As controversial as I am allowed to get...
[After some thought and debate, I've decided to reinstate the comments. I reckon that if anonymous posters want to make ludicrous accusations, I'll let them] A friend forwarded a column written by Regina Brett of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. I include the text: How far can church downsize? Sunday, February 11, 2007 Regina Brett Plain Dealer Columnist Regionalism has hit the Catholic Church. You've heard of cities sharing fire trucks, water and taxes? How do you share Midnight Mass, choirs and church bulletins? Alternate years for Midnight Mass? Borrow the choir every other Sunday? Print one side of the bulletin for St. Malachi and the flip side for St. Patrick's? Like it or not, full-service parishes will soon perish. All 231 parishes in the Cleveland Diocese will soon change. The diocese will organize all parishes into groups that will share resources and priests. I can see the bishop flipping through a thesaurus to find the right word to describe what he will do with t...