Posted on 07/11/2020 4:59:00 PM PDT by marshmallow
The Diocese of Pittsburgh cited ongoing challenges caused by the covid-19 pandemic as reasons for staff layoffs and the relocation of its central administration.
A staff realignment includes eliminating 11 positions and reducing hours for two positions, the diocese said in a news release Tuesday.
Diocesan operations are being moved from the Pastoral Center on the Boulevard of the Allies in Downtown Pittsburgh to St. Paul Seminary on Noblestown Road.
Staff changes take effect Aug. 1. The move to Saint Paul Seminary — said to be the only diocesan property that can accommodate all employees — will be a gradual transfer over the next six months, expected to be finished by Dec. 31.
Bishop David Zubik and members of his senior team shared the information with staff members and clergy in online conferences Tuesday afternoon.
The diocese said the pandemic exacerbated a long-term decline in Mass attendance and donations. Diocesan churches were closed on March 13.
The diocese warned that other measures may be required to reduce and manage costs.
“Bishops across the United States are dealing with the same issues, but that doesn’t make this any easier,” Zubik said in the statement. “Nobody is exempt from the fall out of the virus. All of our lives have been dramatically changed.”
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I suggest Catholic churches should stop teaching and advocating anti-white racist ideologies.
JoMa
Los Angeles has cut back on personnel severely also, according to a friend who works at the arch diocese. Priests were also asked to voluntarily give back $300 per month of their stipend. My friends salary was reduced to what it was in 2010. People with 20 or 30 years of experience were laid off or reduced to half time.
My Pittsburgh Diocese church has a big Black Lives Matter sign in front of the rectory.
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