incarnation

At the Incarnation Catholic Church in Centerville, pro-choice vandals spray-painted the front window to cover the “No on Issue 1” sign posted in the church’s interior on Oct.

Teens and younger children, some lugging their homework, gathered Wednesday in Incarnation’s basement, where the tropical perfume of fresh palms contrasted with the below-freezing evening outside.

Balagtas is the priest liaison for the Filipino Ministry of the Archdiocese and pastor of Incarnation Church in Glendale, which holds five Masses on Sundays.

For many years, he was also a volunteer driver for social-service organizations including Shepherd’s Table and Meals on Wheels, as well as St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church in Washington.

At her 1979 funeral, I joined a crowd walking around St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church, singing “When the Saints Go Marching In.”