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Every parish in Steubenville is being closed


Brother Adam

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Brother Adam

Bishop Conlin announced tonight that every parish in Steubenville is being shut down accept for two - St. Peters and Holy Family. Sad day indeed.

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No kidding, it doesn't make sense to me either. I figured it was a joke when I saw the subject.

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Brother Adam

It's not a joke. It was on News 9 tonight and came out of the mouth of the Bishop. It will be implimented over the next two years. My guess is a serious lack of stewardship. They can't afford to keep the doors open.

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That's sad news; and it will make it hard for students who like to go to Mass off campus.

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Brother Adam

While that is possible, there are not many to begin with. More than one parish shares a priest already. I hope to find out more Sunday at mass or Monday as school.

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God Conquers

This seems to be popular lately...

Unfortunately its necessary in many dioceses.

TITHE!!!!!!!

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Don John of Austria

This is somthing my friends and I have discussed endlessly, I do not tithe, of course I am a church employee and make 2/3rds of what I would make if I worked at even a low paying public school district, I simply cannot afford to Tithe in addition to the 1/3rd of my income I am already giving up. However I have a friend who tithe's no matter what even when he lost his job 10% of his last check went into the offering plate, 10% of his unemployment went into the offering plate ect. Once when our priest was discussing the subject with him ( the factthat most people do not tithe) he brought up a very simple solution-- "give the people whatthey pay for, if collections are down turn of the AC ( if you lived in Houston you would understand the magnatude of that statement in a modern designed church) or turn off the lights, most people are going to give what they really can if the go into a church which is dark from lack of electricity, all of these things should be done before the parish itself is closed. How often is that done... in my diocese never.

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