{"id":3003,"date":"2011-11-16T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T15:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2011\/11\/why-i-love-st-mary-parish.html"},"modified":"2011-11-16T15:04:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T15:04:00","slug":"why-i-love-st-mary-parish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2011\/11\/why-i-love-st-mary-parish.html","title":{"rendered":"Why I love St. Mary Parish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Because of things like this:<\/p>\n

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I took this picture last night during the RCIA tour of the sanctuary.\u00a0 I\u2019m part of the team, but we didn\u2019t have much to do since that was handled by a professional tour giver \u2013 our youth director.\u00a0 Some folks made their way up the winding stairs:<\/div>\n
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Stairs cool enough to deserve their own picture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
To see what the choir loft looked like.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t disappoint.\u00a0 Even though I was informed there are major renovations on the horizon, everyone seemed to think it will be to preserve the wonderful architectural and traditional feel of the place.\u00a0 I hope Catholics know that it\u2019s the link to the past, to the ancient, that gives Catholicism one of its biggest trump cards.\u00a0 Churches like this one are a small part in keeping that feel alive, and go a long way toward avoiding the tendency to build parishes that appear to say \u2018pssst, maybe they won\u2019t think we\u2019re Catholic.\u2019\u00a0 Take a look at this parish.\u00a0 It says \u2018we\u2019re Catholic\u2019 loud and clear. <\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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