We need to talk about closing parishes.

In many parishes across the United States, churches are closing,
there’s a shortage of priests and many younger Catholics are
leaving the faith. That has forced some dioceses to "cluster"
parishes, a process that asks communities to tighten budgets, share
resources and, in many cases, share priests. One such parish
cluster sits in the small city of Antigo, Wis., where the local
pastor, the Rev. Joel Sember, is about to incorporate a fourth
church into his three-parish cluster. Today, Ashley and Zac welcome
Jim McDermott, S.J., and Sebastian Gomes to discuss Part Two of
America Media’s new, groundbreaking documentary, “People of God:
How Catholic Parish Life is Changing in the United States.” Is
parish clustering a longterm solution or a bandaid fix to a much
deeper crisis in the U.S. church? Watch “People of God: How
Catholic Parish Life is Changing in the United States” Learn more
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