Korean Catholics find a home of their own
12:21 AM, Jul. 28, 2012
Written by Allison Griffin
St. Andrew the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, now just over 100 years old, served believers for decades in the historic Cottage Hill neighborhood.
Long before the interstates divided whole neighborhoods and swallowed up some of Montgomery’s most prominent homes, St. Andrew’s was a flourishing parish, at times with standing-room only at divine services.
But after Interstates 85 and 65 were built in the 1960s, parishioners began to move out of the downtown neighborhood; newer churches built eastward meant they didn’t have to make the trek back to downtown to worship. The parish rolls dropped, with just a few dozen coming to services just a couple of years ago.
A parish with such dwindling numbers would be a target for closure. But St. Andrew has a new life and a new congregation — and that congregation is both grateful for a new home, and eager to become a part of the Montgomery community.
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20120728/LIFESTYLE/307280018/Korean-Catholics-find-home-their-own?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFrontpage
Not far from me is a Benedictine Abbey which almost closed as the number of monks declined. They reached out to an Abbey in Korea which belonged to the ame Benedictine Congregation and six Korean monks transferred there. They basically saved the Abbey. It truly is a universal church.
http://www.newtonosb.org/?mid=history
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