The cafeteria catholic that I am... I wonder if that priest got advice from our
wonderful Bernard Law.
Remember St. Helena's well and did go there for Saturday and Sunday Mass while we were in West Alton.
No. 2 son demonstrated (hilariously) that you have to pay attention after your receive communion and negotiate back to your pew. The structural butress that supported the roof flowed down the wall from the ceiling and anchored on both side aisles with increased width protruding into the aisle. Piously head down, hands folded he walked into that beam head first, and I thought he would loose consciousness. My sick Irish humor prevailing, once I knew he was OK, I had all I could do to stay upright in the pew.
We still have a good laugh when telling "Lake" stories around the table when Kyle made St. Helena's structurally unsound!
