Feb 3, 2023 | articles, reasons and responses
Bishop Monforton gave an interview to Crux back on January 26 about the future of the Diocese of Steubenville. Not much new was said, but some of the phrasing is interesting, and the question, “ok, so now what” still hasn’t been answered. Though just...
Nov 18, 2022 | population, reasons and responses
On November 3 the College of Consultors of the Diocese of Columbus met with Most Rev. Earl Fernandes, bishop of Columbus, to discuss the potential merger of the Diocese of Steubenville with the Diocese of Columbus. A couple of votes were taken and a number of...
Nov 6, 2022 | articles, reasons and responses
OSV News published a letter submitted to them by “a priest in a diocese near the Diocese of Steubenville.” It is billed as “An open letter to the priests of the Diocese of Steubenville, and, as you read it, you’ll note the anxiety that this...
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...
