Poor Finances, Needed Repairs, And Fear Of Immigration Raids Closes Detroit Church, But Mostly Finance And Repairs

January 2, 2018 – 10:30 am

Here’s one of the top tier media Narratives that you will see, as CBS News tries to blame-scare on illegal immigration without saying “illegal immigration”

Fear of immigration raids partially to blame for 100-year-old church’s closure

After more than 100 years, a Roman Catholic church in Detroit is closing, partly because Hispanics who worship there fear immigration agents. The final Mass at All Saints Church will be celebrated Sunday on Detroit’s southwest side.

The congregation of 300 families will be encouraged to attend St. Gabriel, a nearby church.

If they are legally present, why would they be fearful?

The pastor at St. Gabriel, the Rev. Marc Gawronski, said there are many reasons for the closing of All Saints. The church has weak finances, needs repairs and has been losing members. A construction project on Interstate 75 has hurt attendance.

Gawronski said there has been an increase in raids and enforcement by federal immigration agents in the community.

Immigration agents wouldn’t be coming for legally authorized immigrants, except for a few issues like criminal behavior.

Immigration agents have an “informal agreement that they have affirmed that they will not go into churches and not hassle people going to church,” he said. Nonetheless, “people are even nervous about being able to get up in the morning and go to church.”

Why would they be nervous if they are just immigrants, rather than illegal aliens? We can see that the closure has more to do with the weak finances, needed repairs, and the construction project.

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3 Responses to “Poor Finances, Needed Repairs, And Fear Of Immigration Raids Closes Detroit Church, But Mostly Finance And Repairs”

  1. Dana says:
    January 2, 2018 at 10:39 am

    The parish has just 300 families; one wonders how many parishioners actually attend Mass most Sundays.

    If 300 families attended Mass every Sunday, and contributed an average of just $20 per week, the church would have $6,000 per week of revenues.

  2. Professor Hale says:
    January 3, 2018 at 12:34 am

    love their solution: Go to the church next door.

    Not, Get legal.

    Not, Go home.

    As if the church next door is immune from immigration enforcement for some magical reason.

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