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.

Three Acts Of Persecution In The US - What We Must Do

On Saturday July11 2020, we saw three acts of arson against Catholic establishments.  The first happened in Ocala Florida when a man crashed his vehicle into Queen of Peace Catholic Church, then proceeded to light a fire with parishioners inside.  He then led the police on a chase and was apprehended.  This news page identifies the perpetrator as Steven Shields.  He is a white man.  If he had committed that crime against a black church, you may rest assured that riots would be ongoing even now.  However, the mainstream media's attitude is rather blase about it.  We have yet to learn a motive.

Across the country in California, the San Gabriel Mission Church was set ablaze.  It's an historical landmark at least 200 years old.  The roof is destroyed.  Because of the backlash of late against mission churches (alleging racism) the fire is under federal investigation.

That evening, in Dorcester Massachussetts, a statue of the Blessed Mother was set on fire.  Local police are investigating that as arson.

So that's three Catholic institutions in one day.  This has all the smell of a coordinated campaign.  Just last week Catholics were defending a statue of King St Louis IX against antifa and blm marauders.

Protestant establishments have also been targeted.  Recall that the historic St John's Church across from the White House was vandalized.  We hear also of Grace Baptist Church in Troy NY where mobs tried to block people from entering.

Below Taylor Marshall speaks of the first two incidents.  I think at the time he recorded this, the Massachusetts arson had not yet happened.  He talks of what he calls the three stages of persecution and describes these incidents quite well.  The persecution is real and I've no bones saying that those who deny its reality sin by their attempts to deceive themselves and each other with false comfort.  At the end, he suggests eight actions, some of them requiring men to take the lead.  Listen the whole way through and, as he suggested, please make news of these incidents go viral.  Our politically correct mainstream media will downplay them.