Sunday morning protest and love

This morning Andrew and I attended a protest.  I'm not an activist by any stretch of the imagination, but this was a no brainer for me.  Southwest Ohio Catholics almost all have new priests this weekend, and the one coming to our community clearly does not understand the population he will now be serving.  We are a welcoming community, and staunchly support our neighbors and friends.  A co-worker organized a silent protest this morning so that the new priest could understand that.  Andrew and I went for over an hour, then we wanted to attend our church.  I could not have been more grateful for the welcoming message that came from our pastor this morning as well.  I was truly moved to tears, and I'm so grateful to have our pastor lead our congregation.

We went back to the protest after church, although it was beginning to wrap up.  There was so much love and support at this protest, I'm so so very grateful I could be a part of it.