Posted on 11/16/2015 6:08:24 AM PST by marshmallow
The Lafayette Diocese has created a new and easier way for outreach with the Catholic Church.
They've converted an old ambulance into a mobile confessional called a spiritual care unit. With a picture of Jesus and Bible verses on the side, the new unit is for spiritual emergencies, specifically remodeled for prayer and confessions.
"It's a way that we can give some pride and public expression of our Catholic faith that is not just meant for the walls of the church, but on the streets," Father Michael Champagne, a priest at Lafayette Diocese, said.
The unit is part of Pope Francis' Year of Mercy that begins on December 8. Thanks to an anonymous donation, it took two weeks to complete the unit that Champagne calls a church on wheels.
"We need to go to where people are. People come to the church as a center of worship and pray, but we also have to do outreach," Champagne said.
Not only is the vehicle a way to bring more people to the Catholic church, but it makes going to confession easier for people with busy schedules.
"Pope Francis is asking us to go out of to the peripheries of the church and now we have the means to do that," Bishop Michael Jarrell said.
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That is cool. Some creative thinking there. I’m no admirer of this pope but this idea is good.
There is a chapel that has daily mass and hears confessions at the Prudential Center in Boston.
If you are unfamiliar, it is a huge office building and mall.
It is manned by the Oblates of the Virgin Mary.
http://www.stfrancischapel.org/en/
Just think what’s likely to happen to it when those Syrians start settling in Lafayette.
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