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COP Press Release in Response to NY Post Article

COUNCIL OF PARISHES DEMANDS HALT TO CHURCH CLOSURE PROGRAM For Immediate Release - July 15, 2008 From The Council of Parishes of Southern New Jersey In response to today’s New York Post article, “A Deal with the Devil” (http://www.nypost.com/seven/07152008/news/regionalnews/a_deal_with_the_devil_119940.htm), which exposes Bishop Galante’s personally beneficial financial dealings with the recently indicted Raffaello Follieri, the Council of Parishes demands an immediate halt to the Bishop's ch… Continue

Posted on July 15, 2008 at 5:48pm — 3 Comments

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If you are new to the website, welcome! The site is really still under construction, but we hope to add a lot of information and resources over the next couple weeks, including pages for each member parish to populate with their own info. Please keep checking back in for the latest news and info.

Posted on June 10, 2008 at 9:01am — 1 Comment

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Meeting last night at St. Mary's, Malaga

Thank you to all who came out to our meeting last night at St. Mary's in Malaga. Fr. Romanowski invited us for Mass followed by refreshments and discussion. We had a very good turnout and continued planning for upcoming events. Just so everyone is aware, we now have parishioners from 27 parishes throughout the Diocese of Camden involved with the Council of Parishes. As we continue our outreach, we ask everyone's help to spread the word. Unfortunately, many people falsely believe that there is n… Continue

Posted on June 10, 2008 at 8:30am — 2 Comments

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Meeting at St. Joseph's, Woodstown

Just to let everyone know, we had a very productive meeting last night with the newly formed group from St. Joseph's in Woodstown. They are energetic and motivated and will be working hard to keep their parish from merging. We will continue meeting in different areas to assist parishes with this process. If you would like us to come to your area, please email lvass@phd-computers.com and we will make arrangements.

Posted on June 6, 2008 at 11:39am — 4 Comments

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At 10:54pm on July 16, 2008, Kathleen Hanlon said…
I thought you might find this article interesting.

http://arcc-catholic-rights.net/who_owns_the_church.htm
At 10:30am on July 13, 2008, Kathleen Hanlon said…
Leah,
This editorial was found on the July 13, 2008 edition of the Courier Post. I thought that you would find this interesting.

http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080713/OPINION/807130329/1047#pluckcomments
At 7:32am on June 30, 2008, Kathleen Hanlon said…
Hi Leah,

Yes, I agree and a perfect example of this is St. Peter Celestine in Cherry Hill. My mother lives in Maple Shade but enjoys attending Mass on Saturday nights at St. Peter Celestine. In the Courier Post, Bishop Galiente listed this church as one of his "favorite" churches because it is big and well attended. However, instead of leaving this church alone, he is closing Queen of Heaven Church in Cherry Hill and forcing them to merge with St. Peter Celestine. Neither parish is happy about this. The Queen of Heaven parishoners don't want to lose their church and St. Peter Celestine does not have the room for them.
My mother also made another point. Since she lives in Maple Shade, her real parish is Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Maple Shade. The pastor there wrote the parishoners to ask for more money because the church needs significant repairs. She is not sure if she should pledge more money because she doesn't know if her Bishop will close her church. Her bishop is Bishop Smith of the Diocese of Trenton. He is closing churches in a much smaller scale than Bishop Galiente. However, it has been reported that he is going to eventually close churches in Southern Burlington County, which could include OLPH in Maple Shade.
These proposed mergers are really creating a bad ripple effect.

Kathy
At 10:30am on June 6, 2008, Diane Trace said…
Welcome aboard!!!
 
 

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