‘We were lost’: Windham parishioners mourn the loss of St. Michael’s church

Bishop David J. Bonnar led a prayer service at St. Ambrose Church in Garrettsville to commemorate the legacy of St. Michael’s, which closed in 2022. Jeremy Brown/The Portager

‘We were lost’: Windham parishioners mourn the loss of St. Michael’s church

- Jeremy Brown

Updated May 16, 2023, corrections and clarifications appended

Late last month, a modest congregation of mournful parishioners gathered in the nave of St. Ambrose Church in Garrettsville to honor the legacy of St. Michael’s in Windham. 

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