CANADA
The Cape Breton Post
Published on May 27, 2012
Staff ~ The Cape Breton Post
SYDNEY — Four Sydney area Catholic churches are slated for closure over the next two years following an announcement by the Diocese of Antigonish, Sunday.
St. Anthony Daniel Church on Alexandra Street and Sacred Heart Church on George Street will close in June 2014. St. Joseph’s Church on Cabot Street will remain open and will absorb the congregations from those two churches.
In a letter by Bishop Brian Dunn to parishioners, the rationale for this change has to do with the fact St. Joseph’s is the newest of the three buildings, it’s large enough to accommodate the two other parishes, and it has level access, plenty of parking and office space in the church.
Next year, Immaculate Heart Church on Mira Road will close and Sunday services at St. Anne’s Church in Membertou will be discontinued. Those parishioners will relocate to the three operational Sydney churches before St. Anthony Daniel and Sacred Heart are shut down in 2014.
As a result of the amalgamation, St. Joseph’s parish will be renamed, said Rev. Donald MacGillivray, spokesperson for the diocese’s planning committee.
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