Changes

The news is out, big layoffs finally official from the Archdiocese of Boston. Rumor has it that Kathy and Steve have kept their jobs, but the office is being combined in the Family Life Office (whatever that is!) and the Young Adult Office. Boston used to be the diocese that set the bar- and now we're seeing Youth Ministry pushed aside and moved out of sight. I don't know how much the OYM staff can do, in this kind of a setup, and if they can't do much, I can't see the RCAB keeping the office alive. Maybe it's the best thing that can happen- we can wipe the slate clean, start building great things in parish Youth Ministry, build strength on the regional level, and then the future Bishops will see a need for diocesan leadership again someday. Part of me wonders if that is what Fr. Tom planned in his last years there?