During the St. Al's Parish Council discussion in the late 1990s on the condition of and possible other uses for the former convent, the comment was made that the Sisters aren't coming back.
Talking about this bit of remodeling opened the door to other building agendas, including the then-pastor's burning desire to eliminate the rectory. Even though at least two other priests would have lived there had it remained a residence, the residence portion was converted to offices. Looks like the priests aren't coming back.
A look at the stats for District 16 [6 pp. pdf] shows not only the parish's dismal 27% attendance. It also shows that the total seating capacity of the four Sunday Masses would be exceeded if the parish actually achieved the Archdiocesan goal of increasing attendance by twenty percentage points. Looks like the current church was designed assuming the people aren't coming back.
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