Protest at St. Albert in Boston
When Vatican III finally happens, one trend that might be noted is the way that lay people stopped acting like sheep -- finally. One example from today's news.
Parishioners at St. Albert the Great in Boston crowded a courtroom to try to stop the archdiocese from seizing and selling off the church's assets.
The parish was closed Sept. 1 by the archdiocese, one of the casualties of the clergy sex-scandal that pressed the finances of the Boston Archdiocese.
Here's an excerpt from boston.com.
"More than 150 parishioners crowded into a courtroom in Suffolk Superior Court, standing in the back and alongthe sides, with the overflow sent to the balcony. The parishioners had rented three buses to take them from their embattled Weymouth parish to the courthouse for the first round in a legal battle that pits them against their archdiocese.
"The parish has filed a lawsuit against the archdiocese, saying the church belongs to them, not to the hierarchy. Despite the closing, parishioners have refused to leave the church, maintaining what they call "an eternal prayer vigil" since the final Mass was said Aug. 29."
