The business manager has been there at least 25 years and thinks she’s God Almighty. If the Parish Council chairwoman doesn’t get cold feet, she’ll have a fair amount of backing, as well as the Diocesan guidelines on her side.
Sounds like the business manager has been there too long. Once a person in “power” feels invincible, they think all decisions they make are true and correct and that is the time they need to be replaced. One can’t discount an entire group of people because of their ethnicity. It’s cruel and doesn’t follow the “WWJD” admonition.
I need to make my bed and sort pills before I fall over!
Reminds me of a story.
Apparently, when Ronald Reagan died, he arrived at the Pearly Gates to a bit of a queue. He went up to St. Peter and said, “Hi, I’m Ronald Reagan. I ended the Cold War. Is there any chance I can skip the line?”
St. Peter replied, “Welcome, Mr. Reagan. I know everyone here appreciates what you did for peace, but everyone is the same here. You’ll have to wait with everyone else.”
So, Mr. Reagan went to the back of the queue.
After a little while, he saw an elderly gentleman with a stethoscope around his neck and carrying a black bag walk right past the line, wave to St. Peter, and go through the gates.
Naturally curious, Mr. Reagan went back up and said to St. Peter, “I thought you said everyone was the same here. Why did you just let that doctor go past all the line?”
St. Peter looked up and said, “Oh, Him? That was God. Sometimes he likes to play doctor.”
I guess in our Parish you could replace “doctor” with “business manager.”