MINNESOTA
Post-Bulletin
Kay Fate, kfate@postbulletin.com
WINONA — Catholic parishes in Dodge and Fillmore counties were hit particularly hard this weekend in the Vision 2016 strategic plan announced by the Diocese of Winona.
Vision 2016, which is billed as “a strategic pastoral plan” for the diocese, has been in development since late 2011. Over the past two years, clergy and lay leaders have developed a plan designed to address changing demographics and the Church’s claim that fewer priests are available to serve the Diocese.
The goal is to finalize the plan by the spring of 2016.
Two Catholic churches in Dodge County — West Concord and Claremont — will no longer hold worship services, according to the proposal. Instead, the church in Dodge Center, St. John Baptist de la Salle, will serve as the hub parish.
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