Many countries and dioceses would benefit from a vigorous Eucharistic Revival and Adoration spiritual campaign or more parishes may close.
Holy Hours and Communion if parish becomes a mission — A distressed daily Communicant Catholic told us her rural parish (consisting of 4 parishes in one) was assigned a retired priest. Masses were cut back to Sunday Obligation only. She misses Jesus and will approach priest to ask for a key again to make a daily Holy Hour. In some places, when there is no priest available for Mass, Communion services are offered.
If a diocese unfortunately has to downsize where Catholics still live but their local remote parishes were closed, in 2007, the Vatican’s Dicastry for Laity and Family Life endorsed Houses of Adoration as an alternative. Even for devotional reasons, bishops can grant permission for homes of the laity to have a room or chapel where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved. More Catholics may need or want to move if nearby parish close if this is not an option, due to travel issues and costs to get to daily or weekly Mass, especially if there is no reliable or safe public transportation system in the diocese.
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