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...
Oct 26, 2022 | reasons and responses, Steubenville Register
In the issue of the Steubenville Register released earlier today the first article is, naturally, about the proposed suppression of the Diocese of Steubenville. The article has some information about the coming procedure — the bishops of the U.S. will vote during...
Oct 25, 2022 | General, reasons and responses
I finally wrote the text of the letter that I intend to send to the bishops of Ohio and (with minor edits) to Archbishop Jose Gomez, president of the USCCB, and Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio. I kept it short to make sure it would fit on one sheet of...
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...
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...
