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Rose of York	Monday, 11. August 2008, 19:13
Administrator Posts: 14,558 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	Fortunatus Monday, 11. August 2008, 18:14 I'm still puzzled, like you, as to where this number of "appellants" has suddenly sprung from and why the comments of his Vicar-General (assuming they have been accurately reported) are as virulent as they are. Damian Thompson Fr Lawler says he asked for a meeting with Bishop Roche, but to no avail. Instead, the Vicar General, one Mgr McQuinn, has written to him, telling him: "The Bishop ... believes your ministry to be divisive, is uncertain that ordinary pastoral care of parishioners is taking place and does not have confidence that you will celebrate the Ordinary Form of the Mass with a generous heart for the vast majority of parishioners who expect Sunday and weekday Masses to be in English and at an altar facing the people." I wonder what Monsignor McQuinn means by "ordinary pastoral care". Does he mean liturgy - or finding time for local Catholics who need the priest's time for personal matters? "does not have confidence that you will celebrate the Ordinary Form of the Mass with a generous heart for the vast majority of parishioners who expect Sunday and weekday Masses to be in English and at an altar facing the people." The Vicar General claims that the majority of parishioners expect Mass in English and an altar facing the people, so the 100 who appealed - where did they spring from? A rural church is doing well to have total attendance anywhere near 100. Venemous? No. Calling a a yes. It comes naturally in some quarters. Maybe it needed saying. Reading between the lines I wonder if Fr Lawler offers Mass in English, under protest, not with a generous heart.
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