Posted on 04/30/2005 8:21:18 PM PDT by BizzeeMom
On Valentine's Day, a dozen or so Belleville priests gathered to discuss what kind of bishop would best be suited to lead their diocese.
Belleville's former bishop, the Rev. Wilton Gregory, had been installed as the new archbishop of Atlanta just a month before.
The members of the Presbyterial Council had been asked by Cardinal Francis George of Chicago to assess three things: the qualities they would like in their next bishop, the current state of the Belleville diocese and the future needs of the diocese.
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Hey--Milwaukee's new Archbishop brought over a Louvain guy to head up vocations-director at the Seminary here.
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Dolan did that?
I'll pray for you.
Hopefully that won't turn out to be as bad as it sounds.
Thanks for the clarification. Based upon the comment above, "close relationship with the late Cardinal Bernardin" and other recent events, I thought perhaps he had something else in mind for the priest's duties. Glad to see I was drawing the wrong conclusion.
Yup.
Apparently they were acquainted because Dolan ran the North American College for years.
BTW, if you look at the Board Membership of the Louvain, there are a bunch of termites there. It's also possible that Dolan "rescued" this guy from Louvain--i.e., the priest in question couldn't stand for the silliness undoubtedly espoused by some members of the Board.
I was thinking the same thing as you were.
My pastor's of the opinion that George is now the kingmaker. Either way, we're better off.
The bishop "over the water"? ;-)
Yes.
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