Crystal Cathedral

  Crystal Cathedral 

SANTA ANA California APThe Crystal Cathedral will sell its iconic gleaming glass building to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange in an effort to get back on solid financial footing after declaring bankruptcy last yearThe move was approved Thursday by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert N. Kwan after a bidding war between the diocese and Orange County's Chapman University for the sprawling 40-acre property and was opposed by many Crystal Cathedral congregants who fear it will be the end of their chu
 :The diocese will pay $57.5 million to use the building in Garden Grove made of 10,000 panes of glass as a long-sought countywide cathedral.
Crystal Cathedral
"It will become a true center for our Catholic community in Orange County," Bishop Tod D. Brown told reporters after Thursday's packed hearing in federal bankruptcy court.
The decision will force congregants of the Crystal Cathedral to find a new home after three years — possibly in a Catholic church up the street that the Churchgoers also questioned whether the ministry that shares the name of the building it inhabits would be financially viable elsewhere, noting that viewers of the "Hour of Power" are equally attached to the glass-spired church and are the source of 70 percent of the church's revenueBut those who supported the board's decision said the congregation will continue to thrive through the good-hearted people who worship together and band together to help those in need"The Crystal Cathedral will go on," said Susan Dawson, whose husband was recently appointed to the church's board. "They will love wherever we go because we are a community, we are a community of loving believers."diocese will vacate.