families in 1940. After many people moved to the suburbs in the 1950s, Loyola became one of the first integrated Catholic Parishes. Today there are approximately 310 families registered at the church, of which 68% are African American and 8% are Hispanic. As the building needed maintenance and repairs over the years, the congregation did not have the funds to provide the service. In a sense, they felt guilty spending their money on the physical condition of the church when their resources were needed for their school and community outreach programs. Read More >>