[Apologetics] 'Don't worship idols': Houston Catholic church attacked again

[Stephen Korsman]

Hi

Possible strategies:

A sign saying "We don't worship idols.  Come and learn what we DO believe!"

A sign under the statue: "Not for worship! By order of the Pope!"

God bless,
Stephen
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Art Kelly 
  To: Apologetics Group ; Jim Murphy ; Ward Collins ; Father Phillips ; Catholic League ; Catholic World News ; Catholic Answers 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 4:49 PM
  Subject: [Apologetics] 'Don't worship idols': Houston Catholic church attacked again


        MERE VANDALISM OR HATE CRIMES?
        'A challenge to our faith'


        Three times in recent months, statues of the Virgin Mary at All Saints Catholic Church have been defiled or destroyed


        By BILL MURPHY
        Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle 



        In a shady grotto filled with plants, lilacs and daffodils, parishioners at All Saints Catholic Church would sometimes stop to pray and reflect before an Our Lady of Lourdes statue.

        It was a tranquil scene — until Palm Sunday when the statue was knocked down and broken. Two replacement statues, both of Our Lady of Guadalupe, have since been defaced or destroyed.



        The latest incident happened outside the church on East 10th in the Heights late Friday or early Saturday.



        A spray-painted message left on a church sidewalk in March during the second incident — "You have been warned. Don't worship idols." — has parish officials worried that they are being subjected to anti-Catholic hate crimes, not mere vandalism.



        The full article is at

        http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5876281.html



        Art
       

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