Chiesa di San Carlo alla Ca' Granda
In Milan's Niguarda district stands the Chiesa di San Carlo alla Ca' Granda, a church built in 1960. Milan is a city where old and new sit side by side, and this church belongs to the new. It is a notable piece of architecture, and its parish complex is an extensive one.
Alongside the church itself you find a cinema, a theatre and an oratory, a small room set aside for private prayer. That mix makes it a hub for local life, offering activities and services well beyond the spiritual. Priests of the Fraternity of the Missionaries of San Carlo Borromeo look after the parish. The fraternity dedicates itself to the mission of Saint Charles Borromeo, a leading figure of the Counter-Reformation. The Archbishop of Milan, Mario Delpini, has visited to preside at mass and to join conversations with clergy and parishioners.
Getting there is easy: Milan's buses, trams and metro lines all serve Niguarda. The priests who run the parish live within the complex itself, part of the community they serve.
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