Up to 400 Employees Affected by Church/School Closings

Four hundred employees of the St. Louis Archdiocese — teachers, maintenance and janitorial workers, bookkeepers, clerical workers, nurses, groundskeepers and cafeteria workers — will lose their jobs as a result of the 21 parishes and eight schools closing in north St. Louis County and south St. Louis.

Archdiocesan spokesman, Jamie Allman, said half of those affected are parish employees; the other half work for the parish school system.

Besides those parishioners whose churches are being closed or merged, we should also pray for those who may lose their jobs because of this unfortunate situation.

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