Anyone looking to buy an old convent?
Got $2M?
No, I’m not seriously requesting money. Let’s get that out of the way.
Rather, I’m sharing with you the listing for a property in Buffalo, NY that really ought not be on the market in a secular sense. Perhaps someone out there has the ear of a finance guy within a trad community who’d be interested in purchasing this place.
My view of the monastery property the last time I visited.
This property is the former home of the Discalced Carmelite nuns of Buffalo who now reside in Florida. They left the property within the past two years, if memory serves. Owing to a friend who previously belonged to the community, I spent many hours at this place – at Mass in the beautiful chapel, walking the grounds, even staying overnight in the guest quarters with my wife and children on one occasion.
I suspect I know what will happen. This will be snatched up by someone with no regard for the sacred nature of the place. Ultimately, it might become another “Vibiana” for those who know what I’m talking …
In my hometown there was a beautiful convent that my parish owned. In better times they taught at a small parish school. By the time I was born they were already gone. The parish wound up selling the building and the land to make an office park.
The building is intact at least. Still sad to see it go the way it did.