Catholics occupying imperiled churches around the clock
Saturday, March 7, 2009
EVERETT, Mass. -- The thermometer inside St. Therese Church reads 36 degrees. A pail of water used for hand-washing has frozen under a sink that, like the heating system, hasn't worked in months. In the sanctuary, four women in coats, hats and gloves huddle as they pray the rosary, their breath visible in the cold.
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