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Gianfranco Grande (right) holds a bowl of holy water to be used for blessing the newly opened regional offices for Partners for Sacred Places in Chicago. Father John Canary, archdiocesan vicar general, listens to Shelley Sandow read several passages for the occasion on Feb. 20. Grande, the director of the Chicago office, will be working with individual churches in the archdiocese to determine their value, not only as architecture and real estate but also as an asset to the surrounding communities in order to achieve their fundraising goals.

Photo: Brian J. Morowczynski / Catholic New World