February 15, 2023
With an extremely heavy heart, I announce we will be ceasing our 110-year
mission to provide communication tools to Catholic Parishes across the
United States. Our last print edition will be delivered to you to cover
the weekend of
February 25-26, 2023.
The management team at J.S.
Paluch spent innumerable hours over the last decade applying cost cutting
measures to cope with various economic, supply chain, and labor
challenges, not to mention the disastrous impact COVID-19 and related
lockdowns had on Church attendance. Despite every effort, we were unable
to overcome rising costs and decreased advertiser support to enable J.S.
Paluch to continue to deliver to you and your parishioners the quality
product that has been our hallmark for over a century.
Over
the past 18 months, we spent countless hours attempting to place all of
our parishes with other bulletin providers and were successful doing so
with over half of our parishes. Unfortunately, however, we were unable to
find a bulletin provider willing to take a direct assignment of your
contract to enable your parish to continue receiving bulletins under your
current contract terms. Regretfully, we have no choice but to advise you
the last bulletin to be delivered to you by J.S. Paluch will be for the
weekend of February 25-26, 2023. There are a number of reputable bulletin
providers you should contact.
As the current president of J.S.
Paluch and the granddaughter of its founders, John S. and Martha Paluch,
I am extremely grateful to you for supporting our efforts over the years,
as well as to our advertisers who have enabled us to supply you with
cost-free bulletins and each and every employee who has graced J.S.
Paluch with their dedication, creativity, and effort. I can tell you that
making the decision to terminate operations has been a tremendously
difficult and emotionally draining one. Please join me in thankful praise
to my blessed grandparents, who in 1913 conceived and brought to life the
idea of delivering printed bulletins to Churches in the Archdiocese of
Chicago, and to my blessed parents, Chester J. and Margaret (Mickey) A.
Paluch, who continued this tradition and dedicated their lives to
bringing meaningful spiritual messages in professionally prepared weekly
bulletins to thousands of parishes across the United States and Puerto
Rico. Please also keep our employees in your prayers as they seek new
opportunities.
On behalf of the Paluch family, please know we
are extremely grateful to you and your parish for having supported our
efforts these many years and we wish you Godspeed!
For
additional questions or comments, please email
parishinfo@jspaluch.com
Many blessings to you and your congregation,
Mary L. Paluch Rafferty
President, J.S. Paluch Co., Inc
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