I'm grateful to find this information albeit 7 months late (I didn't discover The Pillar until last week). The Archbishop of Seattle recently revealed the next detail of his sweeping plan for the Archdiocese: Closing about 2/3 of the Archdiocese's parish churches and missions by 2027. There are 174 parishes now, he plans to consolidate t…
I'm grateful to find this information albeit 7 months late (I didn't discover The Pillar until last week). The Archbishop of Seattle recently revealed the next detail of his sweeping plan for the Archdiocese: Closing about 2/3 of the Archdiocese's parish churches and missions by 2027. There are 174 parishes now, he plans to consolidate that to 53. I'm trying to make sense of what is happening, and looking for information on this kind of Church merger/consolidation/downsizing is a challenge. Thank you for providing the data in this article.
I'm grateful to find this information albeit 7 months late (I didn't discover The Pillar until last week). The Archbishop of Seattle recently revealed the next detail of his sweeping plan for the Archdiocese: Closing about 2/3 of the Archdiocese's parish churches and missions by 2027. There are 174 parishes now, he plans to consolidate that to 53. I'm trying to make sense of what is happening, and looking for information on this kind of Church merger/consolidation/downsizing is a challenge. Thank you for providing the data in this article.