Catholic Conclave: Feb 6, 2005

Sunday, February 06, 2005

St. John Cantius Church, Chicago

at 21:38

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Restoration of the Sacred- what can be achieved.

at 21:32

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This Church in Gent was sold to the Church of England (what were they doing in Gent?), I was told about one hundred years ago. Anglicanism not being a going concern in Gent, it was sold a few years ago and became an antiques market. Once a Church is sold, there is no telling what the use will be after three, four or more owners. Europe is full of art centres in former Churches that are on the border of financial viability.
Gillibrand

at 20:57

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Lest we forget- Protestant Church in Ghent - stolen at the time of the Reformation
Gillibrand

at 20:43

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Piece of wood carving, almost certainly from a Church, turned into a lampstand (in fact, there was a pair).
Gillibrand

at 20:41

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St Peter's Abbey, Ghent - see earlier post. Monastery, now an arts centre used for antiques fair.
Gillibrand

Bureaucracy- a killer of souls

at 16:53

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Superb letter in the Tablet this week from a Father Christopher Heenan, Parish Priest of St Pius and St Ninian, Fife, Scotland.

Saying extra Masses does not tire Fr Heenan, but
"What I find stiffles my ministry, frustrates and tires me is the increasing amount of paperwork that passes over my desk"

He asks
"Could our Bishops look at the huge amount of paperwork produced in their name and put a match to it?"

No shortage of paperwork means a shortage of priests.