Oct 23, 2022 | articles, reasons and responses
OSV News published an editorial concerning the potential merger of Steubenville into Columbus. The editors look at this as a sign of things to come, and consider that it may be “a courageous and commonsense response to emptying pews, dwindling celebrations of...
Oct 19, 2022 | population, priest shortage, reasons and responses
Bishop Monforton cited a priest shortage in the Diocese of Steubenville as one of the reasons for the proposed extinctive merger. While we would love to have more priests to help in our parishes, Steubenville is actually in much better shape on this score than any...
Oct 19, 2022 | articles, reasons and responses, The Pillar
Many of us first heard about this potential suppression of the Diocese of Steubenville on Monday, October 10 when The Pillar reported about the meeting Bishop Monforton planned for that evening with diocesan clergy and staff. That meeting did happen. The Pillar ran a...
Oct 17, 2022 | jobs, population, reasons and responses
Bishop Monforton presented the declines in population and job growth in the 13 counties of the Diocese of Steubenville as a reason to suppress the Diocese. This just doesn’t make sense with what’s obviously happening in the city of Steubenville and the...
