Offender of the Faith, Cardinal Donald Wuerl : Investors Welcomed: To convert 126 yr old church that Wuerl sold long ago

It was known as Saint Wenceslaus Parish, in Pittsburgh. Built in 1900, it was belonged to the only Bohemian parish in Pittsburgh diocesan history which was actually established in 1871 by Croatians who were categorized as Slavs and therefore Bohemians. Then, in 1989, Donald Wuerl proverbially closed its doors permanently. It's known as "suppressing the parish."

At present, in 2026, there is an attempt to convert it into a Bohemian-influenced dinner theater ... or music hall ... or a regular theater of one degree or another. Maybe a reception area. Maybe a hall for awards. Maybe a holiday venue. Maybe some kind of a hub. In fact, when it comes to its future purpose, you can fill in the blanks, yourself.

Now, the structural engineer's involvement has already occurred, with a report already having been filed. The structure, itself, is located very near the 16th Street Bridge, across from the Heinz Complex which used to be the Heinz 57 Factory of decades past. To be exact, it's at 887 Progress Street.

Above: It's now known as the Heinz Lofts where computer engineers, robotics engineers, and other young professionals rent apartment space.

St Wenceslaus' is also relatively near the St. Anthony Shrine which holds the second largest number of certified saint relics in the entire world. Only the Vatican has more.

In addition, St Wenceslaus is located only a short drive from the two North-side stadiums, where the Steelers and Pirates play. It's even walking-distance from the oldest Catholic parish in Pittsburgh which is still in operation.

Yet, even closer to the church ... one block away ... is a humble metal recycling business operated by Andy Warhol's authentic nephew. If you're a researcher into Andy Warhol's world, I can introduce you to Andy's nephew. And yes, Andy's birth and baptismal certificate both read as "Warhola," with an "a" at the end of his last name.

United Nations Interpreter

The owner of the ex-church is an interpreter {a translator} of the United Nations. He inherited the structure from his dad. He seeks co-investors and/or business partners, if not historic society contributions and the such. He's knowledgeable in Russian, but he is an American.

In fact, his dad was an American fighter pilot, stationed in the Arctic Theater of Operation, during the days when the Pentagon conjectured the possibility of a Russian invasion via the northern polar car. He flew the F-4. And even though the F-4 is categorized as a Cold War Fighter, the F-4 II Phantom was not moth-balled until 1996.

I did get to know his dad, a few month's before his dad's departure into the next realm of existence ... and/or next realm of consciousness. One of the last things he ever talked-about to me was the experience of being flown over the Arctic ice cap by some type of cargo plane. He said there was no experience like it, being that it was a super long desolate expanse of white ... of ice. He said that it was like being on another planet.

Contact info

Dial me at 1-412-475-1822. Leave a message if I'm not available for speaking. I then connect you to the prime contractor involved with the former church. It's a chain-of-command thing. Only after you talk to him can you ask me about the structure, to confirm things that he said or to get a qualifying statement here and there, concerning what he said ... or to ask what we actually did with the church thus far.

If you want to go into detail with the structure, that's fine. But, with me, I can enlighten on where we get our material. And yes, it's often from out-of-state, and and and there are companies we will NO LONGER patronize, because they had lazy or dishonest or downright incompetent people. I also know the best places to get supplies.

Now, I'm not the prime contractor. I'm the #2 man in charge. I have not signed a construction contract since the 1990s, and I haven't even filled-out & signed anyone's paycheck since 2015 or 2016. Remember, I was sidelined as a respiratory invalid for consecutive years.

And yes, we have already employed subcontractors for the St Wenceslaus project, for some preliminary work done thus far at the site. I took care of sealing the stained glass windows, securing door openings, and some roof work where my ladder jack broke, teaching me how gravity works on a church roof.

For those familiar, it literally felt like I was going through slow-motion terminal velocity. I had no stop button that worked. I eventually grabbed a secured roof jack to the side of me, after I did a semi-flip maneuver type of a thing and stretched out an arm as far as it would go. Shortly thereafter, I threw-out all of the older wooden roof jacks. Literally.

Above: The main section of church. All pews were removed.

Stairway to choir loft

This project is not something that results in interested persons immediately picking up a phone, in order to make a quick purchase. This is something where truly interested persons first do research on the North-side of Pittsburgh and then become familiarized with the structure in focus.

There's the matter of how much parking would be available, how often police patrol the area, rain drainage, snowplow assistance, and the potential audiences, as well as ticket sales ... or even dinner sales, and perhaps renting the building for events.

Well, there is a lot of parking availability ... but the parking lots are owned by a certain real estate entity.

And as far as went the police thus far, as soon as I started working at the site, a police car rolled-up and two officers got out, to see who and what I was. I had to produce ID. They jotted down the plate number of the company truck I was using. Etc. They definitely were not negligent.

The police were surprised to see the front doors opened, because that church was closed and virtually abandoned for years.

To a belfry. Hole in ceiling which needs the services of a ladder.

All in all, being that the Heinz Lofts and a Microsoft building are across 16th Street, a police presence and city utility vehicle presence will be there ... in case you were wondering about the safety element there.

If you are interested in becoming an artistically-minded investor ... or business owner ... or C-corporation stockholder, here's a cell phone number for you, again. At least leave me a message, if I'm not available to talk.

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Above: 16th St Bridge, in relation to the church. The church is on Progress St.

This is on the other side of the 16th St Bridge, across from the St. Wenceslaus structure. If you look to the lower right-hand side of photo, you will see an underpass, where you can easily go from St. Wenceslaus' to the Heinz and Microsoft complexes.

St Wenceslaus, itself.

With scaffolding.

church basement

Basement area assumed to get a fire escape door cut into it.

Main entrance

The metal I used to secure the back windows and back door entrance came from none other than Andy Warhol's nephew, the metal merchant. He gave me multiple sheets of metal for free. Maybe he just wanted to get rid of it. But, it was super clean and strong stuff.

Once again, the metal was compliments of Andy Warhol's authentic nephew.
It's intended to be temporary. In fact, it's intended to be a fire-escape door,
with a readjusted lintel, etc, etc, etc.