BOSTON (AP) – Two more Roman Catholic church congregations said they plan to occupy their churches in an attempt to block their scheduled closing by the Archdiocese of Boston, which would bring to 10 the number of parishes where round-the-clock sit-ins are taking place.

Parishioners of St. Jeremiah in Framingham issued a news release last Friday, saying they expect to stage a sit-in at their church, slated to be closed Dec. 1. At Sacred Heart in South Natick, parishioner Anne Green said that parishioners there intend to protest an expected closing next month.

Meanwhile, the Council of Parishes, a group of 13 congregations that support the occupiers, held a workshop Saturday to educate would-be protesters about issues they may come up when occupying a church, Green said. Among the topics addressed were how to coordinate with police and fire officials to ensure public safety, and what to do if church officials arrive to change the locks.

The council’s members include eight parishes that are staging vigils: Infant Jesus-St. Lawrence in Brookline, St. Albert the Great in Weymouth, St. Anselm in Sudbury, St. Bernard in Newton, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini in Scituate, St. James the Greater in Wellesley, St. Therese in Everett and Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the East Boston neighborhood.

Also participating in the council are St. Catherine of Siena in the Charlestown neighborhood, Sacred Heart in Lexington, St. Thomas of the Apostle in Peabody, St. Jeremiah in Framingham and Sacred Heart in South Natick.

“Between now and early December we should have at least three or four more (church vigils), absent, of course, a change of circumstance brought about by the archdiocese,” council cochairman Peter Borre told The Boston Globe. Borre declined to name the parishes.

The campaign is part of a steady drumbeat of opposition to the archdiocese’s plan to close or consolidate 82 of its 357 parishes to adapt to changes in church demographics, declining Mass attendance, a priest shortage and other factors.

The closings follow the clergy sexual abuse crisis and an $85 million settlement the archdiocese paid to alleged victims who brought claims of abuse against priests, although church officials have said the parish closings were not prompted by the settlement.

The archdiocese temporarily has put off some closings that had been announced, the most recent at St. James in Stoughton.

The archdiocese’s willingness to reconsider some aspects of the closings reflects input from parishioners, clergy and community members, along with Archbishop Sean P. O’Malley’s willingness to adapt to “new information,” said Ann Carter, an archdiocesan spokeswoman.

Early last month, O’Malley said he had asked a panel to examine the reconfiguration process.

“Archbishop Sean continues to acknowledge the pain and sadness being felt by people whose parish communities are closing and changing,” Carter said. “He has also reaffirmed his commitment to better communicate his vision, purposes and goals for our archdiocese and is most grateful for the advice of many Catholics about how to continue with the completion of this reconfiguration process.”

However dissatisfied parishioners told the Globe they are not being heard, and that some reprieves being granted to churches only delay the inevitable.