The nuns who took care of the building are thrilled that skaters saved the church. They even let the skaters push them around on the skateboards.
Praise be the air
This one is in St. Louis, but there is ANOTHER church-turned-skate park in Spain. The one in Spain is called Kaos Temple which is kinda boring, but the one pictured above was formerly called St. Liborius and is now called Sk8 Liborius which is hilarious and clever.
Sk8 Liborius on the left, Kaos Temple on the right
Also, the aforementioned nun on a skateboard:
“About five or six years ago a group of five nuns just showed up at the church one day. We were having a skate session and a volunteer work day at the time. They heard about what we were doing with the old Saint Liborius Church and they wanted to come down and see it for themselves. At first, when a group of nuns randomly walked in we were a little nervous. So we started to tell them about our project and our plans for the building. We didn’t really need to though. They got it right away. I remember one of the nuns started crying and hugged us. She said that this building had been very important to her in her life. She thanked us for saving it from destruction and transforming it into a place for kids. They told us that we were doing the Lords work. When I joked that none of the founding members of the project are Catholic and I’m Jewish they said that there is a big difference between just being a Catholic and acting Christlike. We held their hands and rolled them around on skateboards. They hung out with us for hours.” — From the Sk8 Liborius instagram :’)
