[Magdalen] Heather Cook

[Jim Guthrie]

On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Charles Wohlers
<charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:

> This has not been my experience at all. In the 30 years I spent in my parish
> in Mass., there was never any alcohol at church events, and I don't recall
> it ever being an issue. Same with other parishes I've belonged to or had

IIRC Advent used offer wine at "coffee hour" back in the 1960s. Certainly some 
of the other Cardinal A-C parishes did -- StPKSt, St Mark's Philadelphia, St 
Clements Philadelphia and St MtV in NYC. I don’t think any of them do on Sunday 
mornings anymore, but I **do** know that wine is available at the social hour 
after evening festival services at StMtV.

When I was on the Diocese of Long Island, we were extra careful when Bishop 
+Walker was coming -- because he had ben in and out of rehab, stopped for drunk 
driving and a whole lot of other stuff that often caused disruption in the 
operation of the diocese.  Some say his relatively early death after retirement 
was related.

Walking on alcohol-related egg shells was not a satisfactory answer, however. It 
sure didn’t seem to stop the Bishop, but it did make many of his flock feel much 
better when they did their however small part to not contribute to his 
addiction.

Cheers,
Jim