{"id":5147,"date":"2006-01-25T00:15:13","date_gmt":"2006-01-25T00:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/01\/the-gibson-saga.html"},"modified":"2006-01-25T00:15:13","modified_gmt":"2006-01-25T00:15:13","slug":"the-gibson-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/01\/the-gibson-saga.html","title":{"rendered":"The Gibson Saga"},"content":{"rendered":"

Helping dad build a chapel:<\/a><\/p>\n

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The man behind the new church is Mel Gibson, according to John Maher, of Greensburg, a member of St. Joseph the Protector Chapel on St. Clair Way in Hempfield Township, another Catholic group that holds weekly Masses in Latin. <\/p>\n

For several years, Maher and a small group of like-minded people have been gathering for Mass at St. Joseph. When Hutton Gibson moved to West Virginia from Texas, he began coming to Westmoreland County to attend Mass. <\/p>\n

The California-based World Faith Foundation purchased the 26-acre Mt. Pleasant Township property for $315,000 last September from Donald and Janet Wagner and is renovating the interior of the house, where Mass is celebrated. <\/p>\n

"Hutton talked his son into financing this new church," Maher said. "They’re going to build out there. They’re remodeling and hope to build. I talked to Hutton quite a bit. I visited with him in his motel room when he came here." <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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