Prayerful and supportive reactions to the appointment of new PEVs here and here from Mgr Newton and Mgr Burnham.
Statements of welcome from Forward in Faith and the Catholic Group are on the Forward in Faith website here
The crucial comment (and the vital point for those intending to stay even pro tem) comes from the Chairman of the Catholic group:
"We look to the House of Bishops and the General Synod to amend the current draft legislation for Women Bishops so as to provide for the ongoing ministry of Bishops Jonathan Baker, Norman Banks and Martyn Jarrett, and for them to have appropriate episcopal oversight."
There is a statement of welcome here from Credo Cymru, although it is very hard to see how this news can affect the Welsh situation only in so far as it serves to highlight the present desperate predicament of traditional Anglicans in the Province.
But what do I know? I can't pretend to be 'in the loop' on any of this. There's a quotation from the West Wing T.V. series which springs to mind - "Toby, the total tonnage of what I know that you don't could stun a team of oxen in its tracks."
But here's a rhetorical question from one of the 'poor bloody infantry' for those who are in the know (and for those who are still interested) - is it now far too late to expect or even hope in Wales for the same degree of magnanimity and generosity displayed in the Church of England by the Archbishop of Canterbury? He, it should be remembered, is also a theological opponent of catholic traditionalists.
Re: ‘Is it now far too late to expect or even hope in Wales for the same degree of magnanimity and generosity displayed in the Church of England by the Archbishop of Canterbury?’ Of course it is, Padre! Now that His Darkness and his Bench Sitters have admitted that they have made a dog’s dinner of the CinW and have called in outside help from Tricky Dickie Harris of Pentregarth, to identify waste and inefficiency, there is no chance of an episcopal appointment to placate the Welsh tradies. For goodness sake, we’ve already got seven bishops here, what would another one do!
ReplyDeleteWaste and inefficiency in the CinW – that is an interesting concept. I wonder what an episcopal P45 looks like?
Splendid to see that Credo Cymru has woken up. Such leadership from the traditionalist movement in Wales – after months of ineffectual snoring and clerical tread-watering whilst the whole landscape of Anglo-Catholicism has undergone a seismic shift, we get a four line message of further inaction. All we need now is for SSC Wales to come out of hibernation. But surely they are leaderless, now that the Grand High Master of the Supreme and Extraordinary Province of Wales has been appointed Vicar of St Augustine’s Kilburn? Perhaps one of the soon to be redundant Welsh bishops will rediscover a liking for front line ministry and apply to fill the post of Vicar of St Theodore, Port Talbot?