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A Catholic parish in southern Wisconsin suffered a graffiti attack overnight on Sunday that saw a large tiled display of the Divine Mercy image defaced with green spray-painted letters. Run by the Stockbridge, Massachusetts-based Marian Fathers, Saint Peter Parish is located in Kenosha, on Lake Michigan north of Chicago near the Illinois border. A photo shared on social media by Father Donald Calloway shows green spray-painted graffiti on one of the exterior granite shrines near the entrance to the church. The shrine will need to be professionally cleaned with help from insurance money. The Kenosha Police Department said the department did receive the criminal complaint, but they do not yet have any leads in the case. The parish’s administrative assistant requested prayers for the perpetrator of the vandalism.
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Catholic bishops in Colorado have voiced their sympathies and prayers in the wake of a shooting over the weekend that killed five and injured 25 at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub. The alleged gunman entered Club Q just before midnight on Saturday and began shooting. Several people at the club overpowered the gunman and subdued him. “Let us pray that all our beloved deceased will know the fullness of life in heaven. Let us pray and work so that through our actions and attitudes, God may bring peace and healing to our world and to our local community,” Bishop James Golka of Colorado Springs said Monday afternoon. He cited Jesus Christ’s words to the faithful, that they will have trouble in this world, adding “But take heart! I have overcome the world.” The shooter’s motives remain unclear.
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Today, the Church celebrates Saint Cecilia. Cecilia was an early Roman martyr, and is the patron of musicians and poets because according to tradition, she sang while being burned in an oven during her martyrdom.
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