Nov 6, 2022 | reasons and responses, The Pillar
Back on October 14, JD Flynn (a Franciscan grad) and Ed Condon discussed the merger of Steubenville into Columbus in their weekly Pillar Podcast. (The player with the entire episode is embedded below.) It is a very good conversation, starting with the question...
Nov 4, 2022 | General, priest shortage, reasons and responses
The Diocese of Columbus plans to close 20 percent, one out of every five, of its parishes next summer. The 23-county Diocese of Columbus plans to close nearly 20% of its churches—19 of 105. Eleven of them are in Franklin County, which has about half of the...
Nov 4, 2022 | reasons and responses
Eighteen priests of the Diocese of Steubenville have written to multiple bishops who are key leaders and officers in the USCCB to request that the vote set to be taken later this month be delayed. Here is the text of the letter (I got the images of it from JD Flynn of...
Nov 4, 2022 | events and efforts
A group of lay faithful will gather at St. Peter Parish at 425 N. 4th St., Steubenville, at 3 p.m. on Sunday, November 13 to pray the Rosary for the Diocese of Steubenville, asking the Immaculate Heart of Mary to protect and guide our Diocese into a brighter, holier...
Oct 26, 2022 | reasons and responses, Steubenville Register
In his regular column space in today’s issue of the Steubenville Register, Bishop Jeffrey Monforton sets out to address the question of the intended extinctive merger of Steubenville into Columbus. He fails to do so, and in the process shows a level of contempt...
