[Magdalen] "News" conference

[Scott Knitter]

Interesting. Our parish hasn't generally used personal names in the
PotP; I've assumed this was to avoid saying the name of a female
bishop but that may be a cynical projection on my part (or could well
be true). Lately, if a form is used that names bishops. we've had Bp.
Katharine mentioned (gasp!) more often than not (until of course Bp.
Michael took over). But we haven't tended to use all the government
leaders' names. I did like that our parish in East Cupcake always
named the president, governor, and mayor. The mayor attended an
ecumenical service there once (she was the parish administrator for
the big RC university parish) and said afterward she was very touched
to hear that she was prayed for by name at All Saints'.

If we did all the names, quite soon we'd be praying for "Donald, our
president; Bruce, our governor; and Rahm, our mayor," with many sneers
for each, I'm sure. Rahm might be the least despised of the three but
is still quite unpopular. Probably best we don't name any of them
usually.

On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 10:29 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I saw on Facebook today that All Saints, Pasadena, CA (a very large and
> progressive TEC parish) has decided to drop all personal names from the
> prayers of the people when praying for "our leaders" because the very
> mention of the president-elect by name offends, and indeed, frightens some
> people. They will still pray for our leaders by naming the office, but not
> the person by name. They will do the same as regards their bishops for the
> sake of stylistic uniformity.

-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA