Hilltop Sanctuary; Old Holy Trinity Church Restored for an Age of Enlightenment From: The Washington Post | Date: December 25, 1999| Author: Benjamin Forgey | Copyright 1999 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

The little church steeple, made of wood 205 years ago and looking sharp with its fresh white paint and new metal roof, is lighted up at night now so that passersby can once again appreciate its simple beauty and its call, as the Jesuits say, to the greater glory of God.

Inside, the sanctuary has regained something of the crisp cubic clarity it had in 1794, when it was consecrated as Holy Trinity Catholic Church--then sitting all alone on a Georgetown hill. (On today's maps, the site ca...

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