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ParishWatch: Tracking Parish Closings in North America

We don't have any information about parishes in that state. Please keep us informed of the latest developments! Send parish closing news to info@futurechurch.org.

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• Three Sample Appeal Letters to Your Bishop
• Canonical Appeals for Dummies

(view our download page for other helpful tools for discernment, managing impasse, and group grieving

Resources and information

• Parishioner Websites Dealing with Parish Closings
• Independent Canon Lawyers
• Pitfalls to Avoid in Canonical Appeals
• Why Most Appeals Are Denied
• ParishWatch: Tracking Parish Closings in North America
• "Do Not Stifle the Spirit!" Statement (sign on)
• News About Appeals
• Priest Shortage Threatens Parish Life
• Save Our Parish Community Organizing Packet ($12.00)
• “Crisis Kit" For Parishes Faced with Closing or Merging(free download)
• Parish Rights and Obligations
• Vatican: Assets Belong to New Parish, Not Diocese
• Letter from Congregation for the Clergy: U.S. Bishops wrongly invoke Canon 123
• How to Claim Parish Rights
• Dutch Dominicans Say Choose Eucharist Presiders from Parish
• Lay Ministry Vocations Abundant: Bishops Must Expand Ordination to Keep Parishes Open
• Vatican Mediation Council of Parishes