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| Readers' assignment: empty places of worship | Readers' assignment: empty places of worship |
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| Thanks to the photo caminoamigo sent in of an empty church in Ireland, this week’s assignment is on empty places of worship around the world. | Thanks to the photo caminoamigo sent in of an empty church in Ireland, this week’s assignment is on empty places of worship around the world. |
| Empty churches: Ireland | Empty churches: Ireland |
| This Irish Catholic Church was empty midweek save for this set-list (?) found in the choir balcony. | This Irish Catholic Church was empty midweek save for this set-list (?) found in the choir balcony. |
| Sent via Guardian Witness | |
| By caminoamigo | |
| 9 September 2014, 19:00 | 9 September 2014, 19:00 |
| Have you stumbled across an open church with no worshippers in it or discovered that it’s actually a redundant Anglican church for sale? Whether it’s a Buddhist temple or vihara, or a Muslim musalla or masjid we’d like to see your photos and hear your stories. Perhaps you’ve seen an abandoned synagogue, an empty Sikh gurdwara or spotted a deconsecrated Catholic church near you. Is the building now derelict or has it been converted into something else? Do you know how may people used to worship there? | Have you stumbled across an open church with no worshippers in it or discovered that it’s actually a redundant Anglican church for sale? Whether it’s a Buddhist temple or vihara, or a Muslim musalla or masjid we’d like to see your photos and hear your stories. Perhaps you’ve seen an abandoned synagogue, an empty Sikh gurdwara or spotted a deconsecrated Catholic church near you. Is the building now derelict or has it been converted into something else? Do you know how may people used to worship there? |
| You can share your photos, videos and stories with us by clicking on the blue ‘Contribute’ buttons. Or if you’re out and about you can download the GuardianWitness app or look for our assignments in the new Guardian app. | You can share your photos, videos and stories with us by clicking on the blue ‘Contribute’ buttons. Or if you’re out and about you can download the GuardianWitness app or look for our assignments in the new Guardian app. |
| If you’d like to contribute an idea of your own, you can do so in Send us your assignment ideas. | If you’d like to contribute an idea of your own, you can do so in Send us your assignment ideas. |
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