GUAM
Pacific Daily News
Haidee V Eugenio, heugenio@guampdn.com June 25, 2017
Archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes calls for sacrifices as the Archdiocese of Agana deals with financial problems, the details of which will be released to the public in the weeks to come.
“Using an analogy, in simple terms, we have maxed out our credit cards and payment is due,” Byrnes said in a June 18 pastoral letter.
David Sablan, president of Concerned Catholics of Guam, said the group is aware of an option to have the Catholic schools help the archdiocese with its finances, but he said this could end with increased student tuition and dwindling enrollment at those schools.
‘Trust issue’
Byrnes said it is unfortunate that some entities under the archdiocese got in over their financial heads, but urged everyone to come together and help those units experiencing financial difficulty.
In the weeks ahead, he said, the archdiocese will share its financial realities and challenges as well as strategies to resolve them.
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