The pain was palpable at five Delco parishes this weekend. Their beloved houses of worship are going by the boards.
In the lower end, Holy Saviour in Lower Chichester and Immaculate Conception in Marcus Hook are due to be merged into St. John Fisher in Upper Chichester.
In the eastern end of the county, St. Alice will merge into St. Laurence in Upper Darby; St. Cyril's in East Lansdowne will join St. Philomena in Lansdowne, and St. Louis in Yeadon will become part of BVM in Darby Borough. That story is here.
And here is our editorial on the crucial role of the church in these towns.
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