Draft:All Saints Catholic Church (Manassas, Virginia)

Since 2008, the church has had a Romanesque Revival façade, it features a bell tower that weighs over 1,000 pounds, which was the original bell used at the first All Saints Catholic Church. The church's current design was designed by Intec Group; it has a seating capacity of over 1,500. It features a large sanctuary with a centrally located tabernacle.

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All Saints Catholic Church was founded in 1879, as a mission church with less than 100 parishioners, its jurisdiction extended north to the Potomac River, east to Woodbridge and Triangle, and west to the Bull Run Mountains.

Bishop William Elder dedicated All Saints Catholic Church in August 1879, the cornerstone was laid on November 29, 1878, which was a relic of the Civil War dug up from the previous Wooden Church foundation; this cornerstone was moved to the chapel in 1974.

All Saints continued later opening a school in 1957, and a new church was built in 1974; this church had a seating capacity of 860, yet it would soon become inadequate for the huge amount of people that would attend each Sunday, as a result of overcrowding they offered nine weekend liturgies, and also two Spanish masses. At the time this was one of the first parish's to offer the liturgy in Spanish.

In 1995, All Saints launched a Building Fund Campaign to raise money for a larger church over ($6,000,000 US) were raised in order to build the current church, the old church would be used as an activity center, though on special occasions such as Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Easter, Christmas and other important Catholic Holidays is used as a Church in order to prevent overcrowding.

This led to the eventual development of nearby parishes: St. Francis of Assisi in Triangle (1947), Our Lady of Angels in Woodbridge (1959), St. Timothy in Centreville (1969), Holy Family in Dale City (1970), and Holy Trinity in Gainesville (2001).

On November 1, 2008, the current church building opened, then bishop Paul S. Loverde attended, while Rev. Robert C. Cilinski, opened the ceremony and thus established the current day church; On September 3, 2017 bishop Michael Francis Burbidge established St. Gabriel's Mission to expand the needs for a Spanish-speaking ministry as a result of All Saints Catholic Church.{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://allsaintsva.org/about-us/our-history/ |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=All Saints Catholic Church |language=en-US}}{{Cite book |last=Andreassi |first=Anthony D. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/ocm50986437 |title=Walking in faith: the first 25 years, a history of the diocese of Arlington |date=2002 |publisher=Editions du Signe |isbn=978-2-7468-0625-2 |location=Strasbourg |oclc=ocm50986437}}{{Cite news |title=All Saints Catholic Church - Arlington Catholic Herald |url=https://www.catholicherald.com/article/local/parishes/all-saints-catholic-church/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220313220103/https://www.catholicherald.com/article/local/parishes/all-saints-catholic-church/ |archive-date=2022-03-13 |access-date=2025-05-05 |work=Arlington Catholic Herald |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=All Saints Catholic Church {{!}} Express Tech Air |url=https://www.etahvac.com/blog/a-history-of-all-saints-catholic-church-in-manassas-virginia#:~:text=The%20new%20All%20Saints%20Catholic%20Church%20was%20completed%20in%201897,still%20rings%20to%20this%20day. |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=www.etahvac.com}}{{Cite web |title=St. Gabriel Mission |url=https://allsaintsva.org/about-us/st-gabriel-mission/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=All Saints Catholic Church |language=en-US}}

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