A March 17, 2005 article, Laying a foundation for future generations, reported on newly dedicated church buildings, including that of St. Martin of Tours parish here in Franklin.
As director of administration Mark Mitchell tells it, the 1998 consolidation of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Franklin and Holy Assumption in St. Martin "created a community too large" for either of those parish churches. The archdiocese "mandated a planning process with the eventual goal of building a larger worship space."
I noted that in an October 2, 2003 article, Adapting to change is driving force behind mergers, reported there were 1,300 families at Sacred Hearts before the merger, and after absorbing Holy Assumption, there ultimately were still 1,300 families in the merged parish.
Mark Mitchell, the parish's director of administration, who is quoted in the later article, says the 1997 status animarium report for Sacred Hearts showed 3,455 parishioners, and the 1998 report for the merged St. Martin's parish showed 3,931. Further, the old church building frequently required people to stand, even in the narthex, during Mass. That was the situation in which the decision was made to build the new church building.
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