Our Lady of Hope Blog

Moving Forward

by Fr. John  |  09/24/2023  |  Words from Fr. John

Since the pandemic in 2020, many churches, Catholic and Protestant, have suffered with the loss of active parishioners. In many Catholic churches throughout the country, but especially here in New England, the various faith formation classes for our young people have also continued to shrink. There is no magic program to get families back to church, but as Catholics, we do have something besides programs; we have the Holy Eucharist.

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