Local Parishioner Fears Sioux City Diocese Ordered Parish Changes Could Be Detrimental To Rural Catholicism
In the second segment of Carroll Broadcasting’s four-part series on the restructuring of local parishes by the Sioux City Diocese, we hear from a Willey resident who says three local churches—St. Mary in Willey, St. Augustine in Halbur and Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Mount Carmel—will face the loss of their weekly masses in the very near future. Sue Riesselman was born and raised in Willey and has ties to the very foundation of the Church of St. Mary. She says her great grandfather, Casper Werner, and another Willey resident, Michael Wurzer, each donated five acres to the church, which ...
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