Closing Catholic parishes in Lemay will keep one Mass a week — for now
The number of Masses in the Lemay area will be cut by nearly half starting in August after five parishes consolidate into one.
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The number of Masses in the Lemay area will be cut by nearly half starting in August after five parishes consolidate into one.
Already across the St. Louis area, there are indications that weekly offerings have dropped, particularly in parishes that will be closed.
Already across the St. Louis area, there are indications that weekly offerings have dropped, particularly in parishes that will be closed.
There's one couple in Portage Des Sioux, which is a peninsula between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, fighting to keep the St. Francis of Assisi parish there.
St. Louis Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski announced Saturday the closing of 35 parishes and reassignment of 155 priests in a sweeping change to the Catholic church in St.