[Magdalen] Dio. Of Virginia

[flyingfish224 at aol.com]

This is crazy and a mess.

And as I have said before, there is more (somewhere) to this story

Renee

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> On Dec 8, 2018, at 10:45 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I saw an article earlier this week about the potential—or current—shortage of bishop candidates and what it might mean for the future organization of the church. Your situation in Michigan sounds as if it might be a trial case for that. It’s happened in other places as well.
> 
>> On Dec 8, 2018, at 10:35 AM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Our bishop, Western Michigan is now the provisional for Eastern Mich as he
>> continues as our diocesan.  I'm a member of the Standing Committee.  This
>> is seen as a step toward something where our bishop will become their
>> bishop also. Not sure that that means  our becoming one diocese.  Our See
>> city is now Grand Rapids.  We have hired the communications person from
>> Eastern Michigan to to that job for us along side the job in Eastern Mich.
>> Part of the motivation is money..
>> 
>>> On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 6:10 AM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Well, in another change of plans, it seems we aren’t going to have a
>>> Bishop Provisional, after all. Instead, Susan Goff, our Suffragan will
>>> continue to be the Ecclesiastical Authority until we have elected and
>>> consecrated a Diocesan. Lord only knows how long that will take!
>>> 
>>> I’m not sure what I think about this, but it doesn’t feel like a good
>>> idea. OTOH, they’ve really been having a hard time finding a Provisional.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
>> Western Michigan