Diocese of Lafayette
Ten Commandments monument dedicated in downtown Tipton
By Caroline B. Mooney (The Catholic Moment)
TIPTON—Traffic was blocked off on Indiana Highway 19 as more than 200 people, including many local Catholics, gathered to dedicate a Ten Commandments monument in the heart of downtown on Oct. 21.
“This is really a divine thing—the community and Churches have been extremely generous,” said the Rev. Linda Philabaun, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Tipton.
She also ministers at a church in Elwood, where a similar monument was dedicated in March. She spoke with members of the Ten Commandments Committee, who hope to place monuments in every county seat in Indiana.
Members of the Tipton Ministerial Association spoke at the dedication, and members of the Knights of Columbus and the American Legion raised flags next to the monument.
“We are a Christian community,” said Father Leroy Kinnaman, pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish in Tipton. “The ministerial association worked together to raise money for the monument and St. John’s held a pancake breakfast that made $1,300 for the project. The Knights of Columbus Council gave $500, and the Knights of Columbus Assembly gave $500.”
The cost of each monument project is $6,000.
Ten Commandments Committee members are available to help anyone interested in placing monuments in their community. All money contributed goes strictly to pay for the monuments. For more information or to make a contribution, visit the Web site at www.Godslawondisplay.com or write to The Ten Commandments, P.O. Box 267,
Lapel, IN 46051.
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