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Man dragged behind car defending home from Christmas vandals

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Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:55 pm (GMT -5)


Man is dragged by car after defending Christmas decorations from vandals

By Jeff Long | Tribune staff reporter
Chicago Tribune
December 2, 2007
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A Hoffman Estates man said Sunday that he is recovering from the minor injuries suffered when he was dragged by a car carrying youths who stomped on and broke pieces of the Christmas display that has illuminated his yard for 17 years.

The incident began at about 11 p.m. Friday when Phillip OBrill's wife, Donna, heard a commotion outside and began yelling when she saw what was happening.


Christmas decorations cover the home of Phillip OBrill shortly before vandals attacked on
Friday night. (Family photo)

"I heard my wife scream," said OBrill, who was sleeping when the destruction began.

He dashed outside.

"There was about seven or eight boys just absolutely destroying our Christmas decorations," he said. "Just stomping, ripping and breaking them to pieces."

OBrill, 46, of the 4000 block of Winston Drive, said he stood in front of one of the two vehicles that the vandals jumped into.

"I got in front of the first car, thinking it was going to stop," OBrill said. "He just kind of ran me down."

OBrill's hand got caught in the windshield wiper, was dragged a short distance and his left foot was run over. He did not get the license number of either vehicle.

OBrill was hospitalized but left about 5 a.m. Sunday.

He said his displays have won neighborhood awards over the years. He is more upset about the damage to his decorations than his injured foot, which is wrapped in bandages.

He estimated the loss at about $1,000 but said the display will be back up by the end of the week. Neighbors have said they will help restore it.

"You always have problems with them putting the animals in compromising positions and stuff like that," OBrill said. "But I've never had damage like this."

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Tridentine Mass draws diverse crowd of worshipers

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Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:13 am (GMT -5)

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Tridentine Mass draws diverse crowd of worshipers
By Mark Indreika
Published Dec 2, 2007


Cantian Father Scott Haynes raises the chalice during the eucharistic prayer of the Tridentine Mass held Nov. 21 at Holy Trinity Parish in Westmont.

WESTMONT—Bundling themselves against the sleeting rain and snow, people of all ages traveled Nov. 21 to Holy Trinity Parish in Westmont to experience something old made new again—a Latin Mass.

As golden votive candles flickered and the sound of Gregorian chant fell upon their ears, the congregation watched Cantian Father Scott Haynes kneel for several minutes at the foot of the elaborately prepared altar. Together with altar server Rick Randick, a Holy Trinity parishioner, they quietly recited the 41st Psalm and the Confiteor to begin the Tridentine Mass.

The people attending remained silent, listening and praying; for many older Catholics, the experience kindled fond memories.

Bob Mackanin, a parishioner at Holy Trinity, said he served as an altar boy at the Latin Mass while growing up. "I'm just so happy we had a chance to do this," he told the Catholic Explorer.

Father William De Salvo, the pastor at Holy Trinity, said people have been asking for a Latin Mass since his arrival in 2002. He decided to invite the priests and brothers of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago to celebrate the Mass as a conclusion to the parish's Forty Hours devotion honoring the Eucharist. He invited them "because they are known throughout the Chicago area for their love, care and competence in celebrating the traditional Mass," he said in an e-mail to the Explorer.

Father De Salvo serves the Diocese of Joliet as dean of the Eastern DuPage Deanery. He estimated about 800 people attended the Mass, and many reacted positively. "An overwhelming amount of people asked that the celebration of the Tridentine Mass continue," he said.

Holy Trinity parishioner Janet Mackanin enjoyed the prayerful silence of the Mass and the way the priest and servers acted. "It seems that they are also more involved with the Mass and praying for themselves and God, and not concentrating on the congregation," she said to the Explorer.

In July Pope Benedict XVI relaxed restrictions on the Tridentine Mass, making it more available to interested Catholics. However, the rite does not replace the current ordinary liturgy instituted by Pope Paul VI in 1969. Pope Benedict describes the Latin rite as "extraordinary."

In his homily, Father Haynes said the restoration of the Latin Mass is part of the church's new evangelization.

Father De Salvo explained, "The Holy Father wishes to preserve the immense spiritual, cultural and aesthetic treasures linked to the ancient liturgy. The retrieval of this wealth is linked to the no less precious one of the current liturgy of the church."

Cantian Brother and novice Robert Brajkovich described participating in the Mass. "Whether you are in the schola (choir), whether you are serving or whether you are in the pews attending the Latin Mass, I think the intense beauty of the spirituality is just overwhelming," he told the Explorer.

"The ritual of the Mass, and the prayers of the Mass are very rich, and as you study them, they really do assist you in penetrating, at a deeper level, the sacred mysteries (of the Mass)," Father Haynes explained to the Explorer.

There are distinct differences between the Latin Mass and the ordinary liturgy. The altar is turned around and, during the eucharistic prayer, the priest keeps his back to the congregation. The celebrant says the Latin prayers mostly to himself. Also, during distribution of Communion, people may not touch the host. They must receive it on their tongues, while kneeling.

Holy Trinity parishioner Lillian Halla grew up with the Latin Mass. She told the Explorer, "I think the services this evening were simply beautiful. It's just … like the old time."
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