Midvale church rebuilt after fire

(Midvale Journal) Like a phoenix reborn from ashes, Midvale’s St. Therese of The Child Jesus Catholic Church has a new church built from the shell left by a fire two years ago that was caused by a candle left burning overnight.

The fire was the “worse thing I’ve ever seen,” said Stuart Henbury, a lifelong St. Therese parishioner, who was baptized, served as an altar boy, married and attended his father’s funeral Mass at the church. “The soot was three inches deep. It just broke my heart. It was like something was taken away from me.”

At the time, the church had long-term plans to expand, but the extensive smoke damage caused the Most Rev. John Wester, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake, to not only expedite those plans but also expand the building accommodate the parish’s growth.

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