Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Pro-Abortion Arson Strikes Catholic Church In Bethesda MD - Men, Time To Take Church Defense Seriously

Early Saturday morning, July 9 2022, arsonists set fire to St Jane Frances De Chantal Church, located on Old Georgetown Road in Bethesda.  Two nearby protestant churches were likewise vandalized, but De Chantal suffered the brunt of the damage.  I am now linking to two accounts: one from the Catholic Standard, the archdiocesan paper, and the other from Catholic News Agency (not to be confused with the now-defunct Catholic News Service).

There is a most peculiar disparity between the two.  CSA carries more of the remarks made by Father Samuel Giese.  The CSA quotes Father Giese's offering of a probable motive for the arson: "I believe that this is because of the Church's stand on the issue of life — when it begins and that it should be protected — and that this is one of the manifestations of the deep divisions right now within our country, that there are those who believe that we do not have even the right to practice our faith.  "   Why, oh why, did the Standard not make mention of this rather obvious circumstance?  

Last month the Capitol Hill Pregnancy Center was vandalized with paint bombs and egging.  A bunch calling themselves "Jane's Revenge" seems to be behind this.

Last week, Tom Brejcha and his wife Debbie found their home vandalized while they were away.  Brejcha is a founder of the Thomas More Society, a Catholic pro-life legal association that has helped many pro-life activists.  Fifty thugs from the "Reproductive Justice Union" spray-painted his house, damaged his garden,   Police officers were present - and did absolutely nothing.   Because the Society is based in Chicago, it's quite possible that this incident took place there too - or in a suburb.  Doesn't it make you wonder why the police were there?  If it wasn't to protect citizens from the vandals, were they instructed to protect vandals from citizens?

It's clear that we can't rely on church or civil authorities to protect our churches and homes.  As far as churches go, I reiterate suggestions that I made a few weeks ago.  Men of a given parish can and must organize amongst themselves and devise concrete plans to protect their churches.  They will have to do so independently of their pastors - that is, outside their control.  They should devise schedules for keeping physical watch over the church premises - off the property, if need be.  Moreover, if trouble should brew, the man on watch should have a cadre of others upon whom he can call at a moment's notice.  They should become proficient in some sort(s) of martial arts.  They should immediately divest themselves of the silly and ungodly notion that the use of force is inherently evil.  God did not call us to be "catholicized hippy-flower children".  We are the Church Militant - not the church mellow.

We take up the Sacraments, the Rosary, Brown Scapular as our spiritual weapons.  They do not preclude other weapons, if need be.

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