ALBANY, N.Y. -- Catholics in Delaware and Otsego Counties are learning this weekend that some of their local churches are closing.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany announced 33 worship sites will close their doors because of low attendance and a shortage of priests.

The closures are all part of the "Plan to BE Church", which has been in the works for the last 2 and a half years.

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• Our Lady of Good Counsel Mission Church in Roxbury will close immediately.

• The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mission Church in Edmeston will close by July 1, 2009.


• St. Mary's Mission Church in Sharon Springs will close by December 31, 2009.


• Blessed Sacrament Mission Church in Springfield Center will close by October 18, 2009.


• St. Thomas in Cherry Valley will become a mission church of St. Mary's in Cooperstown by July 1, 2010, with both to remain open

You can read the complete statement about the changes at the Diocese website.