[Magdalen] prayers for my former parish

[Grace Cangialosi]

Looking back over your original post, Jay, I think this will quite likely
sort itself out.  If the bishop has appointed a PIC instead of having them
get an interim, he's probably aware of the needs there.  And they could go
from a PIC directly to a rector without an interim, should the bishop
choose.  The PIC could also be called as the rector after a time, if the
congregation wanted him.  But the PIC serves entirely at the pleasure of
the bishop and for as long as the bishop wants, generally with a renewable
contract period. In our diocese a PIC is generally expected to be in place
for 3-5 years.

On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm hoping not! I think it would be a disaster on all fronts. I'm already
> seeing posts where people are saying that "if this doesn't happen because
> of church politics I'll rethink my membership" etc. etc. but those are from
> the guy's old buddies.
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Jay, I don't know the policy in TN, but I can't imagine that the bishop
> > would permit this. Interim positions here have to have the approval of
> the
> > bishop; they don't just happen because someone "offers their services."
> >
> > On March 2, 2015, at 1:53 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have just learned via a Facebook post that a former rector of the
> parish
> > I belonged to in Tennessee for many years has offered to serve as interim
> > for a year. Now this may be seen by some as a gracious offer, but IMNSHO
> it
> > is extremely self-serving. The place is currently apparently in a huge
> mess
> > both financially and spiritually following the departure of the previous
> > rector, and AFAIK has a priest-in-charge appointed by the bishop rather
> > than an interim. (I'm not totally up on church politics, but this is
> what I
> > gleaned on my last visit there on the occasion of my late ex's memorial.)
> > The PIC is a very nice guy. Also some of my old friends, who were
> seriously
> > wounded by the previous rector now offering his services but soldiered
> > faithfully on, are currently on the vestry.
> >
> > I don't know what the protocol for such a thing is, but I think it is a
> > Very Bad Idea. The guy IMNSHO has a serious Napoleon complex (yes, he is
> a
> > short little dude and he *really* likes to throw his weight around) and I
> > honestly believe he sees himself as riding in on a white horse to "save"
> > the place. I know there is a certain faction within the parish that would
> > just LOVE to see him back (he left to become headmaster of an Episcopal
> > school in NC) but I also know that there are others who might very well
> > leave, and I strongly suspect that it would keep my daughter and her
> family
> > from returning, or that they will be among those leaving. I am devoutly
> > hoping that God, the bishop, and the vestry will say no. In any case,
> > prayers are requested for All Saints,' Morristown, TN.
> >
>



-- 
Grace Cangialosi
Ruckersville, VA

It's a good thing Mary didn't have to wait for a Doctrine of the
Incarnation
before she said "Yes" to God.