[PhiKapMom]

They have this beautiful old Catholic Church on Main Street in Boerne that was built by some of the original settlers by hand. The Priest wanted to tear down the old Church and put up a new modern church. Turned out the Church front towers were in the Historic District of Boerne and could not be touched.

It pretty much split the town. The Archdiocese got really nasty with the town and brought in the Pope. Didn't work -- it went all the way to the SCOTUS and Boerne's right to have it in the historic district was helpheld. They received donations from small towns across America to help fight the Catholic Church. I felt really sorry for some long time members of the Church who left Boerne and went to other Churches because they didn't think the Church should come down.

BTW -- the Church had 13 acres of land behind the church but the Priest from Ireland wanted to build a modernistic Church on Main Street. If you ever visit Boerne, you will see a lot of older structures made from these huge pieces limestone -- really beautiful historic town. The Church was one of those structures that you found beautiful and your church affiliation did not matter!

[potlatch]

That's really interesting, I don't really remember the church, but was there just last year when I told you the Hells Angels were there! I love old historic buildings.

[SwatTeam]

I remember that lawsuit. Blew my mind.

When the bluebonnets are in full bloom, I'm going out and get some pictures with my new digital camera and I will freep mail you some if you would like and if I get some good ones. Never have been a good photographer but I seem to do better with this new camera.