Posted on 04/28/2015 6:02:52 AM PDT by marshmallow
Hundreds of supportive Catholics fill San Francisco’s Star of the Sea
On Saturday, May 25, the 4:30 p.m. Mass at San Francisco’s Star of the Sea Church resembled Easter or Christmas.
The packed Church was a show of support for Star’s faithful Catholic Priests, Father Joseph Illo and Father Patrick Driscoll. The two have earned the enmity of the San Francisco power structure, as well as that of a number of their fellow priests, for their decision to only allow boys to serve at the altar. That decision is at the discretion of each parish’s pastor—at Star of the Sea, Fr. Illo.
The anti-Catholic San Francisco Chronicle has done a number of hit pieces on Fr. Illo, resulting in his now being one of the best known priests in San Francisco. The enormous turnout on Saturday was the result of a grass roots “flash mob” effort to make sure Fr. Illo, and the wider world, knows that there are thousands of faithful Catholics who support him. One of the nice and notable things at the Mass was the very large number of babies.
The Mass was celebrated by Fr. Illo, and was concelebrated by Fr. Piers Lahey, a former Associate Pastor at Star, and the young Fr. Corwin Low, OP. As Mass began, a line of people were still waiting outside the confessional, where Fr. Driscoll was administering the sacrament of penance.
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Very traditional, but in San Francisco alter boys might give off the wrong vibes.
alter boys — how altered are they?
Or do you mean altar boys?
A bump for Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone!
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