May 06, 2008
Name that Cathedral
Creative Minority Report came up with:
To help the Los Angeles archdiocese pay off the “crippling debt” accrued from sexual abuse settlements, Cardinal Roger Mahony will soon announce that his new $200 million Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles will now be called Auto Zone's Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
Mahony said the unobtrusive naming rights are the best way to ease its financial recovery from the settlements.
According to the March 14 Tidings, the archdiocesan newspaper, from two sexual abuse settlements – last year’s “global settlement” of 508 cases and a December 2006 settlement of 45 cases – the archdiocese has agreed to pay $720 million over the next few years. That coupled with the skyrocketing costs of the Cathedral inspired the naming rights breakthrough.
Mahony said the Church will be back in the black soon enough, after this idea.
A few other "untraditional" changes to the Cathedral is a bowl of holy water which is kept near each entrance to the church will have a small tasteful sign underneath that "Evian" is the official water used for holy water.
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Actually if they did sell the name of the Cathedral in L.A. I am sure Progressive Auto Insurance would be an apt sponsor.
Posted by Jeff Miller at May 6, 2008 06:52 PM | TrackBackAh yes, the Progressive Cathedral. Very appropriate for Los Ahn-gheleez! :)
BMP
DON'T GIVE CARDINAL MAHONY IDEAS!!!!!!
He just might do it.
Posted by Al email at May 6, 2008 09:53 PMProgressive Auto Insurance - perfect! So would they shop around and find the priest with the lightest penance?
Posted by LarryD email at May 7, 2008 12:03 AMHmmm...the Cathedral in Los Angeles bridges the architectural gap between an auto parts store and a Soviet-era sewage treatment plant, so perhaps naming it "The Glorious People's Auto-Zone Cathedral" would work. The coffee hour could be catered by Starbuck's.
Posted by Mack in Kirbyville email at May 7, 2008 07:58 AMLOL!, as an LA resident, I find this absolutely hillarios, although Our Lady of the Agnels Cathedral sposored by Progressive sounds better. But don't give Mahony Ideas, he'll put them to use.
Posted by Joe of St. Thérèse email at May 7, 2008 07:09 PMWhile you're at it, have the holy oil sponsored by Bath and Body Works.
Posted by lionel (acid42) email at May 8, 2008 05:42 PMI still like the "Yellow Armadillo". I think Michael Rose gave it this title.
Posted by Michael Teissere email at May 14, 2008 07:22 PM
