New service Reuters highlights efforts by parishioners of Wellesley’s St. James the Great Church to get a priest as part of a long article on challenges facing the Catholic Church in the U.S. From one vigil participant in the story:
“We don’t intend to leave it,” said Joe Elliott, an 81-year-old retiree who takes turns with other parishioners occupying the church by sleeping on a cot in the back office of the building. “They want us out of here so they can take the church and dispose of it. But we’re not leaving.”
St. James the Great Church plight gets some attention
New service Reuters highlights efforts by parishioners of Wellesley’s St. James the Great Church to get a priest as part of a long article on challenges facing the Catholic Church in the U.S. From one vigil participant in the story:
“We don’t intend to leave it,” said Joe Elliott, an 81-year-old retiree who takes turns with other parishioners occupying the church by sleeping on a cot in the back office of the building. “They want us out of here so they can take the church and dispose of it. But we’re not leaving.”