March Fo(u)rth, march do not hop

St. Aloysius Cleveland at the beginning of Lent

 

It is the beginning of March. In many people's minds winter is over, and the corona virus precautions are mostly a memory. The first Saturday morning of March, one of the Protestant porch hoppers came to the front door. It was early, and not warm at all. One good thing about the covid times is that this bothering did not happen. The Rutherfordites (J. Witnesses) wrote letters, and made recorded phone calls. But really, is this a peculiarly American thing? They say something like they want to talk about Scripture, or the Lord. They are not interested in what you might want to talk about. This is being accosted at home. Their First Amendment rights are not valid in another man's home, for a man's home is his castle. Well, if we had left house fifteen minutes earlier, we would not have known this particular attempt of proselytisation.

 

Now, St. Aloysius is a beautiful Catholic church on a main street in Glenville. Now, Glenville is 90+% black. Black people in Cleveland are overwhelming Baptists, Catholics are in the range of 3-5%. Catholics rarely porch hop. If one wants to experience a Catholic religiosity, come to a Mass. They are all public, there is no secret beliefs. 

 

Of course, that little sign [foto supra] is respected in the black community, it should be respected by all. Now, there are many whites that are furious when they see such a sign; and there are white Catholics, who would thoroughly object to that sign being posted in front of a Catholic church. That sign is no longer new.

Also on the east side, there is a new exhibition visiting Cleveland Art Museum.

And it is always a good time to watch a squirrel.