4 years in vigil
Parishioners hold strong
"A week ago, St. Frances X. Cabrini in Scituate celebrated its four years in vigil. Or, as the church bulletin put it: 1,461 days; 35,064 hours; 2,103,840 minutes.
Four years is a long time. It's the time we spent in high school, or college. It's one of President Bush's interminable terms. It's how often the Olympics come around. It's longer than some marriages last. And it seems to be about the same length of time as this year's presidential campaign.
For four years, more than two million minutes, parishioners at St. Frances Cabrini have held a round-the-clock vigil to keep the Archdiocese of Boston from closing them down.
The archdiocese, as part of its reconfiguration plan, targeted the church for closing on Oct. 25, 2004. In fact, their people had changed the locks on the church. But one back door accidentally remained open, and parishioners began their occupation. They know if they leave, the archdiocese will return with new locks. The church is one of five in the archdiocese that remain in vigil, and is the only one on the South Shore."
Their website
"A week ago, St. Frances X. Cabrini in Scituate celebrated its four years in vigil. Or, as the church bulletin put it: 1,461 days; 35,064 hours; 2,103,840 minutes.
Four years is a long time. It's the time we spent in high school, or college. It's one of President Bush's interminable terms. It's how often the Olympics come around. It's longer than some marriages last. And it seems to be about the same length of time as this year's presidential campaign.
For four years, more than two million minutes, parishioners at St. Frances Cabrini have held a round-the-clock vigil to keep the Archdiocese of Boston from closing them down.
The archdiocese, as part of its reconfiguration plan, targeted the church for closing on Oct. 25, 2004. In fact, their people had changed the locks on the church. But one back door accidentally remained open, and parishioners began their occupation. They know if they leave, the archdiocese will return with new locks. The church is one of five in the archdiocese that remain in vigil, and is the only one on the South Shore."
Their website
.jpeg)
Comments