Three Philadelphia and two Delaware County parishes will take part in the Philadelphia Archdiocese’s Pastoral Planning Initiative this year.
The Archdiocese announced Sunday the following parishes will enter the Initiative:
Delaware County
- Sacred Heart – Clifton Heights
- Saint Charles Borromeo – Drexel Hill
Philadelphia
- Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – South Philadelphia
- Saint Nicholas of Tolentine – South Philadelphia
- Saint Rita – South Philadelphia
The Pastoral Planning Initiative, which was launched in 2010, is a process in which the Philadelphia Archdiocese examines whether a parish possesses the “necessary resources to remain a vibrant and sustainable faith community."
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Under the Initiative, a parish could remain open with no change, merge with two or more churches to form a new parish or partner with another parish, a new model in which both churches remain open with their own finances but are both led by one pastor, pastoral council and staff.
