Encouraging
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Man oh man!
Cordileone ain’t *never* gonna be a cardinal with these un Vatican positions!
He’d better write some articles on *reimagining* theology in the paradigm of whatever…
The architecture of the first image with those grand timber doors, stonework and chevron floor pattern is stunning.
McCrery was also responsible for the beautiful remodel of the Washington DC parish of St. Mary Mother of God. That parish had been home to the DC TLM from the mid-80’s, when Pope John Paul II permitted ‘indult Masses’. Sadly, after almost forty years there, the TLM community was suppressed three years ago because of Traditiones Custodes.
I think back to when I lived in Knoxville Catholics were few and far between. Sunday Mass was celebrated in a small former Protestant church on a hill top above Cumberland Ave. Then at the campus edge a brick box was built with a large multi-purpose auditorium for Mass and classrooms. I taught 3rd grade CCD for a few years. The students were mostly professors’ children. Next time we drive through Knoxpatch, as we called it then, we will definitely stop at the cathedral.