[A.A. Cunningham]

From the Chicago Tribune:

Vandals hit suburban monastery

Fraternite Notre Dame, best known in the region for its work with the poor on the West Side of Chicago, was founded in France in 1971 in a break from the Roman Catholic Church. It celebrates the Latin mass at its Church of Our Lady of Frechou at 502 N. Central Ave. in the city's Austin neighborhood.

Now based in New York City, where it is registered as a not-for-profit organization, the order has missions around the world that minister to the poor.
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Officials said vandals spray-painted "Leave," "KKK," and "666," among other messages on statues of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ at the Fraternite Notre Dame monastery on New Year's Eve.

Additional photos here.

[Aggie Mama]

Last March the order sought the county's permission to build a monastery, convent, cemetery, print shop and bakery on the property

I'm sure a CVS or Walgreens would have been just fine for the protestors.

[Pyro7480]

Though this is definitely an attack against ALL who are Catholic, it should be clarified that this "fraternite" was founded by an "Old Catholic" bishop who was conditionally-reconsecrated by Archbishop Thuc of Vietnam. It isn't immediately clear where they stand on the validity of the past few popes.

[Larry Lucido]

Monks or not, they need to be armed. And practice. And leave one or two people behind next time they go downtown for a prayer vigil.