Above Photo: Lancaster Against Pipelines has built an outdoor chapel on the property of an order of Catholic nuns, which is in the proposed path of the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline. (Williams graphic. )
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A dedication for a new outdoor prayer chapel on the land belonging to a group of Lancaster County nuns is set for Sunday.
It’s a small setup where visitors can enjoy the outdoors in this rural part of West Hempfield Township for quiet prayer and meditation. There’s only one problem.
Lancaster Against Pipelines built the outdoor chapel right in the middle of the path of a proposed pipeline – and at the center of a court battle, too.
Part of the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline is planned to go through the property of The Adorers of the Blood of Christ, an international order of Catholic women.
In a press release issued today, the sisters and Lancaster Against Pipelines indicated they will hold a dedication ceremony for the prayer chapel at 2 p.m. Sunday at 3939 Laurel Run, Columbia.
The pipeline will ship natural gas across 183 miles of Pennsylvania, connecting gas-producing regions in the northeast to customers in the mid-Atlantic and the South. Williams Partners, which is the builder of the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline, is seeking an emergency order of the court to seize the land.
“While we respect the rights of people to protest, we view this simply as another blatant attempt to impede pipeline construction,” spokesman Christopher Stockton told LancasterOnline.
The sisters say the pipeline is a violation of their commitment to the environment, in which they are called to “respect our interconnectedness and oneness with creation” and to “revere Earth as a sanctuary where all life is protected,” according to the press release.
Lancaster Against Pipelines plans to hold a prayer vigil there when construction begins.
The public is invited to the dedication.