Denver Newsroom, Oct 1, 2020 / 11:00 am
Two weeks after vandals toppled a statue of St. Therese at a Catholic parish in Utah, the parish said it has been overwhelmed by support and generosity from the Catholic community, both locally and globally, as it celebrates the feast of its patron saint.
"We are thankfully doing well, overwhelmed with all the generous and loving support we have received from our community, different parishes, individuals, and people from even all over the world reaching out to let us know they are praying for us and supporting us," André Sicard, a seminarian at St. Therese of the Child Jesus Catholic Parish in Midvale, Utah, told CNA.
On September 14, the parish reported that vandals toppled their large statue of their patron, St. Therese, that had greeted parishioners outside the main church building for the past ten years.