[Oldcath-l] What to do

[Fr. Gregory Ned Blevins]

Is this deacon involved with one of your communities, or are they on their own, isolated?

M'shlama,
Greg+

--- On Wed, 8/5/09, Bishop Anthony <xlnctony at uacatholicchurch.org> wrote:

> From: Bishop Anthony <xlnctony at uacatholicchurch.org>
> Subject: [Oldcath-l] What to do
> To: "Old Cath List" <oldcath-l at stsams.org>
> Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 9:55 PM
> Had not seen much on the list so I
> thought I would throw a problem out for
> discussion.
> 
>  
> 
> I have a Deacon that has had a series of health challenges
> over the past
> year. I waited to hear from the Deacon, sent 2 official
> letters one removing
> them from the seminary program, the second saying the
> deacon would be put on
> our inactive list by a certain date, along with regular
> Church mailings. I
> heard nothing.
> 
>  
> 
> I thought to give it one more try and emailed. This time
> received a
> response! We met and went through the regular its not my
> fault stuff and I
> was sick. I asked the Deacon what was I to do? And of
> course they want to
> pick up right where they left off (after almost a year of
> absence) and study
> for ordination.
> 
>  
> 
> So I asked the vocation question, “Why do you want to be
> Ordained.” What
> followed was on going ramblings of about 5 minutes which
> boils down to, that
> it is the highest and most amazing thing a person could do
> to bring down the
> God-head and for worship and the fact that the Deacon just
> HAD to be able to
> do this, then at the last second as if an after thought,
> “so I can do this
> for people.”
> 
>  
> 
> Obviously this person is in no way ready to even be a
> Deacon much less a
> priest.
> 
>  
> 
> What are your recommendations? Should I give this Deacon a
> chance? Help them
> to see that a vocation is not about self but about God and
> his people? Or
> just drop them?
> 
>  
> 
>            Thanks for
> all of your thoughts on this issue!
> 
> 
> 
>                
>      +Tony
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