Easier said than done, especially in the UK. I’ve just found a TLM about an hours drive from me, but the priest is retiring next September and the Bishop isn’t going to reauthorise permission for a TLM to be held at this church after priest leaves.
The direction our church is taking is putting off potential converts. They are seeking tradition, the sacred, a sense of profound reverence etc. Watered down scripture, infantile mascots and embracing contemporary values, rather than adhering to God’s laws is fuelling the confusion and mass exodus the Church is suffering.
Y don't just be happy, don't you know that God hate the church, they only used the named and the words of God for their own selfish desire, that's why some churches are on fire because God want the church to close, God just doesn't want the human to be a puppet who being controlled by priest and pastor
Stay strong in faith and keep praying. God has the answers. We, Catholic faithfuls ended the month of October praying the Rosary..Mama Mary intercede for us to you son Jesus. 🙏❤️
Lord grant unto Thy Church saintly priests and fervent religious. By the merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Our Holy Mother Mary Untier of Knots I pray In the Name of the Father + and of the Son + and of the Holy Spirit + Amen
Yesterday Some Pilgrims from Malaysia Visited at Our Seminary In Northeast India 🇮🇳... One of the Deacon Told us That In Europe Many churches are Sold away, churches turning into Mosque.. I didn't believe in his Words because my Mentality about Catholics in Europe is Very High. But after watching this Video I couldn't believe How Our Catholic faithful could done like this.. very Sad And Disappointed With this news.. BUT STILL Christ Is With You with me, with them, With us forever and Ever.Amen.... Love From Catholic India🇮🇳🙏✝️...
My friend married to Spanish and she lives there...i asked her if the people there are religious too because they were the one who introduce christiany to our country Philippines, she said" NO, churches there are big but empty they dont go to church"
Operating a parish costs money. Catholics give approximately 1.1% of their household income, and protestants give 4.4% of their household income. Church attendance is down. Additionally less and less young people 1) claim membership in any church, or are 2) having their children baptized. Secularization of the culture creates question, doubts, and disbelief in God. Older catholics are moving to the sunbelt; while their children (if they go to church) have moved into suburban areas. These are some of the factors. The Church needs evangelization, to evangelize, and the practice of stewardship.
We need strong preachers and saintly people who could overturn this or else the downfall is going to keep on going. The detriment to the society is quite evident.
When she said, "I will be forever practicing Catholic," it bestowed rays of hope. We may lose some buildings, but there are many Catholics like her who carry God's light in this realm. God bless everyone 🙏 ❤️
Praying to Almighty God 🙏 And heavenly mother pls open the mind of all catholic people around the world to attend the Church service (mass).Also praying for priesthood vocation .And protect all our priest.
Church history over the centuries teaches us: Periods of great Faith are followed be periods of great building, which are followed by periods of great decline and unbelief.
I was born in Catholic family, I was raised Catholic and I will live Catholic and I will die Catholic. May God protect the Faith forever and ever in Jesus Christ name. Amen. Ave Maria!
You dont understand the words of God ...Read again the bible .......dont just listen words from priests ... Search for tge true teachings of God ..pray in the name of Jesus Christ..Amen
Here in Cincinnati, we have grouped parishes into “Families”. My church, Saint Catharine of Sienna, is in the Family of the Most Holy Eucharist. On at least one level, musically, the result is tremendous! We have a combined choir of singers from the five parishes. The music that it produces, under the direction of Dr. David Castillo, ranges from magnificent to sublime! If you live in Cincinnati, I invite you to come to the Faure Requiem Mass that the choir is singing on November 8 at 7 PM at Saint Martin Church. The singers are working hard to rehearse for it. Based on what I heard last night at the All Saints Day - First Friday Mass, it will be very, very beautiful!
We went through and are continuing to consolidate churches and parishioners in the archdiocese here in Connecticut and it’s been quite a success thanks to our church leadership and devoted, faithful parishioners.
I live 2 houses away from a chapel. I’ve known this chapel all my life. I am 44 now. It was built when my dad was still a kid. Parishioners, especially the older generation, know each other’s families. We were told it was going to be closed and we need to go to another church farther away. 😢😢😢 There are still some church ladies that keep the chapel alive on Sundays. They pray the rosary and we can hear the prayer thru external speakers on top of the doorway.
you miss understood the context. our catholic faith started from inn's in Jerusalem to caves and small towns. we can survive without big buildings what matters is Christ is with us and we the faithful still hear. buildings are convenient places for worship and gatherings. but catholic can survive with or without in the past today and in the future. GOODBLESS
@@alfonstabz9741Gotta disagree, the church building is part of our history, how many sacrificed to build the church which sustained the faithful. The hierarchy in thier contempt for the laity, cannot be trusted in financial matters, look at the billion dollar settlement in Los Angeles, 12 years ago they had an almost equal size one. They don't have a grasp of how bad it is because they are not paying it from their personal funds, same with the buildings it is not thier home so sell it, close it, the Buffalo diocese sold a large church to the Muslims, never considered a sale to a TLM group.
