[Magdalen] Brother headed for ordination

[Grace Cangialosi]

When I was in seminary the Diocese didn’t guarantee a position after graduation, and we always had a large group going in. The assumption was that there would always be enough open positions when we graduated, and we weren’t released to look elsewhere until it became clear there weren’t going to be. Of course, that sometimes made it late for people to look.
Once in awhile the bishop would make an exception. I wantede a ministry in Appalachia, and the bishop in the Diocese of SW Virginia wanted me, so I had permission to look there, but nowhere else. As it turned out, I didn’t have a call until about six weeks before out ordinations were scheduled, so it was an anxious time.
We kind of envied folks whose dioceses guaranteed them a position.

> On Nov 20, 2017, at 9:01 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Grace, our diocese guarantees a 2 year post graduation/ordination position, which we now use the title Curate to denote, after the Bishop endorses a 
> Call brought forth through a process at the parish level. 
> It’s been my experience that many of our dioceses have vastly less rigorous processes and then “release” their seminarians after graduation to seek “jobs” where they can find them because there are no spaces to fill or money to support them back in their home diocese. 
> Lynn
> On Nov 20, 2017, at 6:04 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> In Our Diocese, and maybe the whole Episcopal Church, you can’t be ordained priest without a call. When Peter Lee was our bishop, he wouldn’t permit ordination to the transitional diaconate without a call, either. Made for some angst among seniors in seminary who might have been late in getting calls. In our Virginia group that year one woman did not get called to a position until two days before our ordination. She did get ordained with us, but her name wasn’t in the announcements or the bulletin.
> I’m not sure what our current bishop’s policy is with regard to the transitional diaconate. 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Nov 20, 2017, at 6:07 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> He’s passed his last hurdle.
>> 
>> The UCC does something very interesting.
>> Although he’s cleared for ordination,
>> he will not be ordained until he receives a call.
>> 
>> Which means if he can’t find a job
>> they will not ordain him, I guess.
>> 
>> Our mother would be so proud.
>> Hope she’s smiling somewhere.
>> -M