TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM When Johnstown native Lauri Apple learned that four historic Cambria City churches would be abandoned, she wanted to do something constructive. She applied her talent as a photographer to create a visual composition that would record the history, architecture and cultural impact the closings would have on the community. In February, Bishop Joseph Adamec of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown announced plans to close four of the five churches in Johnstown’s historic Cambria City neighborhood – St. Columba, Immaculate Conception, St. Rochus, St. Stephen and SS. Casimir & Emerich – as well as the West End Catholic School. “My idea was to create a photo essay focused on the four Catholic churches and school slated to be closed by the diocese,” Apple said in a telephone interview from her Chicago...
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