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Patricia Schulte-Singleton, 53, never gave up the fight to save her church, St. Patrick, in Cleveland's West Park. Schulte-Singleton has been a parishioner at St. Patrick since 1990. St. Patrick is one of the 12 churches Bishop Lennon ordered closed and is now reopening. Schulte-Singleton, president of a group called Endangered Catholics, was at the vanguard of a grassroots fight to reopen the churches. She organized protests, prayer vigils and appeals to Rome, working tirelessly to save St. Pat's and other churches. The church was built in 1896. Date shot: Thursday, April 19, 2012.

Patricia Schulte-Singleton, 53, never gave up the fight to save her church, St. Patrick, in Cleveland's West Park. Schulte-Singleton has been a parishioner at St. Patrick since 1990. St. Patrick is one of the 12 churches Bishop Lennon ordered closed and is now reopening. Schulte-Singleton, president of a group called Endangered Catholics, was at the vanguard of a grassroots fight to reopen the churches. She organized protests, prayer vigils and appeals to Rome, working tirelessly to save St. Pat's and other churches. The church was built in 1896. Date shot: Thursday, April 19, 2012.

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