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Ground broken for Mormon temple in Cranberry

From left, T. Michael Price, Heather Price, Jackson Cho, Randall K. Bennett, Shelley Bennett, Heaven Seranno, and Isis Concepcion each turn over the earth in a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday in Cranberry Township for the new temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

CRANBERRY TWP — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints broke ground for a new temple, which will be constructed along Powell Road.

It will be just the second temple in Pennsylvania, with the other located near Philadelphia.

Linda Johnson was introduced to the Mormon faith as a young adult living in London.

“I found members of the church to be genuinely good people,” she said. “I admired not only their faith but the way they lived their lives.”

This is an excerpt from an article that will appear in Monday's edition.

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