Bishop Galante has defined the Diocese's pastoral priorities as lifelong faith formation, compassionate outreach, liturgy, youth and young adult, and priestly vocations.  (Clearly, however, judging by the plans and actions taken, the overwhelming "priority" is the closure of churches in order to finance the implementation of a massive paid lay ministry program.)  Compare these "pastoral priorities" and the entire planning process with the following excerpt on pastoral priorities and pastoral renewal from The Priest - Pastor and Leader of the Parish Community, published by the Congregation for the Clergy in 2002:

"Novo Millennio inuente sets seven pastoral priorities: holiness, prayer, the Sunday celebration of the Most Holy Eucharist, the Sacrament of Penance, the primacy of grace, and listening to and proclaiming the Word. These priorities became particularly clear from the experience of the Great Jubilee. Not only do they offer parish priests but, all priests engaged in the cura animarum, the content and substance of the pastoral questions on which they should carefully meditate. They also provide a synthesis of the spirit with which the renewal of pastoral work should be approached."

It goes on to explain further:

"A truly pastoral promotion of the holiness of our parish communities implies an authentic pedagogy on prayer, a renewed, persuasive and effective catechesis on the importance of the Sunday and daily celebration of the Most Holy Eucharist, on community and personal adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, on the frequent and individual practice of the Sacrament of Penance, on spiritual direction, on marian devotion, on the imitation of the Saints, as well as on a renewed apostolic commitment to live the daily duties of the community and of individuals, proper pastoral care of the family, and on a consistent political and social engagement.

This pastoral renewal will not be possible unless inspired, sustained and activated by priests imbued by this same spirit. "The faithful draw great encouragement from the example and witness of the priest. They can rediscover the parish as a 'school' of prayer in which encounter with Jesus Christ is not merely expressed in implorations for assistance but also in acts of thanksgiving, praise, adoration, contemplation, prayerful listening, ardour of affection, to the point of truly loving him". "It is fatal to forget that 'without Christ we can do nothing' (cf. Jn 15:5). It is prayer which roots us in this truth. It constantly reminds us of the primacy of Christ and, in union with him, the primacy of the interior life and of holiness. When this principle is not respected, is it any wonder that pastoral plans come to nothing and leave us with a disheartening sense of frustration? We then share the experience of the disciples in the Gospel story of the miraculous catch of fish: 'We have toiled all night and caught nothing' (Lk 5:5). This is the moment of faith, of prayer, of conversation with God, in order to open our hearts to the tide of grace and allow the word of Christ to pass through us in all its power: Duc in altum! ".

A good laity is scarcely possible without truly holy priests. Without them everything is dead - just as it is almost impossible to have a blossoming of vocations without Christian families which are domestic churches. It is therefore erroneous to emphasize the laity if this entails overlooking the ordained ministry. Such error ends by penalizing the laity and frustrating the entire mission of the Church.

The rediscovery in our communities of the universal call to holiness should be the basis for all pastoral planning and orient that same planning. The soul of every apostolate depends on divine intimacy, on placing nothing before the love of Christ, in seeking the greater glory of God in all things, in living the Christocentric dynamism of the marian "totus tuus". Training in holiness "places pastoral planning under the sign of holiness" and constitutes the primary pastoral challenge of contemporary times. In the holy Church, all of the faithful are called to holiness." (Emphasis added).

It seems Rome has already spoken on this issue, and pretty clearly at that.  So the current plan is doomed to failure.  What's worse is that by the time it fails, massive and irreparable harm will have been done to parishes and parishioners throughout the diocese.  Keep praying, writing letters, making phone calls, etc. - maybe that Apostolic Visitator will be sent soon!