Five Closing Churches Celebrate Last Mass

10 Dec 2007

Worcester Ice Hazardous

"… bit of that -- you're talking about we have not seen any snow just this drizzle which can cause its own problems. I want to share in the morning commute is getting away on route nine here right by umass Medical Center. Absolutely no problems on any of the major road via the -- one point eight or route nine we've not all of them so far this morning they were finding were treated. All the truck operators -- they knew about this storm and advanced. The issue like you're saying is the secondary roads are watching this is the snow from last Monday. Now it's been covered with ice a little bit of rain very slippery -- the parking lot here this is where people are probably going to run -- there issues getting to their car. The slack insists raising it hits the ground. We had a little coating of snow early yesterday morning another. Bit of precipitation this morning it's off -- not making conditions treacherous on the untreated side roads. So …" at 0:07

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29 Jun 2008

Five Closing Churches Celebrate Last Mass

Five Worcester churches held their last Mass on Sunday, forced to close their doors because of low attendance and few sacraments.

"… Had a fairly full of tension -- attrition but Johnny can't get past the memory of family ceremonies and celebrations a life's spent here I think if they gave us the chance we couldn't read it at notre Don Dick and I Indiana bar crowd even for the final -- was on. Parishioners at holy name of Jesus organized a final maps with -- musicians that Drew hundreds of former Church members. Normal Sunday mass drop thirty or fewer people to expand to take a breath and then. Probably get involved -- that terrorists is that the tech people we want. And -- passengers will be allowed to hold its Sunday lithuanian mask for the next year. That was -- diocese is predicting more closings more changes and consolidations over the next several years. -- was early in solitary new enterprise …" at 1:30

"… It was the last mass for several Worcester churches today. They're parishioners gathering for one final service a total of five churches forced to close their doors in tonight. -- dollar carried live outside …" at 0:04

"… And the Church closings come after us find your review by the diocese and parish focus groups. Rejoicing in their memory is -- parish everybody was over involved. They're all on mourning their lives as …" at 0:29

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3 Dec 2007

Worcester Snow

"… lacy hasty. Good morning David it seems like the worst of the storm is behind us we're getting a little -- light precipitation like Mike was saying it's tough to tell exactly what it is -- change from minute to minute whether it's rain freezing rain or snow right now. Looking in my glove I would guess it's rain but the good news I don't want to bury the lead here if you are school kid. You've got the day off we just -- the award was to public schools are canceled that even though it does in the worst is behind us as you take a look behind me it's the snow bank where a parking lot of hop. Hotel right across from umass Medical Center here. Don't get don't don't be fooled by the so this is a bank we basically have essentially. An inch or so of snow here it's very. Very granular even those wet snow coming down definitely not snowball mature I want to face a video that was shot a little while ago -- photographer Tim Devlin. You tell -- Sanders were out they were ready for this storm. Ford deep on route nine at this point we did see awesome machines on route nine it was very. Tough go in …" at 0:04

"… be taking care began just basically about. And it just so granular snow -- nothing to get too concerned about but good news for the kids do you have a day off from school we …" at 1:26

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