[ISL] "Keeping the faith: How some churches stay busy after Christmas"
CBC News' Nicole Williams reports on the struggle of Island churches to have parishoners who attend holiday services attend non-holiday services, too.
For many Christians, attending church is a biannual tradition on two major holidays: Christmas and Easter - but many churches would like to see people in pews for the other Sundays of the year.
"We had over 600 people," said Karen MacCannell, a pastoral associate at St. Francis of Assisi Parish, a Catholic church in Cornwall, P.E.I., of Christmas weekend.
MacCannell said big crowds are typical at Christmas and Easter, where they need set up extra seating and even an overflow room in the church basement.
But it's not so much the case the rest of the year.
"It definitely fluctuates," said MacCannell.
For many Christians, attending church is a biannual tradition on two major holidays: Christmas and Easter - but many churches would like to see people in pews for the other Sundays of the year.
"We had over 600 people," said Karen MacCannell, a pastoral associate at St. Francis of Assisi Parish, a Catholic church in Cornwall, P.E.I., of Christmas weekend.
MacCannell said big crowds are typical at Christmas and Easter, where they need set up extra seating and even an overflow room in the church basement.
But it's not so much the case the rest of the year.
"It definitely fluctuates," said MacCannell.