[Magdalen] Heather Cook

[ME Michaud]

But it's not about you. And it's not about me.

It's about the church (and people who have both fiduciary and spiritual
responsibilities).
-M


On Wednesday, November 4, 2015, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> From: ME Michaud
>
> time. After a vestry meeting, someone would say, "God, I need a drink." It
>> took me a long time to realize what sounded like amusing irony wasn't. It
>>
>
> Well, in my experience the post vestry version was always "I'm hungry." Is
> that a code for gluttony?
>
> We went out to eat -- often in a place where we could get a glass of wine.
> And there it stopped. I'm sorry to hear your vestry experience was
> different.
>
> me a long time to realize that at diocesan events about a third of the
>> people didn't return after the afternoon break (dawn broke when I was
>> asked
>>
>
> I suppose there are dioceses out there that might drive people to drink,
> but again, not my experience. One might see a dozen delegates or so having
> a nightcap at the hotel bar.  And AFAIK, all toddled off to bed fairly
> quickly as breakfast started at 7:30 AM.
>
> I'm sorry to hear that alcoholism was so rampant in your parish and
> diocese. But in a dozen parishes and three dioceses, this was never any
> experience I could relate to.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>
>