[Magdalen] Off. Fwd: Some prayers requested...

[Lynn Ronkainen]

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From: Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com>
Date: August 29, 2016 at 11:28:04 AM CDT
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Some prayers requested...
Reply-To: magdalen at herberthouse.org

Prayers, Sheila.  I know this must be hard.

On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 12:05 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is a terribly sad situation.  I'm sure every avenue is being looked
> at, and it's hard.  Parishes cannot move to where they might be a better
> fit (the People can conceivably, but leaving the building is just
> heartbreaking, no matter how you slice it, and usually the people are not
> of one mind, so the move doesn't work out for a variety of reasons)
> I'll pray for your job prospects.
> 
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> 
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 11:46 AM, sheila ketler via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hello everyoneI think I have posted about this on a previous occasion but
>> I am going to post about it again. I work in an Anglicanparish in
> Ontario -
>> this diocese has decided that closures need to take place. Too many
>> parishes not enoughparishioners or money. I worked for two other parishes
>> that were slated for closure and quite honestly I had hopedto never go
>> through this again after the second one... but here we are again. Now
>> yesterday my boss the priestadvised that our money problems have not
>> improved and we can't keep going on down this road so closureis most
> likely
>> our only option. We did meet with two other parishes originally they had
>> thought parishes wouldactually merge but I am not sure that is going to
>> happen now... and so I will be out of work again for the third time.Every
>> other time I have been able to find work again and I belong to the RCCO
> and
>> I can always get placedon the sub list... not sure how much sub work
> there
>> would be... I am going to contact a couple of them toput out feelers in
>> this direction... but I am pretty sure by January I will be unemployed...
>> We think thisChristmas will be our last parish Christmas... Anyone have
> any
>> advice some thoughts?? I would appreciate it very much if some prayers
>> would be offered...
>> Feeling disappointed and dejected and quite honestly depressed... How
> many
>> times do I have to go throughthis? I feel as if enough is enough
> already!!!
>> I didn't want to give the church name...
>> Sheila



-- 
Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
Western Michigan