BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Diocese of Buffalo have announced another property that they will be listing for sale in the City of Buffalo.
The St. Jude Center on Ellicott Street has been listed for sale. It sits on a half-acre lot with an 18-car parking lot on the Buffalo-Niagara Medical campus. It is also a neighboring building to the Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the Kevin Guest House.
The center was first purchased in the late 1960s to serve as the professional pastoral care ministry in the diocese.
In the listing, the sale includes the centers adjoining carriage house that serves as the parishes chapel. It also has living quarters that feature the original amenities which is five marble fireplaces and large pocket doors.
The St. Jude Shrine will be relocated to Saint Joseph Cathedral on Franklin Street according to the Diocese of Buffalo in a press release.
St. Jude's property is listed with Howard Hanna Commercial brokers: Timothy Hourihan and David Doerr. The sale is currently being offered at $1.5 million. The brokers may be reached at (716)-856-7107.
View the listing by clicking here.
St. Jude's joins other listings such as the Catholic Center, Christ the King Seminary, and the Buffalo State University Newman Center as diocesan properties that are currently for sale.
The center itself has since made a post to their social media pages following the news being put up for sale that said "If you weren't at the meeting and don't already know, the Diocese will be putting the St. Jude Center up for sale. If we ever needed the Patron Saint of Hope and impossible causes, it's now"
This news also comes a week after the Diocese announced that they would be merging 34% of their churches to address their financial hardships. To read more click here.
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