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	Diocese Wise to Amend Plan for Closing Some Churches Courier-Post August 27, 2008 http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080827/OPINION/808270325/1046 The Camden Diocese has answered the call of parishioners by keeping some churches open for Mass. For some of those Catholics saddened and/or angered by the spring announcement of dozens of church closings in the Diocese of Camden, Tuesday's formal announcement that some churches will remain open was surely an answer to their prayers. Among the most notable, St. Vincent Pallotti Church in Haddon Township will remain open as a worship site, as will St. Catherine in Clayton. In Camden, the historically African-American St. Bartholomew Church will remain open and Father Gerard Marable of that church will be the priest convener in charge of the merger of St. Bartholomew and St. Joan of Arc churches. In Pennsauken, parishioners at St. Cecilia and St. Veronica will not merge with St. Joseph Pro-Cathedral in Camden. St. Cecilia and St. Veronica will now just merge together with services to be held at St. Cecilia Church. Outside the tri-county area, Bishop Joseph Galante has also decided to keep several shore churches open as secondary worship sites in merged parishes. We're glad that worshippers' passionate calls for certain churches to remain open have been answered. It shows that diocese officials have listened to Catholics and tried to make it easier for them to get to church, particularly the handicapped and those without cars who were facing real difficulties getting to church in locations further from their homes.
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