Are priests ordained to keep churches open?

Are priests ordained to keep churches open? New York Auxiliary Bishop Joseph A. Espaillat lays hands on Aaron Salvan, an Archdiocese of New York seminarian, during his ordination to the transitional diaconate at St Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, NY, November 9, 2024. Photo: OSV News / Gregory A. Shemitz.

I spent ten very happy years in Murragh & Templemartin parish in mid Cork. Like many rural parishes, it has two churches, a big one in Newcestown (the parish church) and a much smaller, much older one in Farnivane. And, as is the case in many rural parishes, preserving the second church and assuring its…

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