The new parish administrator and so-called pastor at St Ann Maronite Catholic Church in Troy, New York, has so far been a disappointment. He has no pastoral experience, his English is terrible and he can’t preach. He’s very secretive and doesn’t share parish information (perhaps because of his poor English). Caused a lot of problems so far.
The so-called “new church” is an absolute disaster in terms of planning. There are simply not enough parishioners to maintain the old church (there are perhaps only 40 or so families in the parish and only a fraction attend liturgy regularly or contribute). The hope of occupying the new church or even finishing it, much less maintaining it, is a farce.
I noted that the link to the St Ann Donations on line link is not working and goes to an old web page; this is typical of the micromanagement style there; control everything, do nothing right. Nice work! Way to go if you’re looking for donations.
More on these issues at: http://maronites.wordpress.com/
Thanks.
???? query re this revival of an old thread. Hope things are not as bleak as this post seems to indicate.