To Whom It May Concern:

It appears to me that the closing of Sacred Heart Parish is not a good decision.  I am an organist and can best addresss my comments concerning the music provided by the parish.  The archdiocese did an excellent job of trying to keep communites together and find churches with enough pew space and parking space to accommodate the closed parishes.  However, the musical styles Sacred Heart and St. Brigid's in Lexington are very different.  It is not a given that the two parished can be merged easily.  In fact, in the case of Sacred Heart I anticipate most of the parshioners not going to St. Brigid's.  I have played at both and personnally prefer the more traditional liturgy of St. Brigid's but most of the people in the parish do not share my preferences.  To illustrate my point the current music director is a predominately a pianist as is the case with other parishes.  It would seem that some other means of mechanism for accomodating the lack of priests would be in order.  

Lexington, MA 02420