[Magdalen] Sabbatical in England - not me, but I wish!

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Jo a now retired clergy friend here in Houston did this a few times. Want me to check with him?  Can you send me a reminder email Monday? I'm still out of town with "creeping fried brain"
Lynn

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On Mar 6, 2015, at 8:59 PM, Jo Craddock <jocraddock at gmail.com> wrote:

Oh, I didn't intend to imply such, Roger! I think Mark holds hope for covering vacation terms for others. I'm told a "clergy housing swap site" in the CofE was initiated in 2011, but holds no posts since 2012. I should have been clearer: is there another source for such information?

I'm assuming he's acquainted with the permissions needed; we've had CofE priests within BR, so it seems to me such things may have come up in deanery discussion, but I've not asked.

Thanks, and

Peace,
Jo

> On 03/06/2015 6:28 PM, Roger Stokes wrote:
> The first point I have to make is that I cannot offer accommodation or an altar.  My apartment is of very modest size and when I officiate it is as a guest of somebody else.  A priest ordained in and for TEC also needs permission from the Archbishop here, ++Canterbury for most of England, if they are to officiate in the Church of England as well as diocesan permission.  The latter might well be subsumed into the archiepiscopal permission for a short visit.
> 
> A clearer idea of what Fr Mark would like to do would be helpful in making suggestions.  I expect to be in the USA in mid-June, arriving back this side of the pond on the Nativity of St John the Baptist, but would be happy to meet and discuss C/E perspectives if he wishes.