If you wish to remain in your seat, there will be a time where we will bring the elements of Communion to you. We will have “pre-packaged” elements, as well. You will be invited to come forward and receive the elements from our Communion servers. We will leave the ribbons on the end of selected pews for now however, they will be lifted by ushers if we need space for additional seating. It helps us to keep our prayer list up-to-date. Either way, please try to submit your prayers and celebrations in writing, as well. You will also have the option of using the microphone and announcing your own joys and concerns. Offering plates will not be passed.ĭuring the time of Joys and Concerns, we will continue to circulate to hear your prayers and repeat them for those gathered. We will continue to have offering plates at the entrances to the sanctuary. Also, if you need anything while you are sick and at home, please let us know. If you are sick, please stay home and watch us online, until you feel better. Saint Patrick is recorded as saying, "I have vowed to my God to teach the heathen though I be despised by some.Choose to wear a mask or not, based on your personal preference and informed by your personal level of risk to yourself and others. Pro-LGBT groups and individuals making a scene over the policy demonstrate the very reason for the policy's establishment. Patrick's Day parade from becoming just another vehicle for pushing political or sexual identification agendas. The policy in Staten Island was established to prevent the St. And there's just no doubt this parade is discriminating and it's got to stop." Among that cancel-culture chorus of voices is New York City's comptroller.īrad Lander, NYC comptroller: "We shouldn't be spending scarce city dollars providing the police and public accommodations without a strong human rights law that says you can't discriminate. Patrick's Day parade there to be defunded. Pro-LGBT advocates in Staten Island are calling for the St. Michael Voris: "That's not really an answer, Your Eminence." Timothy Dolan: "No, come on in, we'd love to have you, alright?"
Michael Voris: "Your Eminence, do you have anything to say to loyal Catholics who find what you're doing here a great scandal to the Faith?"Ĭdl. Timothy Dolan: "I've been looking forward to this for a long time." Michael Voris: "Your Eminence, a question."Ĭdl. Timothy Dolan: "Good to be with you all!" The following year, Dolan served as the parade's grand marshal for the debut of those gay groups.Ĭdl. In 2014, New York's cardinal Timothy Dolan was all aboard the gay train for the inclusion of LGBT groups in the city's parade. Partick's Day parade devoid of rainbow flags. Staten Island is the only of New York's five boroughs with a St. It's not a sexual parade."Īnother attendee: "I'm sorry - it's an Irish parade it's not a gay pride parade."
Joyce Garrison, GOAL: "Participating in this parade would also give them a chance to show the community that not only are we here to serve and protect, which is our job, but we're also here to represent."īut plenty of parade-goers were fine with the policy.Īttendee: "They're free to march in the parade, but not under the banner. The corresponding secretary of New York's Gay Officers Action League (GOAL) also weighed in on the policy. Patrick's Day parade policy in Staten Island.Ĭarol Bullock, Pride Center of Staten Island: "I think there's this thought that you can't be Irish, you can't be Catholic and you can't be LGBTQ+. That run is essentially a protest of the St. KC Hankins: "This is about undoing the homophobia of the past and making sure LGBTQ Staten Islanders know they are welcomed in all spaces."
Hankins, who identifies as nonbinary and gay, served as lead organizer of the Rainbow Run, hosted by the Staten Island Athletic Association. KC Hankins: "The idea that because we are queer we are sexually motivated is very insulting. Naturally, LGBT crusaders are incensed by the policy. This year's application to participate in the parade clarified in all caps, "THIS PARADE IS NOT TO BE USED FOR AND WILL NOT ALLOW POLITICAL OR SEXUAL IDENTIFICATION AGENDAS TO BE PROMOTED." Staten Islanders paraded down Forest Avenue on Sunday in anticipation of St. Church Militant's William Mahoney looks at New York's last stronghold. But, while the LGBT community almost entirely succeeded in the region, Staten Island continues to keep the gay at bay. Patrick's Day parade includes mini-gay-pride parades. In New York, the alphabet soup mafia will not rest until every St. Your browser does not support the video tag.