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St. Louis Catholic parishioners push back against Archdiocese consolidation plan
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ST. LOUIS – More than 3,000 Catholic parishioners continued to speak out against the Archdiocese of St. Louis All Things New restructuring plans on Wednesday. The parishioners are hoping to find a way to prevent parishes from merging or shutting down. The restructuring plans of the church have some parishioners on edge.
“They’re going to officially promulgate this on Pentecost Sunday in May, but there is no indication that they are changing,” said Dr. Bob Onder. “They’ve not shown any willingness to speak to me or to anyone else from Save Our St. Louis Parishes.”
Onder is the procurator for the group of 3,100 parishioners, who he said are from parishes across the diocese.
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“That one percent was mostly by word of mouth, website, a few public events that we’ve done,” he said. “Each of that one percent had to find two witnesses to co-sign their petition.”
The All Things New website said the church has been gathering data for more than a year. It said the decreasing number of people attending church, baptisms, weddings, and new priests were some of the key reasons for the change. It also showed draft plans for merging churches, something Onder said impacts areas that are seeing growth.
“There are others that are thriving here in St. Charles County, in Franklin County, Lincoln County, Jefferson County, and yet many of those are on the chopping block too,” Onder said. “So again, if there is anything that needs to change, any parishes that need to merge or close, it needs to be a case-by-case basis.”
A spokesperson for the Archdiocese of St. Louis sent the following statement about All Things New:
“From the very beginning of All Things New, we have been asking the question, “Which communities does it make most sense to have come together in light of demographic shifts, evangelization, and social outreach efforts, resources, and priest availability?”
Over the past year, the Archdiocese of St. Louis has received feedback from 70,000 parishioners across the Archdiocese through the Disciple Maker Index (DMI) Survey; hosted nearly 350 listening sessions at 178 parishes; surveyed 18,000 parish school parents, administrators, teachers, staff, donors, community partners, and volunteers; compiled sacramental, financial, and demographic statistics for every parish and school; met with community, civic, and business organizations; held focus groups; and had conversations at the deanery and parish levels, both in groups and one-on-one.
“As outlined in the All Things New process, Archbishop Rozanski has begun his discernment phase and will review the data collected before making his decisions and sharing them publicly on Pentecost,” said Fr. Chris Martin with the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. – Two people are behind bars after a man reportedly attacked a Jefferson County deputy with a screwdriver during an attempted arrest over the weekend.
Prosecutors have charged Nicholas Davis, 47, and Amanda Davis, 45, of Dittmer, Missouri, with felonies in the investigation.
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The alleged attack followed a traffic stop of a driver in the 9500 block of Jones Creek Road on July 7, though the driver was not Nicholas or Amanda.
According to court documents obtained by FOX 2, Nicholas reportedly came out of his nearby home, yelled at a deputy and started approaching him while holding a screwdriver. The deputy initially ordered Nicholas to back away, then used pepper spray.
Per court documents, the deputy attempted to arrest Nicholas, who then struck him in the chest with the screwdriver. Amanda reportedly approached the deputy and pulled him away from Nicholas before both ran inside their home.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says the situation prompted an hours-long standoff involving negotiators, a SWAT team and a K-9 deputy. The situation led to Nicholas refusing warnings and being bitten by a K-9.
Nicholas and Amanda are both jailed in the Jefferson County Jail without bond. Nicholas is charged with first-degree assault on a special victim and armed criminal action. Amanda is charged with resisting/interfering with arrest.
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ST. LOUIS — The new St. Louis schools superintendent will be officially sworn into office today. Dr. Keisha Scarlett took over the job in July after the retirement of Dr. Kelvin Adams. She was assistant superintendent in the Seattle Public School District. The installation ceremony is at 6:15 p.m. before the regular school board meeting.
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ST. LOUIS — A gasoline tanker truck crashed into a Metro transit center near Riverview and Hall Streets early Tuesday morning and knocked over a power pole. The pole is leaning on other power lines. Police have the area blocked off here because there is a downed power line. Ameren and Metro crews are also on the scene.
The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. It’s still unclear exactly what caused the crash, but we do that there was a second vehicle somehow involved. The airbags on that second vehicle did deploy.
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Police at the scene have not been able to give us a lot of details. Metro officials tell FOX 2 that the transit center here is operating this morning for passengers and buses. Access to certain areas will be limited here as clean up unfolds.
A Metro spokesperson says half of the station isn’t being used right now because of safety issues. It isn’t impacting overall bus operations, everything is just happening on the other side of transit center.
The extent of the damage to the actual transit center is still unclear, but I’m told it does not appear to be extreme. A Metro spokesperson tells me there were no injuries to any metro workers or passengers. The tanker driver also was not injured.
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