@@alfonstabz9741 actually I think they met in people’s homes, but the place switched every time because of the persecution. It probably wasn’t until a couple hundred years later that they actually had a church building to go to.
@@alfonstabz9741The context doesn’t make any sense. Why would any bishop want to DECREASE the amount of parishes? We should be expanding, building new ones in addition to maintaining the old ones. This is the natural result of declining attendance and ultimately Faith. The Novus Ordo has killed that sense of local spirit into this weird new modern corporate age
Well it loooks like your sheperds were tired...pray harder and Love more...its not about you don't rely on yourselves....our God gives strength for as long as you stay close to Him.
Church attendance is not in decline among Traditional Catholics. The empty churches should be given to the Society of St Pius X, and they would soon be full again.
I attend a Catholic Church in Southern California that offers the Latin Mass. So beautiful to see families and children the way I grew up in the fifties. A very active thriving parish but I need to drive 18 miles even though there is a very small Catholic Church walking distance from me that is only Novus Ordo.
@@SirBlackReedsexcept they’re not, at least not relative to the percentage of the Catholic population. The best case scenario is Africa and yet even there since VII the Catholic Church has barely kept up with the Catholic population.
there is a great need in the church to evangelize to its own lukewarm members and others...but then some of our bishops & priests lack that vision, faith & courage. so sad
Or maybe they're just kicking back on lawn chairs. Why would they have to act when the comments section alone shows that far too many are content to sow discord among brothers whether that's blaming Vatican II, shilling the Anti-Semitic SSPX, blaming the bishops, blaming Pope Francis, doing anything except introspection.
You can feel that way all you want, but the reality is that American Catholics compromised in order to fit in the Protestants. That's not evil, by definition, because evil would be something much, much worse.
Instead of focusing on merging and closing the churches how about focusing on how to get the people back in the pews - start fearlessly preaching the Gospel again.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 In the last days there will be many troubles, because people will love themselves, love money, brag, and be proud. They will say evil things against others and will not obey their parents or be thankful or be the kind of people God wants.
We need to be each other’s church. This world is so cruel right now. We need to be inclusive instead of exclusive. We need to practice our faith as well- NOT just Sunday.
This is not completely about the lack of the faithful, IT is more about the falling numbers of seminarians to the priesthood; Tell your bishop's to reach out to Africa and to South America for Priests and seminarians.
The United States is in absolute decline. It feels like a freefall of morality and churches have been silent. Now is the greatest opportunity for missionary evangelization in history.
They always close the beautiful historic churches, and merge the parish with a more modern one. Thats something I’ve noticed. I wish it was the other way around, so these beautiful churches can be preserved.
The church I was baptized in became a Family Dollar store. I'm not joking. Family Dollar didn't even bother to take the steeple down....A Family Dollar. How sad is that?
Please without compromising the teachings of the catholic church changes should be made for these challenging times. We must work together with the direction of the holy spirit.
Partiality right Follow the directions of the Holy Spirit Also pray for discernment and test everything you hear from the pulpit if it is in accordance with the word of God the bible
And the hierarchy would rather sell the properties to Muslims, as they did in Buffalo NY. Lori in Baltimore is particularly hostile to the TLM, the hierarchy have failed us on multiple fronts.
You know, as a new convert I never understood what was the big deal about NO until I went to another parish that had the 1970's hymns with guitars and distracting music. Even in my limited experience as a catholic, I felt this wasn't a reverent way to celebrate the Mass.
If you think this is a NO vs TLM you have a lack of knowledge of why Vatican 2 was needed in the first place. People went to mass but without any belief or understanding it was just cultural, so what's currently happening is a process of purging. Stop thinking the Church was just fine before the NO you're out of touch, and respect the Ecumenical Council.
While Parishes are merging in the US & UK,,,,here in Africa, it's a total opposite...like in our local St. Joseph Parish, in the last 3yrs the parish has split and given birth to 3 fully fledged parishes.....yet still the parish with 4 sunday masses still struggle to fully serve a bulged population. In short,, believers should not be worried about the reduced mission in the west,,,,, while it is setting in the US its risen in Africa, when it will eventually set in Africa, it will rise somewhere else. Nowadays I see a lot of Indian missionaries,,,& Chinese are slowly coming on board..... Imagine!! God Himself sustains His church,,& the church is here to stay.,,, Worry not, for once a soldier of Christ always a soldier.
