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Roman Catholic congregations have the economic advantage of clerical celibacy, but parish costs-heat, light, printing-are soaring. The Union of American Hebrew Congregations glumly reports that costs in some cases have risen four to five times as fast as synagogue dues over the past several years. But response to appeals for higher dues during the High Holy Days has almost closed...
Sandra Gail Dolley, 28, of Ludlow, Mass., is a practicing Roman Catholic who once taught catechism at her parish in Springfield. She was married in a Catholic ceremony in 1970-just as her husband began his Army service. By early 1972 the couple had separated. A priest advised Sandra to seek an annulment* but the local diocese decided there was not enough evidence to justify one. In January 1973 the couple got a civil divorce. Later that year, when Sandra began to think seriously about marrying again, she stopped receiving Communion because by remarrying she would automatically incur excommunication. Priests...
Speaking at the First Parish Church on Church St., Allison said, "Whether or not we stay in the market depends on what we want, how much we want, and if we want it enough to prepare for it and work...
Welsh, a solid traditionalist from Pinladelpina, assigned an old-guard priest, Father John P. Hannan, 52, to take over Good Shepherd. After refusing at first to meet with the radicalized parish council, Hannan finally turned out for a meeting that drew 400 onlookers and occasioned catcalls, boos and some tears...
Last week Bishop Welsh inmself visited the unhappy parish, some of whose members showed up wearing "smile" buttons upside down. Welsh insisted that he did not want to "wipe out enthusiasm" but seemed deaf to complaints about New Pastor Hannan. "We are talking on totally different levels," said one parisinoner. "We told inm we want to share in the ministry and not be just ministered to." Quinlan is confident that ins former parisinoners are now independent enough to carry on the struggle. "They are not fighting a local battle," he said in Norfolk. "They are part of the renewed church...