"9 AM:šØour sch prin initiated our rapid RE net & 100s mobilized to patrol our school in support of our at-risk families.
10 AM: #ICEšØarrived fully alarmed near Ravenswood ES, a teacher I spoke to wasšterrified & traumatized.
10:15: ICE: outside a loc daycare.
šØAt least 8 of our neighbors were detained -dozens of confirmed ICE sightings outside loc schools/bus'. Craig & I spent a collective 10 hrs patrolling our daughters' sch. Sev schs went into lockdown..."
-Wales on FB
#Chicago #DHS #USPol
![Larry Dowling
I hadā¦privilegeā¦of leadingā¦Eucharistic Processionā¦ toā¦ICE Detention Center in Broadviewā¦to prayā¦bring Holy Communionā¦toā¦men & women detainedā¦under inhumane conditions.
Over 1,000 Catholicsā¦marched in peaceful prayer & song, facilitated byā¦Police Departments &ā¦State Police. I cannot speak more highly ofā¦public safety officers in providing us safe passage.
Upon arrivalā¦wasā¦differentā¦no ICE or Federal representativesā¦When requesting to talk w/ā¦representativeā¦overā¦phone, Afterā¦brief waitā¦answer came backā¦clearly:
NO, YOU CANNOT BRING A HINT OF COMPASSION & PRAYER INTO THIS PLACE!
NO, YOU CANNOT OFFERā¦SOLACE TOā¦MEN & WOMEN FEARFUL & SUFFERING INSIDE!
NO, YOU CANNOT BRING JESUSā¦SON OF GODā¦LOVE OF GOD, INTO THIS PLACE!
No one hadā¦courage to speakā¦to us. No one from [DHS] could stand inā¦presence ofā¦Monstrance holdingā¦Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils inā¦presence of Christ.
ā¦been able to do for detainees forā¦pastā¦written intoā¦law, was refusedā¦
"Father, forgiveā¦ones who do not know what they are doing."
"Have mercy onā¦souls of those who know exactly what they're doing. Touch their hearts & transform them from stonyā¦into fleshy, life-givingā¦"
"Only through, w/& in God will hearts be changed!"
ā¦battle for heartsā¦minds, compassionā¦mercy, continues...
Please pray especially forā¦childrenā¦mothers & fathersā¦being treated inhumanelyā¦Silence is supporting this abuse of these members of God's family.
Peace! Fr. Larry Dowling](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/115/359/843/398/322/397/original/b4b263134d787101.png)
![Larry Dowling
I hadā¦privilegeā¦of leadingā¦Eucharistic Processionā¦ toā¦ICE Detention Center in Broadviewā¦to prayā¦bring Holy Communionā¦toā¦men & women detainedā¦under inhumane conditions.
Over 1,000 Catholicsā¦marched in peaceful prayer & song, facilitated byā¦Police Departments &ā¦State Police. I cannot speak more highly ofā¦public safety officers in providing us safe passage.
Upon arrivalā¦wasā¦differentā¦no ICE or Federal representativesā¦When requesting to talk w/ā¦representativeā¦overā¦phone, Afterā¦brief waitā¦answer came backā¦clearly:
NO, YOU CANNOT BRING A HINT OF COMPASSION & PRAYER INTO THIS PLACE!
NO, YOU CANNOT OFFERā¦SOLACE TOā¦MEN & WOMEN FEARFUL & SUFFERING INSIDE!
NO, YOU CANNOT BRING JESUSā¦SON OF GODā¦LOVE OF GOD, INTO THIS PLACE!
No one hadā¦courage to speakā¦to us. No one from [DHS] could stand inā¦presence ofā¦Monstrance holdingā¦Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils inā¦presence of Christ.
ā¦been able to do for detainees forā¦pastā¦written intoā¦law, was refusedā¦
"Father, forgiveā¦ones who do not know what they are doing."
"Have mercy onā¦souls of those who know exactly what they're doing. Touch their hearts & transform them from stonyā¦into fleshy, life-givingā¦"
"Only through, w/& in God will hearts be changed!"
ā¦battle for heartsā¦minds, compassionā¦mercy, continues...
Please pray especially forā¦childrenā¦mothers & fathersā¦being treated inhumanelyā¦Silence is supporting this abuse of these members of God's family.
Peace! Fr. Larry Dowling](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/115/359/842/654/026/943/original/cd6517e4de792433.jpeg)