How Can Any Country or Government shold say A Citizen Should leave his Faith .This is The Most Disheartening News I have Ever heard in My Life .Why Are The Churches Closing Down. We need to know As The Outside World
I attended a traditional Latin mass for the first time recently. Let me describe what I saw. The place was packed, standing room only, The line went out the door and onto the lawn. There were young families there, children, babies. If we want to save our future, our parishes; we need to return to the past. Vatican II gave the faithful something none of us asked for. I was born well after Vatican II. All I have ever known was the Novus Ordo. Oh my word, my eyes were open that day. The Mass is not meant to be a community, collaborative affair or chit chat. The Novus Ordo has separated the Faithful from the true purpose of the Mass...Worshiping God! The Priest isn't the guy running the show...He's not the emcee. He is In Persona Christi. The Novus Ordo has intentionally destroyed this roll. What has happened as a result is a loss of faith. We have replaced the Mass with a play or a reenactment of a meal. It is not a meal. It is a sacrifice. Stepping away from that has caused its true meaning to be lost. Unfortunately, if we adopt this Synodal secularist garbage, we will cease to be Catholic. We will cease to be the Church founded by Jesus himself, but rathe a pseudo-protestant Mockery. The path forward is a return to the past. I challenge every Catholic reading this to attend a Traditional Latin Mass...Just One Time. You will see the difference and you will see what was taken from us. You will know why Novus Ordo churches are emptying out. That church I mentioned earlier, well, they need to expand. So, they bought a large, abandoned former Catholic church from a protestant denomination that purchased it from the diocese. Soon, after some maintenance, and remodeling, it will once again serve a growing Catholic parish. The Old way. The way it was meant to.
I am old enough to remember the “Old” Mass in “holy” Ireland. I remember people standing at the back, or even on the steps of the Church, chatting, some smoking and one or two even playing cards. They entered at the last second and were out fo there as fast as they could. Faith is what matters not some “magic” language that will make everything better.
No one said things were perfect hundreds of years ago or closer to our time. But Christendom and up to recent times spread the Faith. I love Tradition. Bring back the reverence and stop protestant style worship and speech. Bring the Faith back, which we see in actual research outcomes of those attending the TLM.
@@CJP9694 I agree. We didn't need the Novus Ordo. That is where we went wrong. Now this ridiculous Synodal Way junk. By the way, that comes from the same place as Martin Luther. Germany. For centuries the Mass was just fine. Now, suddenly we have Vatican II. Why? By its fruit we shall know the tree. 50+ years later we have discovered the fruit is rotten. Spit it out and return to the truth.
The Archdiocese of Baltimore unfortunately did very little leg work on where geographically churches are and who was going to the churches. It has left a bitter feelings and it has not helped that the closure timeline was moved from May of 2025 to December of 2024. It also does not help matters, at least visually, that the bankruptcy has coincided with the closures. There was very little warning prior to May of 2024 of what was going to happen and very little relayed to those who are in pews every weekend. We need to pray to God and Mary for our clergy and the state of the church that things get much better, not just because of now, but always.
What will be done with the beautiful historic buildings? So are people going to have to travel further to attend Mass? Is St Francis Xavier easily accessible to out of state visitors?
No alarm. Return with humble and concrite to Our Good God. He is merciful and forgiving. There is no closure in heaven. Why worry, God is with His Church, and He will never abandon it, period.
Many go on zoom to have church services. Saves travelling time ,,& money on transportation. In this era of computerisation, it can very stressful to rish around. Many work at home & so does the church meets through zoom.
@@ohwhataday7171 Stop sowing discord among brothers. If you were as smart as you think you were, then you'd know that Novus Ordo increased mass attendance and conversion rates in countries that aren't English-speaking ones.
It’s happening in NYC too. The important thing IMO is to at least preserve the beautiful church buildings for when the faithful are ready to return. It’s too painful when the building is sold to developers who tear it down for a condo with another Starbucks.
It is not accidental,God has a purpose for each and everything that happens to humans,lets seek the Lord in truth and in spirit,its about personal relationship with Jehovah God.😢
No a Catholic church building is not a mere building , but the terbanacle with the real presence. Have they been renting the buildings ?if not why sell them off , why don't you arrange with parishioners on how to keep them maintained , just cut costs on power ,water and staff ,but let the sanctuaries remain .
