[Magdalen] Down-hearted

[Marion Thompson]

I'm just the person to stand in the way of the bulldozer, even it makes 
no diffference in the long run.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 8/17/2015 8:47 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
> Nothing to lose, then tell the bishop she's not pastoring the flock whose
> need is this style -- and don't hold back. If you lose, why not lose large?
>
>
> 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 8:39 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>
>>>>