[Magdalen] Down-hearted

[Marion Thompson]

If the priest has any fans it is with the small  remnant from the 
church's earliest days in the 50's &n 60's, no more than 5, but we all 
know that it only takes one.  The church went anglo-catholic more than 
50 years ago.    There is no question that he is firm in his purpose and 
it would seem happy imposing his own values.  The Area bishop herself is 
low church and always comments that we're the odd ones out.  She would 
be happy to see our style go away, incense, bells, the lot.  To whom 
could people appeal if they were to get up their courage to say 
something?  The fix is in.

Marion, a pilgrim
On 8/17/2015 7:19 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
> I wonder if the priest has any positive vibrations at all from the
> congregation.  It has to be a nasty job if he is just dismantling
> everything the parish values. Has the bishop any idea of what the values of
> the parish are?  Does he wish that this form of parish would just go away
> and stop bothering him?
>
> Sad excuses for people under orders.
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 7:14 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
>> wrote:
>> On 17/08/2015 22:20, ME Michaud wrote:
>>
>>> I am remembering a friend who was sent as interim to a
>>> struggling parish with the Bishop's words ringing in his
>>> ears:
>>>
>>> "Fix it or kill it."
>>>
>> I have gone to parishes which were thought to have no hope but have worked
>> with the people and the tradition I found there to try to work out a viable
>> future.  Yes, there were difficulties and conflict but they found a future
>> which respected their past.  "Fix it" should never mean "make it something
>> that denies its essence".
>>
>> Roger
>>