Albany County
City of Albany:
St. John's/St. Ann's and St. James will merge by July 1, 2010, with both worship sites to remain open.
St. Teresa of Avila and St. Catherine of Siena will merge by Oct. 1. St. Teresa's worship site will close.
Holy Cross and St. Margaret Mary will merge by Oct. 1.
Holy Cross worship site will close.
St. Teresa's School and Holy Cross School will merge on July 1 at the Holy Cross School site.
Elsewhere in Albany County:
St. Bernard's (Cohoes) will close by Feb. 25.
St. Joseph's (Cohoes) will close by Feb. 25.
St. Rita/Sacred Heart (Cohoes) will close by Feb. 25.
St. Michael's (Cohoes) to become a territorial parish, will remain open.
St. Bernadette's Mission Church (Berne) to close by Dec. 31, 2010.
Columbia County
St. Mary's (Hudson) and Resurrection (Germantown) will merge by July 1, with both to remain open.
St. John Vianney (Claverack) and St. Bridget's (Copake Falls) will share a pastor, and conduct feasibility study on possible merger and worship site. The findings of the feasibility study are to be submitted to the diocese by Dec. 31.
Nativity/St. Mary's (Stuyvesant Falls) and Holy Family (Stottville) will merge by Dec. 31, with both remaining open.
DELAWARE COUNTY
Our Lady of Good Counsel Mission Church (Roxbury) will close immediately.
Fulton County
St. Mary of Mount Carmel (Gloversville) and Sacred Heart (Gloversville) will merge by July 1, determination of which worship site will close to be made by July 1.
Holy Trinity (Johnstown) to determine by July 1 which one of its three worship sites will remain open.
Greene County
St. Patrick's (Catskill) to conduct feasibility study of parish facilities by Dec. 31; At that time the diocese will revisit possible merger with St. Patrick's (Athens).
Immaculate Conception (Haines Falls) and Sacred Heart (Palenville) will merge by July 1, with both to remain open.
Herkimer COUNTY
No church closings
Montgomery County
St. Casimir's (Amsterdam) to close by May 3.
St. John the Baptist (Amsterdam) to close Feb. 25.
St. Michael's worship site (Amsterdam) to close by Feb. 25.
Sts. Peter & Paul (Canajoharie), St. James (Fort Plain) and St. Patrick's (St. Johnsville) to merge by July 1. Recommendations on worship site(s) to be submitted to the diocese by July 1, 2010.
Otsego County
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mission Church (Edmeston) to close by July 1.
St. Mary's Mission Church (Sharon Springs) to close by Dec. 31.
Blessed Sacrament Mission Church (Springfield Center) to close by Oct. 18.
St. Thomas (Cherry Valley) to become mission church of St. Mary's (Cooperstown) by July 1, 2010 with both to remain open.
Rensselaer County
City of Troy:
St. Patrick's to close by July 1, 2010.
St. Peter's to close by May 31 (Tridentine Mass will move to St. Joseph's in Troy).
St. Paul the Apostle to close by May 31 (Perpetual Adoration Chapel to move to Chapel at St. Mary's Hospital in Troy).
St. Francis de Sales to close by Feb. 25.
St. Mary's to close by July 1, 2010.
St. William's to close by Feb. 25.
Elsewhere in Rensselaer County:
St. Joseph's/St. John's (Rensselaer) will determine one worship site for parish by July 1, with other worship site to close by July 1, 2010.
St. Bonaventure (Speigletown) and Holy Trinity (Schaghticoke) to merge by July 1, 2010, with both remaining open.
St. John Francis Regis (Grafton) and Sacred Heart (Berlin) will merge by Sept. 1, with both remaining open.
St. George Mission Church (Pittstown) to close by July 1.
Saratoga County
Assumption/St. Paul (Mechanicville) will determine one worship site by July 1.
Schenectady County
Our Lady of Assumption (Rotterdam) and Immaculate Conception (Schenectady) will merge by July 1 2010; Immaculate Conception worship site to close by January 1, 2011.
St. John the Baptist (Schenectady) to close by Feb. 25.
St. Mary's (Schenectady) to close by July 1.
St. Margaret of Cortona (Rotterdam Junction) will become a mission church of St. Joseph's (Schenectady) by July 1.
Schoharie County
St. Joseph's (Schoharie) and St. Catherine's (Middleburgh) to merge by July 1. St. Joseph's worship site to close by July 1.
St. Mary's Mission Church (Schenevus) to close by Feb. 25.
St. Anna's (Summit) to close by July 1.
Warren County
St. Alphonsus (Glens Falls) will close by July 1, 2010.
Immaculate Conception (Corinth) and Holy Infancy (Lake Luzerne) will merge by July 1, with both to remain open.
St. John the Baptist (Chestertown) and Blessed Sacrament (Hague) will merge by Dec. 31; both to stay open.
Washington
County
St. Joseph's (Fort Edward) and St. Mary's/St. Paul's (Hudson Falls) will share a pastor in July 2010, with both remaining open.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Granville) will close by April 13.
Here are definitions of some terms, provided by the Albany diocese:
Church: A building in which Catholics worship.
Parish: The geographic area or population served by a church or churches. A parish may include one or more churches or worship sites.
Merged: Two or more parishes joined to become a single parish.
Territorial parish: A parish in a specific geographical territory.
I’ll guess most of these are in black neighborhoods or those with crowds of Muslim immigrants. Why does the Church desert the poor they purport to serve, nor do we evangelize the heathens in our country?