The steeple of St. Katharine Drexel's Catholic Church in Lansford is framed against a patchwork of clouds just before 6:30 a.m. today. This church, and St. Francis of Assisi in Nesquehoning will be closed at the end of this month after the Diocese of Allentown announced another consolidation of Catholic churches in the Panther Valley. AMY MILLER/TIMES NEWS