Heading into Changing Lives Together in 2011 as one of the first parishes participating in the archdiocesan capital stewardship initiative, St. Ambrose in Grosse Pointe Park had a $4 million debt that had become increasingly difficult to service, especially when then recession hit a few years ago. “It was costing the parish something like $7,000 a week to service the debt, but we had very visible, tangible things to show for it and a tenacious pastor,” said Bernie Van Antwerp, Changing Lives Together co-chair at St. Ambrose.
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