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	Breaking News: Allentown Diocese to Announce Restructuring Plans at Churches This Weekend Republican Herald May 29, 2008 http://www.republicanherald.com/articles/2008/05/29/news/breaking_news/doc483ef70fc5762403318434.txt This weekend, at churches throughout the Diocese of Allentown, letters from the Most Reverend Edward P. Cullen, D.D., Bishop of Allentown, will be read detailing restructuring plans, a press release from the diocese Office of Communications said Thursday. The plans will also be posted on the Diocese Web site, www.allentowndiocese.org, after 12 p.m. on Sunday. Each restructuring plan was developed by one of the 33 Deanery Region Committees across the Diocese and reviewed by the Diocesan Pastoral Council and the Council of Priests. The restructuring plans, the culmination of a 2 1/2 year process, is part of the Diocesan response to a growing shortage of priests, said the press release. The Diocese projects that by June 2009 there will be 115 priests available for parish ministry. The Diocese currently has 151 parishes. The process is not yet complete, according to the press release. Some restructuring plans were submitted but are still under review, and there are plans still being developed in a number of Deanery Regions in the Diocese. Recommendations from those regions are not expected for several months.
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