ParishWatch: Tracking Parish Closings in North America
Here is the information we have about parish reconfigurations in this state. Please send your parish consolidation/reconfiguration news to parishrights@futurechurch.org and we will update our information.
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MISSOURI
Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joesph
Archdiocese of St. Louis
Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph
Diocese Considers Closing KC Churches 2/17/08 http://www.kmbc.com/news/15337870/detail.html
Parishes to hear recommendations for Northeast planning 2/15/08
http://catholickey.org/index.php3?gif=news.gif&mode=view&issue=20080215&article_id=4918
Archdiocese of St. Louis
Showdown in St. Louis 8/14/10
http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=9570
Renegade Priest Leads a Split St. Louis Parish 8/13/10
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/14/us/14church.html?_r=1
Breakaway Polish church in Missouri rejects archdiocese's reconciliation deal 8/10/10
Voting 257 to 158, a breakaway Polish Catholic church in Missouri rejected a reconciliation deal offered by Archbishop Robert Carlson as a way for the group to return into communion with the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
Ascension-St. Paul falls victim to dwindling numbers 7/08/08 http://northcountyjournal.stltoday.com/articles/2008/07/09/news/sj2tn20080708-0709ovl-church0.ii1.txt
THIS WEEK IN SOUTH SIDE HISTORY: Declining enrollment doomed 9 parishes 6/24/08 http://southsidejournal.stltoday.com/articles/2008/06/24/news/sj2tn20080624-0625ssj-week0
Placement of Records in the Archives of the Archdiocese of St. Louis in the Event of a Parish Closing
http://www.archstl.org/archives/support/closing.html
Closed Parish Listing
www.archstl.org/archives/sacramental/closed.html