{"id":4142,"date":"2011-04-27T06:34:02","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T10:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=4142"},"modified":"2011-06-01T09:10:39","modified_gmt":"2011-06-01T13:10:39","slug":"morning-read-and-then-there-were-40-north-country-priests-that-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2011\/04\/27\/morning-read-and-then-there-were-40-north-country-priests-that-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Read: And then there were 40 (North Country priests, that is)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t usually highlight stories on the Morning Read that aren’t prepared by straight-up independent journalists.<\/p>\n

But this piece by Mary Lou Killian, editor of the North Country Catholic Journal<\/a> — a publication of the Diocese of Ogdensburg — caught my eye.<\/p>\n

Killian lays out the vision of the Diocese for how the Roman Catholic church will transform here in our region over the next decade.<\/p>\n

Over that period, she notes, more than a third of the priests who are now serving will be gone.<\/p>\n

That means the total number of parishes with resident pastors will drop to forty, across a 12,000 square mile area.\u00a0 (See the map below.)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt should be pointed out,\u201d Sister Jennifer [Votraw] said, \u201cthat we expect that the parishes without a resident pastor will still have a vibrant parish life.<\/p>\n

“They will be staffed by a non resident pastor as well as deacons, religious and laity assuming a much larger role in parish life.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s this second piece — the growing role of lay-people, including women — almost as much as the declining number of priests, that could transform the experience of Roman Catholic worship and life in the region.<\/p>\n

This map gives a sense for where priests will likely be headquartered under the new plan:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Read the full article here<\/a> and as always comments and thoughts are welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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