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Senate of Priests...

Today was the Senate of Priests of our archdiocese, a special senate as the letter of the archbishop preferred to call it! After the usual agenda was over, the archbishop called for general observations. As my turn came, i spoke rather strongly of our not grooming anyone to the leadership role, either of priests or lay people. The archbishop took it personally and seemed to be offended and talked indirectly and so i challenged him to challenge me or anyone else there directly and openly. It was a one to one affair, though many of those present wanted me to give in, i didn't.

Later, after supper, his secretary asked me to meet the archbishop and he was waiting. Took me to the meeting room and began apologetic and approving my good intentions and later on went on justifying his style and attitudes! I just responded with one sentence or so to let him know that i never had any intention to hurt him or any one else for that matter. After his lengthy talk, he requested co-operation and we left.

I thought that my silence should not give any wrong message to him, so drafted a response to him in mail and sent it to his secretary to go through it and let me know his opinion. Going through the letter, he suggested that to be sent. But i still asked him to give a studied response tomorrow and i may send it then.

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