The churches are closing due to the bad Pastors who say that people do not need to convert into the Catholic Church ⛪️. There are some Pastors that dos not preach the True Gospel of Jesus Christ. Let’s pray for our pastors 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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We see the same issue in Europe and the UK as well. We are sad, but we know that God's Church is indestructible and will last forever. AMEN.
Just go to the FSSPX
We are not helpless. We are the ones in the Pews. Find a traditional Mass and attend it.
Praise the Lord. One end will be a new beginning as the Church is Eternal
Easier said than done, especially in the UK. I’ve just found a TLM about an hours drive from me, but the priest is retiring next September and the Bishop isn’t going to reauthorise permission for a TLM to be held at this church after priest leaves.
The direction our church is taking is putting off potential converts.
They are seeking tradition, the sacred, a sense of profound reverence etc.
Watered down scripture, infantile mascots and embracing contemporary values, rather than adhering to God’s laws is fuelling the confusion and mass exodus the Church is suffering.
Sad to see this happening. The closing of Churches is heartbreaking. Pray for a resurgence of the Catholic faith in the United States.
It is already resurging. Find a Traditional Latin Mass.
Y don't just be happy, don't you know that God hate the church, they only used the named and the words of God for their own selfish desire, that's why some churches are on fire because God want the church to close, God just doesn't want the human to be a puppet who being controlled by priest and pastor
Read Bible....do not let others explain by speculations to you
Evangelical churches are rising up.The true church of Christ are bible believing church not tradition
@@ednaalday2427 so you must do concerts style you mean.😂
Stay strong in faith and keep praying. God has the answers.
We, Catholic faithfuls ended the month of October praying the Rosary..Mama Mary intercede for us to you son Jesus.
🙏❤️
Lord grant unto Thy Church saintly priests and fervent religious.
By the merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Our Holy Mother Mary Untier of Knots I pray
In the Name of the Father + and of the Son + and of the Holy Spirit + Amen
Amen 🙏🙏🙏
@5:35 I'm so happy to hear her positivity. I need to step up myself and show the strength to provide and help my fellow Catholics.
Praying for you to grow in faith and number.
Thank (((you)))
Thank-you 🙏God bless
This is incredibly sad!
May God help us.
While in my diocese ( I am not living in the west) there is a Parish where they have SEVEN masses on Sunday and the Church is always full packed.
Yesterday Some Pilgrims from Malaysia Visited at Our Seminary In Northeast India 🇮🇳... One of the Deacon Told us That In Europe Many churches are Sold away, churches turning into Mosque.. I didn't believe in his Words because my Mentality about Catholics in Europe is Very High. But after watching this Video I couldn't believe How Our Catholic faithful could done like this.. very Sad And Disappointed With this news.. BUT STILL Christ Is With You with me, with them, With us forever and Ever.Amen.... Love From Catholic India🇮🇳🙏✝️...
GOD BLESS YOU🙏
My friend married to Spanish and she lives there...i asked her if the people there are religious too because they were the one who introduce christiany to our country Philippines, she said" NO, churches there are big but empty they dont go to church"
Mhmff P/ajeeting
@@gatasalvaje8611 Spain rapidly change their major religion .. as Islam goes in number .. like philippines .. so many reverts ..
The chickens are coming home to ROOST......IDOL WORSHIP NO NO NO MORE😮
PRAYING FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH!❤
Thank you🙏God bless
OUR LORD IS ALWAYS WITH US.
Operating a parish costs money. Catholics give approximately 1.1% of their household income, and protestants give 4.4% of their household income. Church attendance is down. Additionally less and less young people 1) claim membership in any church, or are 2) having their children baptized. Secularization of the culture creates question, doubts, and disbelief in God. Older catholics are moving to the sunbelt; while their children (if they go to church) have moved into suburban areas. These are some of the factors. The Church needs evangelization, to evangelize, and the practice of stewardship.
Psst, we could always ask Haiti for some Catholics.
All the money goes to pay off parents to keep quiet.
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😢 Lord Jesus, convict our hearts and draw us to You… Make us thirst for you…🙏🙏🙏
Stand firm in your faith. Jesus will come to rescue his people.
God in Heaven, please, please help us!...in Jesus' name, I pray.
Funerals go up, and baptisms go down. This is what happens when society turns away from God. And when we don't raise our children right.
What's this "our" crap? Your children aren't mine. Your neighbor's children aren't yours.
We, Catholics, are the church in union with our Lord, and Mary, His Mother.
