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Wally Testa
New Orleans Church Gets Reprieve
St. Augustine
founded in 1841
by free blacks
(AP) — The ancient cypress doors were
propped wide in the bright sunshine, palm
fronds stacked high, pews filled and joyous
music poured from St. Augustine as the histori
cally black Catholic church celebrated Palm
Sunday.
The service came two weeks after the church
was closed amid protests over post-Hurricane
Katrina budget cutbacks that would have
merged it with a larger neighboring parish.
"What a historic morning for us to gather,”
said Archbishop Alfred Hughes, who origi
nally ordered the church shut down, but re
turned to celebrate Mass on Sunday.
The church was full for the first service, but
unless the support continues, the reprieve for
the church will not last.
When Hughes re-consecrated St. August
ine on Saturday he said he would examine the
parish’s progress after 18 months to determine
if it could avoid consolidation with a neighbor
ing parish.
Hughes agreed to reopen St. Augustine
after negotiating with parishioners who had
protested the church’s closing. St. Augustine,
founded in 1841 by slaves and free people of
color, is one of the nation's oldest black par
ishes. The archdiocese sought to consolidate
Father Jerome LeDoux holds a palm frond
on Palm Sunday as he celebrates Mass at
St. Augustine Church in New Orleans. (AP
photo)
St. Augustine as it tries to deal with $84 million
in uninsured losses from Hurricane Katrina,
which slammed into the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29.
"I intend to be a regular now and support the
church here,” said Gordon Cagnolitti, a New
Orleans firefighter who described himself as
multi-denominational. “I go to several churches,
but my son and grandchildren go here and I will,
too, from now on."
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St. Augustine had failed to add many new
members or carry on other pastoral functions
required of a functioning parish, Hughes said
when closing it. Under the plans announced
earlier this year, (he church building would still
be used for services, but parish functions were
to be consolidated with neighboring St. Peter
Claver.
But the church had not reckoned with the
deep feeling of the parishioners. Protest sprang
up, and a small group of protesters shuttered
themselves in the church rectory three weeks
ago.
Demonstrators interrupted Mass on March
26 — a desecration, Hughes said the next day,
when he announced that the church building
would be closed.
The parishioners have set 12 goals to meet
during the next 18 months, Hughes said. Among
other things, they require the addition of from
3(X) to 400 families, the institution of religious
education and a balanced budget by Oct. 1.
If the parish does not meet the goals, it will
be closed, Hughes said.
But on Sunday the possible problems seemed
far from anyone's mind. When a lay reader
opened the service by welcoming those in
attendance to St. Augustine Church, the crowd
cheered and clapped, then people waved palm
fronds and clapped to the hymn “Oh, Happy
Day.”
“It’s a joyous day, a great celebration," said
Leola Brown, 77. “It shows the Lord answers
prayers. This is my church. I want to attend it
while I'm living and be buried from it when 1
die.”
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A memorial service was held
March 22 at Ross Hollywood
C h ap el fo r D onna F ran ces
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at the age of 69.
She was born Sept. 30,1936 in
G alesburg, III. and attended
Galesburg High School and Knox
College. She moved to Portland in March 1971.
She loved basketball, particularly the Trail Blazers, and
worked at Memorial Coliseum for several years to be able to
watch the team play. She also came to be an avid Tiger
Woods fan. She loved to talk, was opinionated and cooked
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services, watching up to six children at a time in her home. She
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She loved the Rose Festival, attending the Grand Floral
parade for many years sitting in the same spot on the parade
route.
Her parents Walter and Fern Dagen, sister Karen pre
ceded her in death.
She is survived by her brothers Walter and Michael
Dagen of Galesburg; sister Kay Johnson of Conway, Ark.;
sons Jeffrey Hetlin of Portland, Kevin Heflin of Santa Rosa,
Calif, and Michael Goodlow of Sunrise, Fla.; daughters
Brenda Elam of VillaGrove, III., and Leslie Goodlow-Baldwin
and Lori Goodlow both of Portland; grandchildren. Ashley
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Michael Thrasher; Kiara, Marquis’ and Chamaria Taylor;
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p.m.
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