Posts Tagged ‘Pastoral communities’

Larger pastoral communities replace traditional parishes

Thursday, May 27th, 2021

The Barcelona diocese in Spain is refocusing overstretched parish resources into larger pastoral communities. In one instance a priest is running 40 parishes single-handedly, Fr Antoni Matabosch Soler told NCR. Soler, a theologian helping plan Barcelona’s reorganization, says some priests are now “pushed to the limit.” Parish restructuring will be the future for many Spanish Read more