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Devotion to duty

Bundled against the cold, a group of parishioners at St. Therese Church in Everett keeps the faith in vigil since its shutdown four years ago

Lee Pratto said her prayers before catching some sleep in the chapel at Everett's St. Therese, where a group of parishioners will spend their fifth Christmas occupying the church. Lee Pratto said her prayers before catching some sleep in the chapel at Everett's St. Therese, where a group of parishioners will spend their fifth Christmas occupying the church. (John Bohn/Globe Staff)
By Kathy McCabe
Globe Staff / December 25, 2008

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EVERETT - Wrapped in a thermal blanket, Alaskan coat, and a leopard fur headband, Lee Pratto lay down on her cot for another night's sleep in St. Therese Church. (Full article: 956 words)

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