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Good Shepherd Catholic Community Church provided safety and space for interfaith prayer and discussion.
It was only two weeks ago today that Catholics around the world witnessed a moving ecumenical display. A friar in a brown robe, illuminated by flashing lights from a parked police car, spoke with law enforcement during an intense hostage situation ocurring only a short distance away.
When the standoff at Congregation Beth Israel occurred on Jan. 15, the nearby Catholic parish became a place of refuge for families of the four hostages, one of whom was the rabbi, and congregants of the synagogue waiting for resolution.
At the request of authorities, the staff of Good Shepherd Catholic Community Church in Colleyville, Texas, immediately said “Yes” to opening their doors to the people whom the pastor, Franciscan Father Michael Higgins, told the Register were “friends and neighbors.”
Press and authorities gathered in the parking lot of Good Shepherd during the standoff. Staff and parishioners welcomed religious leaders and families into the parish hall to offer them coffee, food and a chance to escape the cold.
Continued below.
Texas Synagogue Attack: Moving Backstory of the Catholic Church That Hosted the Hostages’ Families
It was only two weeks ago today that Catholics around the world witnessed a moving ecumenical display. A friar in a brown robe, illuminated by flashing lights from a parked police car, spoke with law enforcement during an intense hostage situation ocurring only a short distance away.
When the standoff at Congregation Beth Israel occurred on Jan. 15, the nearby Catholic parish became a place of refuge for families of the four hostages, one of whom was the rabbi, and congregants of the synagogue waiting for resolution.
At the request of authorities, the staff of Good Shepherd Catholic Community Church in Colleyville, Texas, immediately said “Yes” to opening their doors to the people whom the pastor, Franciscan Father Michael Higgins, told the Register were “friends and neighbors.”
Press and authorities gathered in the parking lot of Good Shepherd during the standoff. Staff and parishioners welcomed religious leaders and families into the parish hall to offer them coffee, food and a chance to escape the cold.
Continued below.
Texas Synagogue Attack: Moving Backstory of the Catholic Church That Hosted the Hostages’ Families
