"It's very upsetting. It's kind of like a death," Emily Cassady told KCCI Channel 8 News out of Des Moines, Iowa. Cassady was talking about the closure of Assumption Parish in Churchville, Iowa, a rural community about 20 miles southeast of Des Moines.
Assumption Parish was established in 1855 and the first church built in 1859, but that ended after Masses Aug. 31. Assumption is now a shrine, a building available for Sunday Masses about once a month or for special occasions, such as weddings and funerals.
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