From Boston-
Like six others before it in the last eight years, a grand Brockton church built by immigrants and shoe industrialists in the city’s heyday will close Sunday, its expenses too high and its buildings too difficult to maintain for its shrinking congregation.
The closing of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church follows those of several other once-prominent area churches, including the 156-year-old Elmwood New Church in East Bridgewater, which faces demolition because of its decrepit condition.
In Brockton, the recent closings began in 2002 with Our Lady of Ostrobrama; most recently, St. Casimir Church, a 110-year-old Lithuanian parish, shut down in 2008.
The decision to close St. Paul’s has surprised and saddened congregants including Elizabeth Vann, who teaches English as a second language at Brockton High School. Vann said she knew her church’s situation was dire but didn’t really believe its doors would shut for good. St. Paul’s was the real deal, she said, even though its numbers had dwindled over the years from the high hundreds to dozens.
More here-
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/11/25/brockton_episcopal_church_will_close_after_sunday/
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