I saw the post below about Bishop Lennon being under investigation, so I looked it up. That is really interesting & good! I've heard so many random stories about how certain churches were "allowed" to stay open and weren't even really considered for closing in the first place. And the seeming randomness of some of the closings (like keep Ascension open, but close St. Pat's, even though West Park Catholic Academy is house at the former St. Pat's school? Or close St. Ignatius of Antioch, but keep the school open? When both the parish and the school were still highly active?) I understand the need for some consolidation, and I believe most people do, too. The parish I grew up in was one of the ones to close- but the numbers had been dwindling over the past 25 years (as the neighborhood declined, too), and the school has been closed for 15-20 years. But some places like St. Colman's that was slated to close, that had extremely active ministries & parish in general, are still baffling to me!