Our Mission is to Save Souls

We are a group of parishioners across the St Cloud Diocese working to save souls by appealing the decisions to close churches & merge parishes. Canon Law says churches are Holy and Sacred places, which are only to be closed for a GRAVE concern. The Congregation for the Clergy reaffirms Canon Law that a “scarcity of diocesan clergy” and the “lack of clergy” are NOT sufficient reasons for the “suppression of parishes” or the “reduction of churches”. 73% of last years newly ordained priests were altar servers. How many altar server opportunities will be lost by closing half of our churches? A death spiral.

If we loose appeals, our Mission does NOT change. Our focus will shift to encouraging parishioners to stay with their faith, but work to maintain control of our financial contributions. Plans will be shared at a later date.

History has shown us that we will loose 25-50+ % of parishioners of churches that are being closed. Using a very conservative estimate of 10,000 parishioners affected by closures, that is 2,500 – 5,000 souls. Using a more realistic figure of 20,000 affected, that is 5,000 – 10,000 lost souls! What would Jesus do? He tells us in the “parable of the lost sheep”. What will you do? Please join us.