I got to thinking about our Bishop's retirement and am wondering if any of our diocesan priests are "bishop-material". I realize that the decision comes from Rome and would probably not be one of our own priests but it is an interesting question nonetheless.
Who do you think would make a good bishop and why?
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i can't think of any priest serving in the richmond diocese that has zeal or even a spine to lead. most just like dealing with money and other administrative tasks. i would rather a female lay leader run this diocese than any of the ineffective, pedestrian male priests serving in this diocese. even bishop dilorenzo isn't into the spiritual aspects of his job. this diocese is more about going through the motions. we're in a 1980's time-warp. and i see no end in sight.
It is certainly true that individual initiative and spiritual zeal are discouraged in favor of a mindless series of pointless meetings followed by equally mindless bouts of paperwork which seems to have no other purpose than to give diocesan functionaries something to do and take as much money from the parishes as possible.
Only the hopelessly insane would want to be bishop. I fully expect Richmond to lose its independence and to be administerd by Arlington in the near future.
From your mouth to God's ear. You mean to tell me a possibility exists where we may experience a marriage of the two dioceses? One diocese who teaches and is loyal to the magisterium with another which couldn't be more blatantly disobedient?
Case in point a pastor in this diocese refuses to relinquish novelty and innovation during the celebration of his Mass. In fact the last two weekends we were subject to a dramatic narrative interpretation of the gospel. After both the chancery and this pastor were informed of the infraction to the G.I.R.M. (regarding the reading of the gospels) it once again continued at the Saturday evening Mass. Total disregard of the G.I.R.M by the pastor and Chancery office. I cannot foresee the Arlington Diocese putting up with this audacious lack of respect for the Mass and the magisterium. I personally welcome the absorption of this diocese into the Arlington diocese. Maybe then and only then will the people of the diocese of Richmond receive the authentic Catholic faith instead of contempt for it.
"i would rather a female lay leader run this diocese"
Don't be so sure you don't have that now...
On an TOTALLY unrelated topic, (wink, wink) does anyone know what a "Special Assistant and Advisor to the Bishop" DOES exactly?????
i told you. i've known him forever and every time i visit these richmond diocesan blogspots i see that there are still a handful of bloggers who keep holding out for the "awakening" of bigfoot in hopes that he'll "save them from their liturgical abuses"....sorry to repeat myself but he does not care. he really doesn't.
There is very little doubt that we are stuck in a time warp. One small measure of this comes from the comparison of the availability of the Traditional Latin Mass in our country. Compare this availability between the neighbouring Virginia Dioceses of Richmond and Arlington:
http://www.ecclesiadei.org/masses.cfm
This disparity is striking, deeply saddening, and it raises many questions about us.
I would advise against placing all the blame on our Bishop. He is in a very difficult situation.
I hear the FSSP will be staffing St. Joseph's in Richmond by summer...
Is it true that St. John the Apostle in Virginia Beach will be offering a weekly EF Latin Mass? I've heard this from unreliable sources, but would like to attend if this is true. Please post something on this if you have any information on this. Thank you.
Never ceases to amaze me that supposed;y good Catholics can be so negative and critical on a public forum. I wonder what message that sends to Protestants and others when it's all about MASS IN LATIN and not about CHARITY at all.
April 11, 2011 5:23 PM Anonymous:
Oh, don't be so judgemental.
So we have to limit ourselves to an either-or axiom? It's either mass in Latin OR charity; but, we can't have both because charity did not exist back when Latin was a modern world language? Latin and charity can NOT COEXIST?
Who would I select as Bishop and why? I would select anyone who speaks ambiguously so both the extreme left and the extreme right will keep up their hopes that things will eventually go their way. That way everybody just keeps hoping for better times while the middle remains lukewarm in their faith. That is the type of leadership this diocese needs. Something without teeth. Something that keeps people hoping; afterall, isn't the Christian message about hope?
Fr. Randy Rule? ...maybe not?
When is this diocese going to stop playing the same political games of the 1980's?
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/283155
But then again, it is the same diocese that keeps playing the same 1980's liturgical games too....what do you expect?
Jesus is risen, but this blog is dead. No new posts for a week. No new topic for 22 days.
Would you like to suggest a topic? Am always happy to begin a new one...
Unfortunately, I have little time to search for new topics of interest. I provide the space; a little help with topics would be appreciated...
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