[Magdalen] Retirement

[Louise Laughton]

Younger people don't know what a fifth is; booze has been metric for a while now. I remember a story, perhaps apocryphal, about  Baptists who followed one year's highly successful slogan, "A Million More in '54," with the next year's "Every Four Bring a Fifth." Backtracking became imperative.

On Oct 20, 2014, at 9:10 AM, Jay Weigel wrote:

And I'll fourth it. Now who'll have a fifth? *Listens for the clamor*

On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Congratulations, Roger, wish I could be in Summerville this week-end to see
> you and the Wilders.
> Judy
> 
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> "Old clergy never die; they just go out to pastor."
>> 
>> Gordon Cosby used to say that retirement wasn't a Christian notion,
>> because we are always called to ministry. When he died at 95, he was
> still
>> involved, and board meetings were held in the apartment so he wouldn't
> have
>> to go out.
>> 
>>> On Oct 19, 2014, at 11:41 PM, Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Congrats, Roger upon reaching this, the height of living!
>>> You know, having had priests in the family, I've often thought that
>>> retirement for them is a bit of a misnomer. My father-in-law was I
>>> think more busy doing locums, temporary  takeovers in other priests'
>>> extenuating circumstances, etc. etc.,  after his retirement than
>>> before. There is an Instant Sunshine song about Judges, that really
>>> applies to priests, too. It's Habeas Corpse, with a refrain like this:
>>> "Old judges never die, they don't even fade away!"
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> Lesley de Voil
>>> 
>>>> On 10/20/14, P. Dan Brittain <pdan.brittain at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>>>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> In a message dated 10/19/2014 9:32:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>>>> jguthrie at pipeline.com writes:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Congratulations and welcome to the  club!>>>
>>>>> 
>>>>> What Jim said!
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'll third that.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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> 
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> 
> --
> Judy Fleener, ObJN
> Western Michigan
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