IN MEMORIAM: Rev. George A. Lane, SJ, Jesuit priest who helped save Church of the Holy Family from demolition during the 1990 “Miracle on Roosevelt Road”
Fr. George Lane, SJ Memorial Service at The Church of the Holy Family on December 17, 2023. Photo credit: Ward Miller Lane, 89, led effort to save Holy Family, Richard Barry, The Beverly Review, 12/12/23 The Rev. George Lane, priest who helped save historic West Side church, dies at 89, Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 12/14/23 Remembering the Rev. George Lane and the importance of preserving houses of worship; The author and Jesuit priest bucked his bosses and helped lead the fight to save Holy Family, the city’s second-oldest church. Lane died last month. His work is a much-needed blueprint for saving historic architecture, Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board, 12/18/23
