Interesting. We’ll be getting a new bishop in the next year or so (Diocese of St Augustine) and we’re usually considered the elephant graveyard, so I don’t think we’ll get anybody very good.
But yours is an important Midwest diocese. Do you think he could become better on liturgy? We have a Cathedral pastor who is the diocesan liturgy director but was, frankly, not very good until he had spent a while here and realized what was necessary. He’s changed and orthodoxy is definitely on the rise here (now his biggest opponent is our retiring bishop, who is good on pro-life but awful on liturgy).
Perhaps with a new bishop some good priests will emerge from the woodwork. I’m sure Dolan was good, but he was only the first step in recovery after a rather long spell under a heterodox enchantment...
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“Interesting. We’ll be getting a new bishop in the next year or so (Diocese of St Augustine) and we’re usually considered the elephant graveyard, so I don’t think we’ll get anybody very good.”
Oh, you might!
“But yours is an important Midwest diocese.”
It’s not my diocese, but I know a great deal about it and what happens there.
“Do you think he could become better on liturgy?”
He just has to allow himself to be led in liturgy by those who work for him. He also has to stop trying to be a showman! (sigh)
“We have a Cathedral pastor who is the diocesan liturgy director but was, frankly, not very good until he had spent a while here and realized what was necessary. He’s changed and orthodoxy is definitely on the rise here (now his biggest opponent is our retiring bishop, who is good on pro-life but awful on liturgy).”
Yeah a lot of bishops can’t seem to see how these things are all interconnected.
“Perhaps with a new bishop some good priests will emerge from the woodwork. I’m sure Dolan was good, but he was only the first step in recovery after a rather long spell under a heterodox enchantment...”
Weakland did soooooo much damage. It will take decades to fix, but I think it will happen.
I think we are going to be seeing an uptick in the quality of all bishops promoted by Pope Benedict. Don’t give up heart! Just Pray!!!!!