Could reducing Sunday Mass locations be a key to increasing Catholic church attendance?

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LUXEMBURG — Since the 1800s, two institutions have been a constant for families in Luxemburg: Holy Trinity Catholic Church and Ungs Shopping Center.
At the small town’s four-way stop intersection, Holy Trinity’s steeple has towered over the town’s general store, just across the street from the church, since 1875. The Ungs family has been part of Luxemburg since the church’s first construction in 1857.
For decades, Mike Ungs, the fourth generation in his family to run the store for groceries, sundries and farm supplies, has watched the two change with the times — often in tandem.
Growing up, he remembers how hours at the family business used to be set around Mass.
“It used to be a big part of our business,” Ungs said. “You’d sell eight or 10 dozen doughnuts (on Sunday.) Sunday was family day, so people would pick up sliced meat for picnics.”
In the 1860s or 1870s, before it was sold to …