I understand that some people may be upset that "their" church is closing, but it's important to remember that 1) no one 'owns' the church.. each local church is united to a larger, more universal Church. Yeah, your traditional "Irish" parish may close, but that brings me to a second point, 2) You can't complain about your church closing if you only attend it twice a year (Christmas and Easter). The fact is this-- the number of people attending mass weekly has declined severely, and in case you haven't noticed, the pews are typically filled with people over the age of 60. You cannot expect "your church" to stay open when you literally enter it twice a year.

The Spanish-speaking Catholics, Filipinos/Vietnamese, etc. have been the ones who bring FAMILIES to their respective churches. I grew up in an Italian parish (we'd have mass in Italian certain times in the year, hymns/feasts) but guess what? The Italians either 1) died out or 2) stopped attending mass all-together.