Here are some reader submissions. Thanks!
Tent city at St. Jude Catholic Church in Redmond, Washington:
St. Jude Catholic Church welcomed Tent City 4 to its Redmond location on February 10th. The city of Redmond, where a one bedroom apartment generally rents for $911 to $1188 a month, issued a permit, but then rescinded it, threatening to fine St. Jude up to $500.00 a day for occupying the space. The stay could end up costing the church more than $37,000, which it says it will pay with donations, not parish funds.
In March, I visited tent city and interviewed pastor David Rogerson and three residents of tent city.
Spanish archbishop shuts down parish with unorthodox priests:
The archbishop of Madrid has shut down a parish where priests said Mass in street clothes and handed out cookies as the holy communion, his office said Monday.
The parish of San Carlos Borromeo, in the working-class Vallecas district of Spain’s capital, was popular among poor people, former prisoners, recovering drug addicts and immigrants.
Parish of San Carlos Borromeo photo
Liturgical abuse bugs me, but there’s always so much going on in a situation like this, you never know the real story.