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	Change of Heart By Matt Carroll Boston Globe August 17, 2008 http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/08/17/change_of_heart/ The Archdiocese of Boston has thrown open the doors of its new facility in Braintree, completing a historic shift from the Brighton headquarters of the past 80 years. While construction continues, most notably in the chapel, the administrative heart of the church is up and running in a modern office building on Brooks Drive, near South Shore Plaza and overlooking Interstate 93. A series of inaugural events to introduce the building to parishes and priests will be held in the fall. The gleaming new "Pastoral Center" is a far cry from the dowdy "Little Vatican" chancery in Brighton. Not only is it technologically advanced, it is designed to draw in the faithful - as its new name suggests - rather than function just as an administrative center. ... The archdiocese sold its Brighton property to Boston College for $172 million. The sale was largely the result of the sexual abuse crisis, which caused financial turmoil for the church.
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