Here in Papua new Guinea, Lae Diocese is growing. Five new churches built in two years. I feel sad for your guys.
We need strong preachers and saintly people who could overturn this or else the downfall is going to keep on going. The detriment to the society is quite evident.
Too many are content to sow discord among brothers, blame the bishops, blame the Pope, do anything except introspection.
The die has been CAST.😮
When she said, "I will be forever practicing Catholic," it bestowed rays of hope. We may lose some buildings, but there are many Catholics like her who carry God's light in this realm. God bless everyone 🙏 ❤️
What does “god” have anything to do with this Jesus guy..?
@@dadwire1483 Why do you even bother replying if your comprehension is so low?
These churches are being converted to Islamic centers and mosques.😢
Can a Catholic Church be sold?
A dedicated holy Catholic Church.
Will pray for all catholic churches that they will never be closed. God’s light will shine in all these churches.
When JESUS RETURNS. THERE WILL BE LITTLE FAITH😢
Praying for our Catholic Faith and an increase in vocation. God bless you all. Best Wishes from Scotland 🙏🏴♥️🩵❤️
May mother Mary intercede
Praying to Almighty God 🙏 And heavenly mother pls open the mind of all catholic people around the world to attend the Church service (mass).Also praying for priesthood vocation .And protect all our priest.
I will never leave my Catholic faith or Church.
The happy face the Church authorities are putting on these "restructurings" is insipid.
Amen. It's happened all over the country. Let alone cancelling priests.
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Im a proud catholic ,and never exchange my faith,,,Jesus i love you our King and king our God..Amen🙏❤
Philippines Catholics more active ..God bless Philippines 🇵🇭 💖
I hate religion which is toxic I am a born again Christian a follower of Christ
Church history over the centuries teaches us: Periods of great Faith are followed be periods of great building, which are followed by periods of great decline and unbelief.
Wow! What a great blessing to the country.
Lord Jesus strengthen your church leaders without them we have no mass
At 2:07 "The existing 61 parishes will be merged into 30 worship and ministry sites". What does that mean? Are we not to call them churches anymore?
Yea, so parishes are being transformed into "worship and ministry sites." Sounds very Protestant, not Catholic.
Our bishops are posers w crosiers. Business managers w very little faith.
@@timfronimos459 Ah yes, the ole "it's always someone else's fault" excuse.
Christ is coming sooner or later. We all need to accept Jesus Christ as the only living and true GOD.
True Follow Christ not religion
Be strong, the church will overcome the changes. Bring in the younger generation.
We remember you in our prayers ❤
Let's pray for our church so that faith is deepening everyday🙏🙏
I was born in Catholic family, I was raised Catholic and I will live Catholic and I will die Catholic. May God protect the Faith forever and ever in Jesus Christ name. Amen. Ave Maria!
Me too brother
You dont understand the words of God ...Read again the bible .......dont just listen words from priests ...
Search for tge true teachings of God ..pray in the name of Jesus Christ..Amen
It is a sad news for all Catholics around the world.
Here in Cincinnati, we have grouped parishes into “Families”. My church, Saint Catharine of Sienna, is in the Family of the Most Holy Eucharist. On at least one level, musically, the result is tremendous! We have a combined choir of singers from the five parishes. The music that it produces, under the direction of Dr. David Castillo, ranges from magnificent to sublime! If you live in Cincinnati, I invite you to come to the Faure Requiem Mass that the choir is singing on November 8 at 7 PM at Saint Martin Church. The singers are working hard to rehearse for it. Based on what I heard last night at the All Saints Day - First Friday Mass, it will be very, very beautiful!
We went through and are continuing to consolidate churches and parishioners in the archdiocese here in Connecticut and it’s been quite a success thanks to our church leadership and devoted, faithful parishioners.
I live 2 houses away from a chapel. I’ve known this chapel all my life. I am 44 now. It was built when my dad was still a kid. Parishioners, especially the older generation, know each other’s families. We were told it was going to be closed and we need to go to another church farther away. 😢😢😢 There are still some church ladies that keep the chapel alive on Sundays. They pray the rosary and we can hear the prayer thru external speakers on top of the doorway.
How sad. Where are our Catholics? What has become of our faith. Its heartbreaking
I will never leave my catholic faith i will prayfor it God bless
I actually feel very spiritual when taking the bread and wine in church. Our church has grown and want to build a bigger church.
