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<title>NCPR Topical RSS: roman-catholic</title>
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<itunes:summary>NCPR provides locally-produced news stories from around the Adirondack and North Country regions of New York State, as well as Western Vermont, and Ontario and Quebec in Canada.</itunes:summary>
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<title>Church officials say priest shortage will worsen</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 8, 2012) Church officials in Ogdensburg say Roman Catholic parishes across the North Country will lose roughly a third of their priests over the next decade.The Diocese has expanded efforts to recruit new seminarians willing to serve as priests.  But the rapid decline is forcing big changes in the way Catholic churches operate.  Brian Mann spoke recently with Bishop Terry LaValley and has this update. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19453/20120308/church-officials-say-priest-shortage-will-worsen">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Church officials in Ogdensburg say Roman Catholic parishes across the North Country will lose roughly a third of their priests over the next decade.The Diocese has expanded efforts to recruit new seminarians willing to serve as priests.  But the rapid decline is forcing big changes in the way Catholic churches operate.  Brian Mann spoke recently with Bishop Terry LaValley and has this update. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19453/20120308/church-officials-say-priest-shortage-will-worsen">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>photolead, religion, roman catholic, faith, diocese of ogdensburg, stlv, bishop lavalley, [loc:44.6942291 -75.4863364], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Press-Republican:  Another Catholic school may have to close</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 28, 2011) The Plattsburgh Press-Republican is reporting that another of the region’s Catholic schools may be forced to close.  St. Mary’s Academy in the town of Champlain is facing $80,000 in debts and declining enrollments.  Brian Mann has details. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17225/20110228/press-republican-another-catholic-school-may-have-to-close">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Plattsburgh Press-Republican is reporting that another of the region’s Catholic schools may be forced to close.  St. Mary’s Academy in the town of Champlain is facing $80,000 in debts and declining enrollments.  Brian Mann has details. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17225/20110228/press-republican-another-catholic-school-may-have-to-close">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>adirondacks, education, champlain valley, diocese of ogdensburg, schools, enrollment, roman catholic, photolead, [loc:44.9864273 -73.4465251], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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