RNS CHURCH MERGE

(RNS1-AUG27) Margaret Conetsco, 85, sits next to a wooden life-size statue of St. William inside the newly formed SS Robert & William Catholic Church in Euclid, Ohio. Conetsco donated the statue after her former church, St. Robert, merged with St. William. A statue of St. Robert was brought over, but St. William’s never had a statue of St. William. For use with RNS-CHURCH-MERGE, transmitted Aug. 27, 2010. RNS photo by Marvin Fong / The Plain Dealer.

(RNS1-AUG27) Margaret Conetsco, 85, sits next to a wooden life-size statue of St. William inside the newly formed SS Robert & William Catholic Church in Euclid, Ohio. Conetsco donated the statue after her former church, St. Robert, merged with St. William. A statue of St. Robert was brought over, but St. William’s never had a statue of St. William. For use with RNS-CHURCH-MERGE, transmitted Aug. 27, 2010. RNS photo by Marvin Fong / The Plain Dealer.

RNS CHURCH MERGE