Can’t believe I heard a bishop saying : “buildings are not important”. 😵💫
you miss understood the context. our catholic faith started from inn's in Jerusalem to caves and small towns. we can survive without big buildings what matters is Christ is with us and we the faithful still hear. buildings are convenient places for worship and gatherings. but catholic can survive with or without in the past today and in the future. GOODBLESS
@@alfonstabz9741Gotta disagree, the church building is part of our history, how many sacrificed to build the church which sustained the faithful. The hierarchy in thier contempt for the laity, cannot be trusted in financial matters, look at the billion dollar settlement in Los Angeles, 12 years ago they had an almost equal size one. They don't have a grasp of how bad it is because they are not paying it from their personal funds, same with the buildings it is not thier home so sell it, close it, the Buffalo diocese sold a large church to the Muslims, never considered a sale to a TLM group.
@@alfonstabz9741 actually I think they met in people’s homes, but the place switched every time because of the persecution. It probably wasn’t until a couple hundred years later that they actually had a church building to go to.
@@alfonstabz9741The context doesn’t make any sense. Why would any bishop want to DECREASE the amount of parishes? We should be expanding, building new ones in addition to maintaining the old ones. This is the natural result of declining attendance and ultimately Faith. The Novus Ordo has killed that sense of local spirit into this weird new modern corporate age
@@Zach-mw5so The cost of maintenance.
I'm sad to know this as a catholic.
Well it loooks like your sheperds were tired...pray harder and Love more...its not about you don't rely on yourselves....our God gives strength for as long as you stay close to Him.
It's time to return to the one Holy catholic Apostolic Church of the Holy Fathers and the Ecumenical council's decision
Sad what has happened after Vatican II. 😪
Yes people are leaving. It may be for many different reasons. Some, the church may not want to hear.
Don't worship idols & don't worship saints God never said so
Church attendance is not in decline among Traditional Catholics. The empty churches should be given to the Society of St Pius X, and they would soon be full again.
You are correct. SSPX will fill it. Just like their seminary full, with a waiting list.
I attend a Catholic Church in Southern California that offers the Latin Mass. So beautiful to see families and children the way I grew up in the fifties. A very active thriving parish but I need to drive 18 miles even though there is a very small Catholic Church walking distance from me that is only Novus Ordo.
@@ohwhataday7171 So, we should ignore that Novus Ordo increasing mass attendance and conversion rates outside of English-speaking countries?
That society has a corruption problem. Come to think of it, doesn't their own website go as far as to blame Jews on everything?
@@SirBlackReedsexcept they’re not, at least not relative to the percentage of the Catholic population. The best case scenario is Africa and yet even there since VII the Catholic Church has barely kept up with the Catholic population.
there is a great need in the church to evangelize to its own lukewarm members and others...but then some of our bishops & priests lack that vision, faith & courage. so sad
Evangelize the struggling souls all around the parish and invite them to come and discover Jesus.
That's expected in the life of an organization. You have to adopt changes to grow stronger. God Bless St Anne Diocese.. MD ❤❤
Acknowledge; Strong Faith and Believe IN JESUS NAME 🙏🏻✨✨✨🌍❤️
For God 1000years are like 1 day and 1000years are like 1 day..like the qarter moon to full Moon...Church will shine again.
Demons rush in where people turn away from God.
Or maybe they're just kicking back on lawn chairs. Why would they have to act when the comments section alone shows that far too many are content to sow discord among brothers whether that's blaming Vatican II, shilling the Anti-Semitic SSPX, blaming the bishops, blaming Pope Francis, doing anything except introspection.
Somehow I feel there is an evil motive behind.
Totally
You can feel that way all you want, but the reality is that American Catholics compromised in order to fit in the Protestants. That's not evil, by definition, because evil would be something much, much worse.
St Anne - please save your grandson Church 🙏
GOOD!
Instead of focusing on merging and closing the churches how about focusing on how to get the people back in the pews - start fearlessly preaching the Gospel again.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 In the last days there will be many troubles, because people will love themselves, love money, brag, and be proud. They will say evil things against others and will not obey their parents or be thankful or be the kind of people God wants.
Glad you quote verses of the bible Some so called Christians never read the bible
We need to be each other’s church. This world is so cruel right now. We need to be inclusive instead of exclusive. We need to practice our faith as well- NOT just Sunday.
It's not the number of churches that matters, but their intensity.
This is not completely about the lack of the faithful,
IT is more about the falling numbers of seminarians to the priesthood;
Tell your bishop's to reach out to Africa and to South America for Priests and seminarians.
The United States is in absolute decline. It feels like a freefall of morality and churches have been silent. Now is the greatest opportunity for missionary evangelization in history.
They always close the beautiful historic churches, and merge the parish with a more modern one. Thats something I’ve noticed. I wish it was the other way around, so these beautiful churches can be preserved.
