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Anybody have any trivia about the longtime Guardian Angel Catholic Church behind the Encore?

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05-16-2012 , 12:24 AM

Smooth90

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I'm curious about this Church behind the Encore hotel. I've heard it's been around forever and people like Jimmy Durante and Danny Thomas used to be frequent attendees.

I've also heard it has an interesting mural of the hotels on its walls.

Anybody have any trivia about it or know of any celebrities that have attended it?

Last edited by Smooth90; 05-16-2012 at 12:44 AM.

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05-16-2012 , 12:39 AM

KingBBinLV

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I read somewhere that they receive a ton of casino chips in the offering plate.

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05-16-2012 , 12:47 AM

Smooth90

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I believe Steve Wynn offered to buy it because he wanted the land.

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05-16-2012 , 11:41 AM

MSchu18

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I didn't even know it was there... I'm going to have to go check that out.

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05-16-2012 , 11:57 AM

richmhv

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The land for the church was donated by the early hotel owners. There is actually an image of the old Stardust sign in one of the stained glass windows. They have a very large Mass schedule every weekend starting on Saturday afternoon. It is said that one of the priests makes a "chip run" to the Caesar's cage every week to redeem the chips from the collections. They use Caesars since they will accept everywhere's chips, at least in small amounts.

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05-19-2012 , 02:51 AM

blkmagik98

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No clue about any trivia, but it seems to be a haven for the homeless to sleep as I see them there all the time.

Michael

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