MASSACHUSETTS
Patriot Ledger
By Jessica Trufant
The Patriot Ledger
Posted Oct. 27, 2014
SCITUATE – When the Friends of St. Frances started their around-the-clock vigil at the closed church on Oct. 26, 2004, Saddam Hussein was still alive, Apple had yet to release the iPhone and the Red Sox were still one win away from their first World Series title in 86 years.
“I was 70 then, and I just turned 80,” parishioner Barbara Nappa said from the church foyer as she reflected on the last decade. “My granddaughter Natalie was 4 years old. I remember her coming here to help clean, and she would always notice the fingerprints on the glass doors. Now she’s a freshman in high school.”
Parishioners of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church gathered Sunday to celebrate 10 full years of holding a continuous vigil. While the archdiocese has considered the church a deconsecrated building since October 2004, parishioners have kept its doors open for 3,652 days. Several longtime members take turns holding a service each Sunday. They use host that has been consecrated by a sympathetic priest whose identity is kept a secret.
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