tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post8158366327090874888..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: PO'D's Last StandFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-73837042493024140282008-10-08T22:43:00.000+01:002008-10-08T22:43:00.000+01:00I wouldn't describe this as Bp. O'Donoghue's "last...I wouldn't describe this as Bp. O'Donoghue's "last stand". I think it is consistent with several recent examples of strong leadership. I think he has been taking good advice and applying it well. Good for him - and God bless him!<BR/><BR/>Please all pray for Lancaster diocese. We need your prayers.Simon Platthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196039882299400327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-15514736121405342052008-10-08T14:17:00.000+01:002008-10-08T14:17:00.000+01:00The Bishop of Lancaster should not be fighting thi...The Bishop of Lancaster should not be fighting this battle alone. Other diocesan bishops should be saying the same thing. Out loud. Publicly. It might make a difference.PeterHWrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734936083886678494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-30740069706034778342008-10-08T11:50:00.000+01:002008-10-08T11:50:00.000+01:00Anna,My point was simply that the work begun by PO...Anna,<BR/>My point was simply that the work begun by POD will be continued by his successor, there will be smooth change over, without a change in direction.Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-9049753642801335132008-10-08T11:16:00.000+01:002008-10-08T11:16:00.000+01:00When I went up to Lancaster to interview Bishop O'...When I went up to Lancaster to interview Bishop O'Donoghue, he said that he had specifically asked Rome for a co-adjutor bishop because he had wanted his successor to feel comfortable in the diocese when he assumed his responsibilities. <BR/><BR/>Just a point of information. A ArcoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-21456219023204301832008-10-07T19:31:00.000+01:002008-10-07T19:31:00.000+01:00Cardinal Hinsley had been the Apostolic Delegate ...Cardinal Hinsley had been the Apostolic Delegate to British East Africa who retired due to ill health in 1934 aged 68. He was then surprisingly appointed Archbishop of Westminster the folllowing year - and died in 1943.<BR/><BR/>While in Africa he had once visited Katigondo Seminary, near Masaka in Uganda. There he was officially greeted in Latin by one of the seminarians, Joseph Kiwanuka - who became in 1939 the first African bishop in modern times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-26240319576252871132008-10-07T18:19:00.000+01:002008-10-07T18:19:00.000+01:00Oh Fr Ray! My head just got even bigger!!Oh Fr Ray! My head just got even bigger!!Jackie Parkes MJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07986690514568554656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-36555616314933227192008-10-07T17:59:00.000+01:002008-10-07T17:59:00.000+01:00You will remember, Father, that the great wartime ...You will remember, Father, that the great wartime leader, Cardinal Hinsley, was called out of retirement to be the Archbishop of Westminster - .....?the owl of the removehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997766157711823147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-45093916076981875522008-10-07T17:10:00.000+01:002008-10-07T17:10:00.000+01:00Whoever take over from Bishop Hollis will have sim...Whoever take over from Bishop Hollis will have similar problems, I fear. We seem to have a well paid lay bureaucracy and have now lost even our parish structures in favour of "pastoral areas". A diocese in decline, or so it seems.PJAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02592149546038164628noreply@blogger.com