[Magdalen] Cat's Away.

[Grace Cangialosi]

The only contact I had with Wantland was at the National Cathedral at the
first celebration of the commemoration of David Oakerhater back in '86, I
think. He gave me Communion.  I found the whole service very moving, and it
was only later that I learned of his opposition to women's ordination.

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 3:12 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 8/16/2017 1:23:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> gracecan at gmail.com writes:
>
> OTOH,  when you mentioned Eau Claire, I thought it was probably the other
> way  around.
>
> There are no Anglican split-offs of any kind in the area of the Diocese  of
> Eau Claire, to my knowledge.  In matters such as OW, they have pretty  much
> gone mainstream TEC.  They remain high church in their theology, and  the
> two bishops who fought for conservatism are either dead (+Atlkins) or
> out of TEC (+Wantland - who is active in ACNA and serves as an
> assistant to the breakaway ACNA Diocese of Fort Worth, TX).
>
> Interestingly, +Wantland,, who is scholarly, eventually came to the
> conclusion
> that the Church Catholic had historically ordained female deacons,  and
> therefore he came to accept that much.  I think that Rome has had  some
> discussions about this, and there is quite a bit on line on the  subject.
>
> I once was present for a short sermon delivered to a diverse crowd by
> +Wantland in English, fluent Spanish and Chippewa Indian.  +Wantland  is
> a Native American.
>
> And personally, +Wantland was on the intervention panel that saved me
> from the bottle.
>
>
>
> David S.
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Grace Cangialosi
Ruckersville, VA

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