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Most Holy Redeemer Church (Detroit, Michigan)
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The Most Holy Redeemer Church located at 1721 Junction Ave., in Detroit, Michigan
is part of the West Vernor-Junction Historic District
. The Church was once estimated as the largest Roman Catholic parish in North America. West Vernor-Junction Historic District is adjacent to Mexicantown and contains a large vibrant Latino community and resurgent neighborhoods.
The parish contains a longstanding elementary school, along with Detroit Cristo Rey High School
, which has operated since 2008 at the location of the former Holy Redeemer High School.
As in the other Southwest Detroit neighborhoods, such as Springwells Village, West Vernor Highway is the main commercial thoroughfare. Churches, parks, recreation centers, and theatres anchor neighborhoods such as the West Vernor-Junction intersection that Holy Redeemer Church dominates.
The Hollywood movie, The Rosary Murders
(1987), starring actor Donald Sutherland
, prominently featured the Church and the neighbhorhood.
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is part of the West Vernor-Junction Historic District
West Vernor-Junction Historic District
West Vernor-Junction Historic District is a commercial historic district located along West Vernor Highway between Lansing and Calvary in Detroit, Michigan. The district includes and 44 buildings. Parks near the neighorhood include Patton Park and Clark Park, named for U.S. Generals George S....
. The Church was once estimated as the largest Roman Catholic parish in North America. West Vernor-Junction Historic District is adjacent to Mexicantown and contains a large vibrant Latino community and resurgent neighborhoods.
The parish contains a longstanding elementary school, along with Detroit Cristo Rey High School
Detroit Cristo Rey High School
Detroit Cristo Rey High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Detroit, Michigan. The school opened in August, 2008 with an initial freshman class of about 100 students, and operates within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit...
, which has operated since 2008 at the location of the former Holy Redeemer High School.
As in the other Southwest Detroit neighborhoods, such as Springwells Village, West Vernor Highway is the main commercial thoroughfare. Churches, parks, recreation centers, and theatres anchor neighborhoods such as the West Vernor-Junction intersection that Holy Redeemer Church dominates.
The Hollywood movie, The Rosary Murders
The Rosary Murders
The Rosary Murders is a 1987 neo-noir mystery film starring Donald Sutherland as Father Koesler, based upon the novel by William X. Kienzle....
(1987), starring actor Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland
Donald McNichol Sutherland, OC is a Canadian actor with a film career spanning nearly 50 years. Some of Sutherland's more notable movie roles included offbeat warriors in such war movies as The Dirty Dozen, , MASH , and Kelly's Heroes , as well as in such popular films as Klute, Invasion of the...
, prominently featured the Church and the neighbhorhood.