It is sad because Bishop Galante has totally missed the boat with our diocese. Instead of closing churches and parishes, he should have used the deanery meanings as opportunities to get to know each other and pull their resources together to provide beneficial services. For example, I think my parish, St. Francis de Sales, could benefit by having a youth minister. Two or three neighboring parishes could fund the salary of one youth minister and share his or her services. The parishes would still retain their identities and their assets.

Of course, the Bishop's actions prove that he is not interested in improving parishes; he just want to close them, sell them, and make money.