Hope it works out for the community!!!
Heartbreaking! My baptismal church is one of the Baltimore City churches that is closing
Pray they brings back them the Latin mass and the C hunch will thrive!! 🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏
The real sad thing is what happens to these beautiful old church buildings.
The church I was baptized in became a Family Dollar store. I'm not joking. Family Dollar didn't even bother to take the steeple down....A Family Dollar. How sad is that?
@ That’s really pathetic .
@@ernestaupperlee1755 Specifically, where did this happen?
Some have been turned into bars. Dining halls and restaurants
save st. ann's
😢 God speed to help one another to protect it.
Please without compromising the teachings of the catholic church changes should be made for these challenging times. We must work together with the direction of the holy spirit.
Partiality right Follow the directions of the Holy Spirit Also pray for discernment and test everything you hear from the pulpit if it is in accordance with the word of God the bible
TLM is overflowing while NO is struggling to maintain attendance. Diabolical disorientation abounds.
And the hierarchy would rather sell the properties to Muslims, as they did in Buffalo NY. Lori in Baltimore is particularly hostile to the TLM, the hierarchy have failed us on multiple fronts.
I refuse to participate in the synodal "celebration". Thankfully there is still one TLM left in my diocese.
You know, as a new convert I never understood what was the big deal about NO until I went to another parish that had the 1970's hymns with guitars and distracting music. Even in my limited experience as a catholic, I felt this wasn't a reverent way to celebrate the Mass.
If you think this is a NO vs TLM you have a lack of knowledge of why Vatican 2 was needed in the first place. People went to mass but without any belief or understanding it was just cultural, so what's currently happening is a process of purging.
Stop thinking the Church was just fine before the NO you're out of touch, and respect the Ecumenical Council.
@@VirginMostPowerfull Vatican II was not needed.
While Parishes are merging in the US & UK,,,,here in Africa, it's a total opposite...like in our local St. Joseph Parish, in the last 3yrs the parish has split and given birth to 3 fully fledged parishes.....yet still the parish with 4 sunday masses still struggle to fully serve a bulged population. In short,, believers should not be worried about the reduced mission in the west,,,,, while it is setting in the US its risen in Africa, when it will eventually set in Africa, it will rise somewhere else. Nowadays I see a lot of Indian missionaries,,,& Chinese are slowly coming on board..... Imagine!!
God Himself sustains His church,,& the church is here to stay.,,,
Worry not, for once a soldier of Christ always a soldier.
Good luck convincing the Tridentine crowd of that. They don't like informatioon that doesn't affirm their feelings.
How Can Any Country or Government shold say A Citizen Should leave his Faith .This is The Most Disheartening
News I have Ever heard in My Life .Why Are The Churches Closing Down. We need to know As The Outside World
Bendito Sea Dios, en sus Angeles y en sus Santos. Amen.
The prayers of generations of saints have gone up to the heavens from these places. Please don't sell them to other religions.
Especially Muslims
@@jamesmwenda5427 Muslims are God's children as well.
I attended a traditional Latin mass for the first time recently. Let me describe what I saw. The place was packed, standing room only, The line went out the door and onto the lawn. There were young families there, children, babies. If we want to save our future, our parishes; we need to return to the past. Vatican II gave the faithful something none of us asked for. I was born well after Vatican II. All I have ever known was the Novus Ordo. Oh my word, my eyes were open that day. The Mass is not meant to be a community, collaborative affair or chit chat. The Novus Ordo has separated the Faithful from the true purpose of the Mass...Worshiping God! The Priest isn't the guy running the show...He's not the emcee. He is In Persona Christi. The Novus Ordo has intentionally destroyed this roll. What has happened as a result is a loss of faith. We have replaced the Mass with a play or a reenactment of a meal. It is not a meal. It is a sacrifice. Stepping away from that has caused its true meaning to be lost. Unfortunately, if we adopt this Synodal secularist garbage, we will cease to be Catholic. We will cease to be the Church founded by Jesus himself, but rathe a pseudo-protestant Mockery. The path forward is a return to the past. I challenge every Catholic reading this to attend a Traditional Latin Mass...Just One Time. You will see the difference and you will see what was taken from us. You will know why Novus Ordo churches are emptying out. That church I mentioned earlier, well, they need to expand. So, they bought a large, abandoned former Catholic church from a protestant denomination that purchased it from the diocese. Soon, after some maintenance, and remodeling, it will once again serve a growing Catholic parish. The Old way. The way it was meant to.
