CEDAR RAPIDS – An 11th hour intervention by Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett and promise of $300,000 in funding won’t be enough to save a former historic church from demolition. Demolition of the former First Christian Church, 840 Third Ave. SE, is expected to begin next week. Laura Rainey, spokeswoman for St. Luke’s Hospital,...
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A bronze sculpture depicting the likeness of Catherine McAuley, the Foundress of the Sisters of Mercy, now stands proudly just outside Mercy Medical  Center‘s Hall-Perrine Cancer Center, in Cedar Rapids.   The statue, with outstretched hands, was created to greet and offer comfort and hope to patients and families who come to the center for care. The...
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         The leaders of University of Iowa Health Care and Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids today jointly announced plans to collaborate to enhance the health of communities in the Corridor. “This relationship will enable both organizations to continue to deliver high quality health care in patient-centered environments while we work...
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The pubic is invited to an upcoming open house for Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque Cedar Rapids office and Metro Catholic Outreach.  Both organizations are located in the Sister Mary Lawrence Community Center, 420 6th St. S.E., Cedar Rapids.  The open house takes place Thurs., April 26, from 5 to 7 p.m.  For more...
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CEDAR RAPIDS – A new organization was trying to beat a deadline to raise money and save First Christian Church from demolition. The Friends of Preservation was given until Friday, March 23, to provide a $90,000 check to St. Luke’s Hospital as earnest money on the church and two mansions-turned apartments next door, said...
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CEDAR RAPIDS – Demonstrators said a “funeral” seemed a fitting way to protest the pending demolition of a historic church in Cedar Rapids. Wearing black and holding signs that lamented the loss of First Christian Church, a handful of protesters stood in front of the site this morning at 840 Third Ave. SE. Cemetery...
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Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids is pleased to announce that Carolyn March, RN, BSN, OCN, and Jill Petersen, RN, BC, have been selected among the 100 Great Iowa Nurses for 2012. March is a staff nurse at Mercy’s Hall-Perrine Cancer Center and Petersen is Assistant Nurse Manager for Behavioral Services at Mercy.  The...
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CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (March 19, 2012) – Mercy’s new Hall-Perrine Cancer Center opens the doors to its first patients today as Oncology Associates at Mercy begins patient care on the third floor of the state-of-the-art cancer center. Patient care was not disrupted during the transition as physicians and care providers at Oncology Associates continued...
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UPDATED: 3:20 p.m. and 12:20 a.m. CEDAR RAPIDS – Members of the city’s Historic Preservation Commission are seeking an 11th hour reprieve for First Christian Church. The group sent a letter today, Friday, March 9, to the Cedar Rapids City Council, asking that the city withhold the demolition permit for the church at 840...
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Lowering the required number of parking spaces in the city’s medical district won’t necessarily spare a historic church from the wrecking ball, a fate a renowned historian calls ironic. First Christian Church, 840 Third Ave. SE, will be demolished once a 60-day hold placed on the permit by the Cedar Rapids...
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