SPRINGFIELD — Fewer baptisms, weddings and churchgoers, along with a shrinking number of priests and rising deaths and funerals, are prompting the Diocese of Springfield to rethink how it serves Catholics across western Massachusetts. Church closures may be part of the process, which will include input from parishioners through a series of listening sessions over […]
Author Archives: Samuel Gelinas
Samuel Gelinas is the hilltown reporter with the Daily Hampshire Gazette, covering the towns of Williamsburg, Cummington, Goshen, Chesterfield, Plainfield, and Worthington, and also the City of Holyoke. He can be reached at sgelinas@gazettenet.com.