I am old enough to remember the “Old” Mass in “holy” Ireland. I remember people standing at the back, or even on the steps of the Church, chatting, some smoking and one or two even playing cards. They entered at the last second and were out fo there as fast as they could. Faith is what matters not some “magic” language that will make everything better.
@@Denis.Collinspeople let their phones go off and talk before, during and right after the novos ordo mass. This is mass not your social club
No one said things were perfect hundreds of years ago or closer to our time. But Christendom and up to recent times spread the Faith. I love Tradition. Bring back the reverence and stop protestant style worship and speech. Bring the Faith back, which we see in actual research outcomes of those attending the TLM.
FSSPX IS THE BEST
@@CJP9694 I agree. We didn't need the Novus Ordo. That is where we went wrong. Now this ridiculous Synodal Way junk. By the way, that comes from the same place as Martin Luther. Germany. For centuries the Mass was just fine. Now, suddenly we have Vatican II. Why? By its fruit we shall know the tree. 50+ years later we have discovered the fruit is rotten. Spit it out and return to the truth.
The Archdiocese of Baltimore unfortunately did very little leg work on where geographically churches are and who was going to the churches. It has left a bitter feelings and it has not helped that the closure timeline was moved from May of 2025 to December of 2024. It also does not help matters, at least visually, that the bankruptcy has coincided with the closures. There was very little warning prior to May of 2024 of what was going to happen and very little relayed to those who are in pews every weekend. We need to pray to God and Mary for our clergy and the state of the church that things get much better, not just because of now, but always.
Oh my God!
Here's some creative thinking for Archbishop Lori, bring back the Latin Mass and you will see attendance grow. Put Christ back into the Mass.
What will be done with the beautiful historic buildings? So are people going to have to travel further to attend Mass? Is St Francis Xavier easily accessible to out of state visitors?
Sad to hear the closure of Catholic Church in the US. What’s going on ?
Priests have a duty to evangelize and grow the faith and not be bound to the rectory.
The lay people need to step up
Parishioners are also supposed to evangelize. How many of them have fulfilled that duty?
Not only Priest Do Evangelisation but Every one of us must take Part in Evangelisation. We pray Our catholic s.
Faith without work is like a tree without fruits, do good works and worship because work is worship!
Pray for catholic church ,,,❤
Pray for Christian revival
No alarm. Return with humble and concrite to Our Good God. He is merciful and forgiving. There is no closure in heaven. Why worry, God is with His Church, and He will never abandon it, period.
Many go on zoom to have church services. Saves travelling time ,,& money on transportation. In this era of computerisation, it can very stressful to rish around. Many work at home & so does the church meets through zoom.
The people are the church the buildings are not as important than people hearts and souls that follow christ.
True
It’s because of the lost of money going to all those lawsuits. Have a better way of vetting who can become ordained.
In any church, without financial support by the faithful, it will be closed.
People dont go to Mass, yet they blame priests and bishops.
TLM brings in families. Novus Ordo is so Protestant-like and turns families away to parish mikes away.
@@ohwhataday7171 Stop sowing discord among brothers. If you were as smart as you think you were, then you'd know that Novus Ordo increased mass attendance and conversion rates in countries that aren't English-speaking ones.
Come to church and pray pray pray the rosary
Catholics should conduct door to door ministry to revive church attendance. go to houses. invite people back to attend church participate.
After that they are going to hear the Pope or priest saying it doesn't. What you believe , just wait your turn to go to heaven
@@whatisthetruth.8793 it doesn't what?
@@whatisthetruth.8793 Why do you insist upon sowing discord among brothers?
Invite people to give their lives to God
@@peterblackburn272 same
It’s happening in NYC too. The important thing IMO is to at least preserve the beautiful church buildings for when the faithful are ready to return. It’s too painful when the building is sold to developers who tear it down for a condo with another Starbucks.
It is not accidental,God has a purpose for each and everything that happens to humans,lets seek the Lord in truth and in spirit,its about personal relationship with Jehovah God.😢
While CATHOLIC Churches in Philippines is getting stronger forever.
No a Catholic church building is not a mere building , but the terbanacle with the real presence. Have they been renting the buildings ?if not why sell them off , why don't you arrange with parishioners on how to keep them maintained , just cut costs on power ,water and staff ,but let the sanctuaries remain .
I like your view!
That's "tabernacle," my friend.
People are more important than buildings.
The churches are closing due to the bad Pastors who say that people do not need to convert into the Catholic Church ⛪️. There are some Pastors that dos not preach the True Gospel of Jesus Christ. Let’s pray for our pastors 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
So sad....ooh my God.