Beacons Of Light

Currently we have four parishes, with one pastor, operating as a family of parishes under the name Holy Family, Clermont Co. Under Beacons of Light, the goal set by the Archdiocese is that the 210 parishes within 57 Parish Families will become 57 parishes. 

The Archdiocese has addressed this over the last three years, and we have been working towards this goal for over a year now.  We have had several parish meetings on this topic.  Family Parish Council discusses Beacons of Light at each of their meetings.

We are currently discussing whether amalgamation or merging is the path to proceed.  To recap:
amalgamation means one of the parishes remains, while the other three parishes are absorbed into that single parish.  After amalgamation, we would still have four church buildings with the churches' names, but only one Parish name, into which the other churches were amalgamated.  Merging means that all four parishes become one new parish.  All four churches are united into one parish under a new name, for example: Holy Family.  The end result is the same, the difference is the legal path to get there.  
Either way, each of our four churches will continue to operate as "normal" unless unforeseen circumstances occur over the next few years.  Possible changes of circumstance might include: loss of Sunday Masses due to removal of weekend priests, drastically low attendance, or funds insufficient to cover operating costs over a long period of time.
All four of our churches are valued and vital members of our Parish Family, and we plan that all four churches will continue to be active churches into the future, but within a single parish.