[Magdalen] Heather Cook

[Lynn Ronkainen]

At my former parish (there for 22 years) here in town the rector made it "dry" about 10 years into his tenure in the late 1990s. Only real pushback which pretty much disappeared in a year or so was the loss of serving/selling wine and beer at the dinner culmination of a huge weekend-long fundraiser put on annually by our ECW. We all got over it. 

OTOH he had no real experience with any "recovery" programs or people in need of such, personally or tangentially. But he did a good thing. 

(The next rector, of whom I've spoken in the past, quickly reversed that policy). 

Lynn 

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On Nov 1, 2015, at 10:26 AM, flyingfish224--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:


I find it fascinating that we are so concerned about the "Justice" delivered in the Heather Cook matter.

The bigger question, IMNSHO, is what are we doing to change the culture where we laugh, with a wink and a tickle, at being known as "Whiskypalians"?

At our wine and cheese fundraisers, at our scotch tastings as an after dinner activity at a parish retreat (my parish), at excuses to use champagne for sacramental wine, at the sacred sherry after the 11:00 Sunday service.

Yes, I am in recovery.  Yes, I am a party poop.  But addiction, and specifically alcoholism, is killing our brothers and sisters.  We cannot keep silent

Renee