Friday, February 25, 2005

Archbishop Burke's Column on the Reorganization of the South City Deanery

In announcing the final decisions regarding the pastoral reorganization of the South City Deanery, I am deeply conscious of the pain which changes in parish and Catholic school life cause. I have the deepest compassion for the faithful of the South City Deanery and regret sincerely the pain which you are enduring. I assure you that the changes which I announce today are made to further the mission of the Church in the archdiocese. They represent prudential decisions, but they are made on the basis of the thorough work of the task force for the South City Deanery Pastoral Planning. I ask you to accept the suffering of change in your parishes and schools, asking that God bless the Church in the deanery and the archdiocese.
Part 1 of the Archbishop's Column
Continued to Part 2

After having briefly read this, I noticed several things of note:
St. Agatha Parish, which has been serving as a personal parish for the faithful attached to the celebration of the Mass and other sacred rites, according to the liturgical books in force in 1962, is to become the personal parish of the faithful of Polish language and heritage.

St. Francis de Sales Parish is to be suppressed, and its territory and faithful are to be united to St. Pius V Parish. The Archdiocesan Hispanic Ministry, presently located at St. Francis de Sales Parish, is to be transferred to St. Cecilia Parish. St. Francis de Sales Church is to be an oratory for the faithful attached to the celebration of the Mass and other sacred rites, according to the liturgical books in force in 1962. St. Francis de Sales Oratory is to be under the pastoral care and direction of the Institute of Christ the King, Sovereign Priest, a society of apostolic life.

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