Live From the Newsroom tackles Catholic parish closings tonight

Everyone knew it was coming. That did not make this week's announcement by the archdiocese that several longtime Delaware County parishes would close their doors any easier to take.

Nine parishes will be merged into four on July 1.

In Upper Darby, St. Alice will merge into St. Laurence.

St. Cyril of Alexandria in East Lansdowne will join St. Philomena in Lansdowne.

St. Louis in Yeadon will be welcomed into Blessed Virgin Mary in Darby.

And in the county's lower end, Immaculate Conception in Marcus Hook, along with Holy Saviour in Lower Chichester, will be merged into St. John Fisher.

Tonight we'll talk to some parishioners who are not hapy with the moves.

Joe DiMarco, a longtime public figure in Upper Chi and also a longtime member of Holy Saviour, will join our 'Live From the Newsroom' show to talk about the mergers and why so many people in the lower end are upset with it. He'll be joined by several other members of the affected parishes.

It is what Catholics all over the county are talking about, and we'll be talking about it tonight on our live-stream Internet broadcast.

Why not join the conversation? If you have a question concerning the mergers you'd like to see addressed, email it to me at editor@delcotimes.com. Then tune in to the live show tonight at 7 and take part in our live chat.

We'll be talking church closings and mergers live tonight at 7!

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