Former Massachusetts Catholic church sold, slated to become a mosque

Catholic Online ^ | December 7, 2006 | By Terence Hegarty

[NRA1995]

Talk about "My house is a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves!"

[wagglebee]

Catholics should have raised money, bought this church, burned it to the ground and left the land vacant rather than let this happen.

[Bainbridge]

Amen to that. Let me know next time, I will chip in.

[sageb1]

Agree!

[G Larry]

Ahh....
The abomonation of desolation.....

[Semi Civil Servant]

Don't some denominations have a ceremony that "de-consecrates" a church building so it can be used for other purposes? Does the Catholic Church have such a ceremony?

[Dixie Yooper]

Couldn't they turn the site into a landfill instead?
I'm one to talk. 3 years ago I sold my house to a Palestinian family for twice what I paid for it 5 years earlier. My neighbor and still best friend was not very happy with me, but since he never brought in any buyers I had to make the sale.

[seastay]

"The parish leadership is very thrilled that it will continue to be a house of worship,"

So it doesn't matter what is being worshiped, just the fact that there will be worship is good ?

If anybody has ever studied ancient temples of antiquity, such as temples to worship snakes, or the sun goddess or whatever, one would have to realize that just setting aside a place of worship is meaningless, because it depends on what is being worshiped, and not just the fact that if worship can be respected with diversity a blanket of acceptance then anybody who prays must be doing it for some good of mankind as guided by deity.

[Moderate right-winger]

Why would any conservative embrace a Christianity that is becoming increasingly tolerant of feminism? The rejuvenation of Christianity will be attained through a return to the practice of its primary beliefs and principles.

[Proud2BeRight]

To me "church" is where people communicate with and worship God. It is not a building. I find buildings and ornamentation beautiful but unnecessary and draining of parishioner resources. In my life, my most memorable and inspiring services have been Easter sunrise services outside and far from a church building.

[theDentist]

Indian Orchard is in western Mass, near Springfield, Chicopee, and Northampton.

[Moderate right-winger]

The only good feminist is a dead one

[marshmallow]

Highly symbolic.

A metaphor for what's currently happening in western Christendom.

[IrishBrigade]

...I do believe an 'unnecessary' building would come in downright handy on a day where the wind chill hovers a few degrees above zero degrees F as was the case last night for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception...

[Moderate right-winger]

A degenerate Christendom that lost its way and embraced atheist secular values

[linda_22003]

That's quite a statement. How many have you personally shot?

[Moderate right-winger]

That would have been too merciful. And remember that numerous demons transcend everything and everyone.

[linda_22003]

Uh, sure. I guess I'd be one of your targets, since I have a job, vote, and even drive a car.