Source: Courier Post
4/18/08: Upset by Bishop Joseph Galante's decision to trim 58 parishes from the Camden Diocese, some local Catholics are joining forces with a national effort to resist a wave of parish closings across the country.
Led by parishioners from the archdioceses of Boston, New Orleans and New York, as well as the dioceses of Camden, Buffalo and Toledo, the newly formed Coalition of Parishes intends to share information with Catholics who want to reverse decisions to merge their parishes and close churches.
Still in its infancy, the coalition plans to build a Web site as a resource for parishioners, said Peter Borre, spokesman for the coalition and president of the Council of Parishes in Boston.