I loved this letter to the editor published in the AM-POL Eagle recently. It is from a priest in Rootstown, Ohio.
From the letter:
My diocese is doing the same nonsense that Buffalo did a few years ago. They are closing too many churches, and naturally most of the ethnic churches are being targeted. My bishop, however, is trying to be sensitive to the people, by leaving one Polish Church, one Slovak, etc., so if the people still want their traditions, they can go to these churches.
I never have believed in closing churches, but we can’t keep churches open without anybody in them. Corpus Christi was spared, at least for now. They have a devoted group that works for the parish. The best thing one can do, is to go there, and if you can’t go weekly, renew your ties with the old neighborhood and rejoin the parish anyway. The same goes with any of your old parishes on the East Side, or elsewhere.
The best thing anyone who doesn’t want to see these incredible churches in B-F fade away is by supporting them regularly or by taking the plunge by becoming a parishioner.
It is not only about Corpus Christi…Saint Stan’s, Saint John Kanty, Saint Adalbert Basilica and Saint Ann’s all deserve the support and attention of the larger WNY community.
ALIVE!
