tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post4426733706579306099..comments2024-02-19T08:12:53.815-05:00Comments on The Right Thing: SJC Upholds Archdiocese Closing of Church on Donated LandJeffrey L. Seglinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15648051034425906705noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post-60682575618462354282007-05-26T03:14:00.000-04:002007-05-26T03:14:00.000-04:00I will be brave and post a comment! I wonder if th...I will be brave and post a comment! I wonder if there was more going on than the family wanting the land back? A local church was closed a couple of years ago, here in Columbus, Ohio, despite a full congregation every mass. The church was an older church, really quite beautiful, but over time the area became less affluent. Therefore, the congregation was more poor than it had once been, so the Catholic church closed the doors, much to the dismay of the community. <BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, in another, very affluent area of town a multi million dollar church was built at the same time. The new church is spectacular! The congregation in the older church wonders why the new church couldn't have been toned down somewhat and some of those funds used to maintain the older church. The older church is at a different end of town, so it is not as if the congregation is meant to join the new church.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps the donating family was using this tactic to force the Catholic Diocese to keep the Church open so it could serve the congregation? Maybe they felt, like many people do, that all too often it seems easier to throw away the old, historical buildings, and invest in new buildings. America is noted for this in many areas, and it is sad. We will never have the same sense of history in our cities that European cities do because the older buildings will all be gone as they make way for more and more skyscrapers, or subdivisions. <BR/><BR/>The closing of of an older church as reinforces the idea that the Catholic Diocese is all about the bottom line, not what is best for the flock. Also a sad thought.<BR/><BR/>Just my two cents worth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com