On the front page of the Aug. 30 Sun Journal was a photo of folks attending the last Mass at St. Louis Church in Auburn. It was said that more than 400 people were there. The church is closing because there is not enough money to make necessary repairs. Why didn’t those people donate to help make the repairs?
I am not Catholic, but I came from Berlin, Germany, and in 1948 the people there worked hard to raise the needed money to repair the roof of the church where I was confirmed.
It is written in the Bible how the Levites gathered money from the people to have the temple repaired in Jerusalem.
Surely there must be church members who are masons or carpenters who could help with the repairs. When the wall around Jerusalem was rebuilt, even the women helped.
Today, there are all sorts of machines that could do the heavy lifting, so why can’t church members do some work to preserve a piece of art among the humble homes? You don’t see such columns in today’s buildings.
Heidi Weber, Dryden
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