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	Norwich Diocese Begins Study about Possibly Consolidating Services in Eastern Connecticut The Republic September 27, 2011 http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/5755140b68184ab2ac08fddfd1f9b699/CT--Church-Review/ WATERFORD, Conn. — The Diocese of Norwich has begun studying whether to consolidate services and facilities in 13 parishes along the shoreline from East Lyme to Rhode Island. The Day of New London reports (http://bit.ly/nqMUPd ) that Sister Elissa Rinere, who is overseeing the study, says the local church will not lose anything. She says officials are doing some rearranging. She says 49 Masses take place in the New London deanery within 20 minutes of one another each Sunday, with Mass attendance at each church in the deanery averaging between 180 and 185. She calls it "luxurious Catholicism." Diocese spokesman Michael Strammiello says the diocese does not plan to close parishes and will seek to preserve the identity of each church community.
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