Perish the thought, parish the memory

Gene Horn took a Stroll Down Memory Lane in the October 16, 2009 Milwaukee Catholic Herald.

Currently, the 10-county Archdiocese of Milwaukee is comprised of 210 parishes, compared to 277 in 1998, indicating a loss of 67 due to mergers.

That's six per year, a pace that would take us to zero in 2044.