"I came and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, what happened here, I was surprised and was shocked," said Maria Matties, who attends the church.įOX 26 reached out to the Houston Division of the FBI.
Parishioners were lost for words as they arrived for mass early Tuesday morning. The statue of the Virgin Mary had its head, hands and feet taken off.Īccording to Purdy, the statue was dragged 40 feet and placed on the front steps of the church. "Even a couple days ago, there were two catholic churches in Dallas-Fort Worth and there was one in El Paso Texas," said Purdy. Donations in memory of Brother may be made to the Novitiate of the Holy Angels, 21077 Quarry Hill Road, Winona, MN 55987.Church struck by vandals, priest speaks outįOX 26 Reporter Tiffany Justice spoke with a priest after his church was recently struck by vandals.ĭICKINSON, Texas - Father Adman Purdy of Queens of Angels Catholic Church in Dickinson spoke with FOX 26 about a troubling number of churches being vandalized, including his own.Īs cases are being reported all over the nation, church property, including statues the Virgin Mary and Jesus, are being defaced.įather Purdy does not believe the act was random. Bishop Williamson, 72, one of four men illicitly ordained. Burial will follow at the Nichols-McCain Family Cemetery in Jackson, NY. The Society of St Pius X has confirmed that it has expelled the English Bishop Richard Williamson. A traditional Roman Catholic Requiem Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 am, Saturday, at North American Martyrs Roman Catholic Chapel, 100 Boulevard, Hudson Falls, NY (51). both well-known and rural parishes, like Green Bay, Wisconsin and El Paso, Texas, or the scenic parishes of Washington DC and even Honolulu, Hawaii. Those who wish may join the family for the Rosary at 6:30 pm. Friends may call Friday from 4 p.m. to 6:30p. m., at the McClellan-Gariepy Funeral Home, 19 East Broadway, Salem, NY.
It was this same steady, unwavering faith and devotion which allowed him to accept God’s will in all things, even the cancer which overtook him so far from the land of his birth. He was always heard to repeat “Deo gratias!” (“Thanks be to God!”) no matter what event, good or bad, overtook him. Gerard was known for his piety, simplicity and perpetual smile, based as they were on a rock-solid faith in Our Lord and His Church, and in Our Lady to whom he was especially devoted. In 2008, he was assigned to the SSPX District of Ireland with his twin, Rev. He was assigned again to the seminary, where he continued his work as cook, gardener and launderer for many years. Brother made his Perpetual Profession on 29 September 2000 at the Brothers’ Novitiate, at that time located in El Paso, TX. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Ridgefield, CT, and continued to do so when the seminary moved to Winona, MN, in 1988. Brother assisted the priests of the SSPX at St. He was a member of Jesus and Mary Roman Catholic Chapel-SSPX and he passed peacefully to Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Beloved Mother Mary. In 1986, he took the habit of a Religious Brother and the name Gerard Francis in honor of St. Pius X, at that time located in Ridgefield, CT.
Raised a Roman Catholic, Brother began to attend the Traditional Latin Mass in Glenmont, NY, in 1977, and by 1985 had decided to enter the seminary of the Society of St. Gerard was raised in New Jersey and upstate New York, and graduated from South Glens Falls Senior High, in South Glens Falls, NY, in 1976. Marys, KS Steven Nichols of Melbourne, FL Jeffrey Nichols (Jeffrey McCain) of Jackson, NY Thomas (Tina) Nichols of Wilton, NY Jane (Gary) Nichols-Wood of Cambridge, NY James Nichols of Jackson, NY and Joan (Tom) Finnegan of Vandalia, MO and many nieces, nephews and cousins. David Nichols, SSPX, of Los Gatos, CA Wayne Nichols of St. Brother was born Dean Peter Nichols, 3 April 1957, one of identical twins, to Earl William Nichols and Florence Margaret (Dominy) Nichols, who predeceased him. Brother was diagnosed just months ago with a malignant brain tumor which gradually paralyzed him and claimed his life. Gerard Francis, SSPX (in the world, Dean Peter Nichols), passed to his eternal reward at Blackrock Hospice in Dublin, Ireland, on Monday, April 24, 2017. Despite his fear of the rebels, he received answers for the problems in the. Pius X School in El Paso, Texas serves 477 students in grades. 2000ĭied: 24 April 2017 Dublin, Ireland-Br. The society broke away from the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) over liturgical issues. Professed as a Religious Brother in the Society of St. Gerard Francis (Dean Peter Nichols), SSPX
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