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

[Scott Knitter]

Update: Our bishop has appointed both of the clerics who were being
considered: Bp. Jelinek will arrive the second week of January to be
our bishop-in-charge (I don't know for how long...I gather less than a
year, as terms of 4-6 months were being mentioned at the parish
meeting), and Fr. James Dunkerley (already on our staff) will be Bp.
Jelinek's "pastoral associate." An apparent compromise, although some
in the parish won't see it that way. Anyway, this arrangement may
bring both some fixing and some continuity.

On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 7:41 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
> Of course, you would be perfect for the job! Thank you for your
> prayers...we need as much prayer as possible. The prospect of going to
> church on Sunday is a bit intimidating to me. For one thing, we won't
> have a deacon of the Mass, so things will look a bit different up
> front, and I can just hear the blaming that'll happen about that. Or
> something else if not that. These sorts of adjustments are sometimes
> necessary when a priest is run out of the parish.
>
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 7:29 PM, anthony clavier
> <anthonyfmclavier at gmail.com> wrote:
>> You need a gruff old priest who can't be intimidated and is good at short
>> term sorting out expedition. Unfortunately I'm busy. (Grin)
>>
>> I'm fond of your parish and have you all in my prayers.
>
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> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA



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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA