Diocese rep says church decisions won’t all come at once
CHENANGO COUNTY – Diocese of Syracuse Vicar James Lang said Thursday that while some Catholic churches will be given a new direction by mid-April, others may have to wait a little bit longer to hear how the diocese-wide consolidation effort will affect them.
“We are not done with every area yet,” Lang said, referring to the 32 different pastoral care areas that each church has been grouped into based on geographic locations. “We will roll out announcements over the next month.”
Lang, without specifying, said some parishes might have to wait until next February to here what could happen to their church.
“This is an ongoing process,” he said.
Lang did say that churches will not be left in the dark, however.
“It should be clear to people what’s going to happen and how its going to happen,” he said.
In March 2006 the diocese asked its churches to draw up plans that explain how it will handle the on-going priest shortage that is expected to worsen as the current priest population ages. Pastoral care areas submitted their plans in November. In Norwich, St. Paul’s and St. Bart’s also submitted a separate proposal highlighting the necessity of both churches as partners after it was announced in March 2006 that one of them would likely have to close. Since then it has been announced that St. Bart’s, which was the parish believed slated to shut down, will now most likely remain open due to financial clauses.
“We are not done with every area yet,” Lang said, referring to the 32 different pastoral care areas that each church has been grouped into based on geographic locations. “We will roll out announcements over the next month.”
Lang, without specifying, said some parishes might have to wait until next February to here what could happen to their church.
“This is an ongoing process,” he said.
Lang did say that churches will not be left in the dark, however.
“It should be clear to people what’s going to happen and how its going to happen,” he said.
In March 2006 the diocese asked its churches to draw up plans that explain how it will handle the on-going priest shortage that is expected to worsen as the current priest population ages. Pastoral care areas submitted their plans in November. In Norwich, St. Paul’s and St. Bart’s also submitted a separate proposal highlighting the necessity of both churches as partners after it was announced in March 2006 that one of them would likely have to close. Since then it has been announced that St. Bart’s, which was the parish believed slated to shut down, will now most likely remain open due to financial clauses.
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