Recently we've been contacted by readers at churches slated to close who have told us that their church collections are down:
None of this surprises me. I think that the reason church collections are down at Parish X are that people are protesting the merger. Withholding church collections is a form of passive resistance and I think that the bishop is going to be very surprised when he sees the collections of the "non-resisting" churches.That's one email. Similarly, we've been told that at some churches that are not slated to close, attendance is up. We have no idea if this is at all representative of the Diocese, but it would seem to coincide with Galante and McGrath's long-term schemes to kill parishes they want to die and preserve parishes they believe are worthy for whatever reason. What do you think?