Pittsburgh-area church reopens after ’04 flooding

Pittsburgh-area church reopens after ’04 flooding

CARNEGIE, Pa. (AP) — A Pittsburgh-area Catholic church that was badly damaged by flooding from Hurricane Ivan in September 2004 has reopened following a $7.75 million rebuilding project.

The Carnegie church was known as St. Luke when it was damaged in the flood and reopened Sunday as St. Elizabeth Ann Seton church. The combined parish formed in 1992 with the merger of St. Luke and five other parishes, but parishioners have been attending St. Ignatius Church in nearby Scott Township during the building project. That church building will now close and the refurbished building will take on the name of the merged parish.

The church was built in 1881 and contractors managed to save some of the hand-made bricks fashioned by the immigrants who originally built it.

Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik was on hand to christen the new building.