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Description: Twenty-one New York parishes and missions will be closed or merged as part of a major diocesan reorganization plan. The Archdio
Article originally prepared on : 24 January 2007
| January 23,2007 | ||
| New York archdiocese to close 21 parishes | ||
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| According to a diocesan press release, these decisions are theculmination of a three-year planning process, established by CardinalEdward Egan. The process was designed to identify the needs of thefaithful throughout the archdiocese and to determine how those needscould best be met. "We sought an in-depth understanding of what our people needed,"Cardinal Egan reportedly said at the news conference at Cathedral GirlsHigh School in Manhattan. "We listened, listened, listened. We learnedmuch. I might add, we learned well." According to the New York Times, the cardinal said new parishes wouldbe opened to accommodate growth in the northern part of the archdioceseand in Staten Island. The closures will be implemented on a parish by parish basis, with adate to be established based on each parish's particular pastoralneeds. "We're not saying, ‘We're closing you down tomorrow,' " said BishopDennis Sullivan, the vicar general, who oversaw the reorganizationprocess since early 2005. "We would be very remiss to do that, and wewon't do that." Cardinal Edward Egan had decided that the reorganization was necessarysoon after he became archbishop in 2000 due to demographic changes anda shortage of priests. But the plan was postponed due to the clergysex-abuse scandal. A preliminary list of 31 parishes and 14 schools was released in March2006. The list of schools was cut back to nine after the archdioceseheard appeals from school officials and parents. Some parishes on theoriginal list were also spared after hearings with parishioners. The pastors of the affected parishes were notified during a meeting onWednesday with Bishop Dennis Sullivan, the vicar general, who has beenoverseeing the reorganization since 2005. Nine parishes and six missions originally recommended to be closed ormerged with other parishes will retain their current status. Theseinclude Saint Rita of Cascia Parish in the Bronx, Guardian Angel Parishin Manhattan, Saint Benedict the Moor Mission in Manhattan and BlessedSacrament Mission in Orange County. Others will not close but instead merge with neighboring parishes SaintPaul Parish in Staten Island will merge with Assumption Parish.Nativity Parish in Manhattan will merge with Saint Teresa's Parish. AndManhattan's Saint Vincent de Paul Parish will with Saint ColumbaParish. In all, 10 parishes will be closed, and 11 parishes will merge withother parishes. For those parishes that merge, the existing churchbuilding will continue to be used for Mass, or a chapel will beestablished. In addition, three missions will be closed and reunitedwith their sponsoring parishes. Several parishes will remain under study, including Saint Mary's andSaint Francis of Assisi, both in Newburgh, Our Lady of Esperanza inManhattan, and Assumption in Tuckahoe. As for what will become of the soon-to-be-empty church properties,officials said their goal was to convert them to other uses in thearchdiocese. If that was not possible, they said their preference wasto lease them. The planning for the establishment of new parishes and the constructionof new church buildings in areas of demographic growth is ongoing. | ||
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