BUFFALO, N.Y. – The site of a former abortion clinic in Williamsville, a Buffalo suburb, has been turned into the chapel of a Catholic radio station, according to a report in the July edition of Western New York Catholic, the Buffalo diocesan monthly newspaper.
The paper said Bishop Edward U. Kmiec of Buffalo blessed and dedicated the Chapel of the Holy Innocents June 1 at the Station of the Cross, a four-station Catholic radio network based in Williamsville.
Jim Wright, co-founder of Holy Family Communications, which owns the network, said he only recently learned from the previous owner of the building that the 330 square-foot chapel was being constructed in the space where abortions were once performed.
"In the tradition of the early church, pagan temples were turned into holy spaces," Bishop Kmiec said. "We have done the same thing here today."
Joanne Wright, another co-founder of Holy Family Communications, called the new chapel "the tomb of martyrs."
For that reason, the chapel was dedicated in memory of all babies who have been aborted.
The chapel is used for private reflection by radio station employees. It is also wired to allow for live broadcasts of the Mass on radio.
The Station of the Cross network includes WLOF-FM radio in Buffalo, WHIC-AM in Rochester, and WQOR-AM and WITK-AM in the Scranton-Wilkes Barre area in Pennsylvania.
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