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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