Last I heard, the Archdiocese of Boston has another 40 or so parishes that face closing (not of course counting the 100 or so that have already been closed). What's the betting that Cardinal O'Malley will take full advantage of this wonderful idea? What's that? No takers?
Jeez, NYer -- you could have cleaned up the formatting a little! ;-)
It's awful, isn't it! Were I at work with T-1 connection and MS Word, I would have definitely fixed up the text. Unfortunately, I'm operating off a 10 y/o iMac on dial-up. Great computer but the technology used to generate many of today's news stories, it can no longer handle. I'm open to donations for a new computer ;-)
It WOULD mean uprooting families and communities, thereby upsetting THEIR traditional Catholic community.
The problem is societal, don't you think? Perhaps there should be some heavy duty missionary work WITHIN THEIR OWN failing parishes.
It's so very sad. I don't see him going that way. The little parishes have retained a lot more of a traditional feel. I've had the privelege, when visiting relatives, of attending 2 in particular. One has escaped the first wave of closings, the other is partially closed, no regular pastor. I keep waiting for the other shoe to fall. But the folks at these masses seem very devout and devoted to their neighborhood parishes. No takers, indeed. And the Massachusans lose again...