Northeast County Deanery Decision Gets Nearer

St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke is expected to make a decision on the Northeast County Deanery's "best set of recommendations" sometime in late January. However, a few people would like to catch his ear before then.

Florissant Mayor Robert Lowery Sr. noted the plan still calls for closing or merging 15 Catholic parishes and eight schools.

Lowery said he, Hazelwood Mayor T.R. Carr and other North County mayors met with Burke and the deanery's task force.

"Obviously, we had no impact on their final recommendations," Lowery said. "We worked long and hard to show them the renaissance that's taking place throughout North County — the new businesses, the tremendous number of new homes being built."