Well we (lacking a priest at the mo and possibly for some time to come!) had a guest celebrant for Acension Day yesterday.
He refused to wear a Chasuble (never mind a Maniple!) and looked like he wanted to avoid the thurible, but he seemed a nice enough chap when I bumped into him in the pub afterwards.
Friday, 26 May 2006
Tuesday, 23 May 2006
Vicars or lack of them
Apparently the parish priest's post at our church is not going to be replaced because the diocese can't afford to.
Now consider there is a shortage of Liberal Catholic parishes in this city. Of the three that I know of, one is now being church planted by Evos. One is going to have to share clergy with the other (non Liberal Catholic) parishes in its benifice and who knows who is going what is going to happen to us.
Obviously provision for "non FiF" Anglo-Catholics is not of interest to the diocese.
Now consider there is a shortage of Liberal Catholic parishes in this city. Of the three that I know of, one is now being church planted by Evos. One is going to have to share clergy with the other (non Liberal Catholic) parishes in its benifice and who knows who is going what is going to happen to us.
Obviously provision for "non FiF" Anglo-Catholics is not of interest to the diocese.
Friday, 19 May 2006
AGM and Appointments
Well we had the Council's AGM yesterday, which elects the Lord Mayor for the year and appoints the cabinet, committees and oustide bodys.
I have been reappointed the Chairman of the Scrutiny Board 1 (Finance, Procurement and Value for Money, Human Resources, Corporate and Customer Services, Culture, Leisure and Libraries) and aslo been reapponted as one of the City Council's 3 memebers on the West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority. I have been put on the Planning Commitee this year as well instead of the Licensing and Regulatory committee I was on last year.
I have been reappointed the Chairman of the Scrutiny Board 1 (Finance, Procurement and Value for Money, Human Resources, Corporate and Customer Services, Culture, Leisure and Libraries) and aslo been reapponted as one of the City Council's 3 memebers on the West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority. I have been put on the Planning Commitee this year as well instead of the Licensing and Regulatory committee I was on last year.
Friday, 5 May 2006
Elections
I retained my seat!
We took control of the city too! (We ran it for the last two years with the Lord Mayor's casting vote, but it is nice to have an outright majority!)
| Candidate's Surname | Other names | Party | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simpson | Peter | Liberal Democrat | 761 |
| Williams | Andrew John | Conservative | 2368 |
| Youett | Christopher Nicholas | Labour | 1213 |
Result: Williams, Andrew John - Conservative hold
We took control of the city too! (We ran it for the last two years with the Lord Mayor's casting vote, but it is nice to have an outright majority!)
| Party | Number of seats 2005/06 | Current Gains / Losses | Final Total 2006/07 |
|---|---|---|---|
| British National Party | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conservative | 27 | +2 | 29 |
| Green Party | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent Voice of Longford | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Labour | 20 | -1 | 19 |
| Liberal Democrat | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| Socialist Alternative | 2 | +1 | 3 |
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