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Columbus Closing Parishes — Lots of them.

Columbus Closing Parishes — Lots of them.

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...
Declining Mass Attendance?

Declining Mass Attendance?

Oct 24, 2022 | mass attendance, population, priest shortage, reasons and responses

This is a simple post because the claim is so puzzling. Bishop Monforton cited declining Mass attendance as a reason to merge the Diocese of Steubenville into Columbus. The numbers I’ve been able to see, however, show that while the number of Catholics who come...
A Priest Shortage? Not in Steubenville.

A Priest Shortage? Not in Steubenville.

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...

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This website is the initiative of Tom Crowe of Beatrix Media, LTD, who is solely responsible for its content. Its sole purpose is to share information about the proposed merger/suppression of the Diocese of Steubenville. All that is posted here is posted in fidelity to and love for the Church, and with the hope and the prayer that the bishops of America and ultimately our Holy Father, Pope Francis, will not take the dramatic, severe, and final step of suppressing our spiritual mother here in eastern and southeastern Ohio. 

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