Canadian Diocese of Saint-Jerome - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 11 Apr 2018 22:14:01 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Canadian Diocese of Saint-Jerome - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Three-fifths of churches in one Canadian diocese may close https://cathnews.co.nz/2018/04/12/canadian-churches-close/ Thu, 12 Apr 2018 07:53:43 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=105886 Three-fifths of Catholic churches in the Canadian Diocese of Saint-Jerome could shut down this year. The cost of maintaining the buildings and dwindling attendance figures are the reasons behind the proposal. It could see as many as 33 of the diocese's 55 churches closing. Read more

Three-fifths of churches in one Canadian diocese may close... Read more]]> Three-fifths of Catholic churches in the Canadian Diocese of Saint-Jerome could shut down this year.

The cost of maintaining the buildings and dwindling attendance figures are the reasons behind the proposal.

It could see as many as 33 of the diocese's 55 churches closing. Read more

Three-fifths of churches in one Canadian diocese may close]]> 105886