Cleric: Catholic school closures not the end
Photo credit: Faye Murman | "Remember, this is a death in the family, but it is not the death of the family," Msgr. Hugh McManus said Sunday in Scarsdale during Mass at Our Lady of Fatima, whose school the Catholic Archdiocese of New York announced would close at the end of the school year. "We're being asked to close our school so that other schools can survive, to serve the welfare of the whole." (Jan. 27, 2013)
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Wearing green vestments, Msgr. Hugh McManus descended the steps Sunday from the Our Lady of Fatima altar, which was still adorned with poinsettias from the holidays.
He stood at the top of the first row of pews in the Scarsdale church and began his homily, a message about finding life in the death of the parish school.
"It's a very sad moment in the history of our parish. It's a sad...
