Courier Post: St. Mary's meeting with Galante

Read article here. Jim Walsh wrote the story,which I think was very favorable to us. There are 16 pictures on the site, not fabulous, but certainly better than the Inquirer. Several pictures of Galante but he's not very photogenic. I wish there'd been a picture showing the community in uproarious applause, which happened so many times last night. Now that would've been a great photo. Thank you, Jim Walsh, for covering our story!

Here's a bit. For the rest, go to the site above:

FRANKLIN -- Bishop Joseph Galante came here to listen Tuesday night and the leader of the Camden Diocese got an earful.

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An overflow crowd of more than 200 people jammed into St. Mary's Church in Malaga, where they blasted the bishop's plan to shut more than half of the parishes in the South Jersey diocese. The small country church used by St. Mary's parishioners would close as part of the makeover.

Parishioners from across the region greeted Galante with signs that called for his resignation and described the diocese as a "destruction zone."

Many wore blue ribbons that read "Save St. Mary's," while others called for the survival of parishes like St. Gregory's in Magnolia and St. Anthony in Waterford....



Why Save St. Mary's?

What's true for OL Queen of Peace, Pitman & Assumption, Wildwood Crest is also true for St. Mary's Malaga:

"The people in Pitman bought that ground and built that church and it belongs to them. You can't just take it away."

-Anthony Mecca, Queen of Peace Parish, Pitman (also on the slate for closure), May 8, 2008

"This is God's house. Let us live here with God as we've done all these years."

-Fred Spiewak, Assumption Parish, Wildwood Crest, June 11, 2008

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