News of my demise are exaggerated. I began this nine months ago out of frustration over the lame duck tenure of Bishop CVG when everything was frozen in place. Now I have been waiting for Bishop KJF to jump-start the Diocese ... in spite of the fact that I knew he was not likely to make anything but minor changes until he had at least six months of understanding of the Diocese of Dallas. That six month grace period/honeymoon is coming to an end now.
The priests of the Diocese were gathered in Convocation this past week for the best and most positive such gathering in the past ten years! There was a real sense of unity and positive outlook among the gathered Presbyterate. The Bishop gave us some general insight into his plans for the Diocese, but was honest in telling us that he was still struggling to understand this Diocese ... which has grown from 250,000 to one million in the past ten years! We are officially the tenth largest Diocese in the US ... and it's still growing!
Over the next week I'll write more, but I don't feel the need to try to write daily unless I decide in favour of more brief reflections.
I can't tell you how glad I am to hear at least some positive news! I have to admit being horribly frustrated with Bishop Farrell. It's a long story.
Since you're in Dallas, I might also direct your attention to:
http://yawper.stblogs.org/archives/2007/02/a_joint_stateme.html
Posted by: Mark Windsor | October 29, 2007 at 03:20 PM