[Magdalen] Parish in crisis, was Re: Some Christmas music

[ME Michaud]

As it was explained to me in a dark time,
the bishop serves as chief pastor of the clergy
and is far more concerned with the property and the parish's asking
than with the laity, however faithful.

Some bishops may not be like that, but ours have been.
-M


On Thursday, December 17, 2015, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> it is indeed a sticky wicket... I think that the authority between bishop
> and rector is a unique one that is in many ways 'hands off' on the part of
> the bishop unless there is an infraction of canon law, and sometimes not
> even then... in difficult situations with a 'call' that becomes anything
> from awkward to bordering on evil, I've observed the church/parish can very
> well end up twisting in the wind.
>