"Parishioners are being asked to join Holy Trinity. That parish will decide the fate of the Our Lady of Visitation mission in consultation with Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila, he said."

I wonder why they have to close when they have money in the bank.  

Is it just the land, the now oh, so valuable land?  And they will not have a say so over what happens - Holy Trinity parish will decide with the Archbishop.  What that really means is they have no say so.

I am sorry this is happening.  I wonder if it is really a priest shortage.  Oh, if only the Church and the Archbishop recognized the value of these communities - the value they have to one another, how much they mean to one another and how they help each other live out their faith.  And, if the land is so valuable why can't they decide perhaps to sell and create their own real parish, or abandon the parish and create a school or a community center close by - something that gives them a place to gather as a community?