Hostyn Catholic church leveled by gas explosion early Thursday

The community of Hostyn overlooks the Colorado River Valley from where it sits high on a hill, hence its old name of Bluff for more than a century, back when it was first settled back in 1820.   Like many such places, its heyday came decades ago, back before the second world war. But for years, Hostyn—a small, quiet community six miles south of LaGrange—was home to a lovely Catholic…