tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post6246953852763713896..comments2024-03-23T14:04:57.635-05:00Comments on Father Hollywood: Do we sleep in our Clericals?Rev. Larry Beanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06705910892752648940noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-68773212209292827112008-01-08T23:36:00.000-06:002008-01-08T23:36:00.000-06:00Dear Rev. Chaplain:You wrote:FH: Do we sleep in ou...Dear Rev. Chaplain:<BR/><BR/>You wrote:<BR/><BR/>FH: Do we sleep in our clericals? Not usually....<BR/><BR/>FK: Speak for yourself, Bud.<BR/><BR/>Out of the park! Touche. +HWRev. Larry Beanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705910892752648940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-1202976131037264862008-01-08T20:06:00.000-06:002008-01-08T20:06:00.000-06:00Father Hollywood says: The clerical collar is the ...Father Hollywood says: The clerical collar is the pastor's best "evangelism tool." When I walk around my neighborhood, everybody knows that I am one of Jesus's Guys. If they want prayer, if the have a question regarding the faith, if they need spiritual care - they know exactly where to go. I get stopped at the gas station, at the grocery store, at restaurants, at the airport - anywhere I may be found in clerical attire - and they know I am a Christian clergyman.<BR/><BR/>Father Kavouras says: Big ditto.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Father H: They also know that I am some kind of priest. There is a sense of gravitas associated with the clerical uniform. <BR/><BR/>Father Kavouras says: Ditto. I find people feel honored by our presence. And when they learn we are approachable they have all manner of questions and spiritual needs that they address with us.<BR/><BR/><BR/>FH: By virtue of the public nature of clerical attire, they also know I'm not ashamed of Jesus, nor of the Gospel, nor of the vocation I - unworthy as I am - hold. If they encounter me near my home and church, I can let them know where I serve and when our services are. <BR/><BR/>Father Kavouras says: Are you inside my head, Father Hollywood? I could have written this.<BR/><BR/><BR/>FH: And if an emergency happens, I can generally pass through hospitals, and can have access with police, military, and other emergency personnel.<BR/><BR/>Police Chaplain Kavouras says: The collar creates instant trust. It bestows the "privilege of harmlessness" as Herman Melville wrote in his short story "Jimmy Rose" The only thing better than a collar, is a collar and a badge. <BR/><BR/><BR/>FH: Do we sleep in our clericals? Not usually....<BR/><BR/>FK: Speak for yourself, Bud.chaplain7904https://www.blogger.com/profile/14568518517581646470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-51221923750807241582008-01-05T12:25:00.000-06:002008-01-05T12:25:00.000-06:00Thanks for the tip. I'm pleasantly surprised to s...Thanks for the tip. I'm pleasantly surprised to see that Dr. Jackson actually posted my (satirical) reply.<BR/><BR/>I'm always amazed to learn what the Society of Saint Polycarp is from all of these "heresy-hunting" internet "research" sources. Goodness gracious, I'm the Dean of the Society and didn't know all this stuff! ;-)<BR/><BR/>BTW, the people listed as Team members on Weedon's "confessions" blog have nothing, absolutely nothing, to do with the Society of St. Polycarp. Some of them would probably agree with Jackson and accuse us of crypto-something-or-other-ism. <BR/><BR/>I hope Dr. Jackson did a more thorough job of research when he got his Ph.D., because he really dropped the ball on this one.<BR/><BR/>The SSP is in the process of putting up a website and posting our journal online. This has been long overdue, and our lack of attention to this detail has allowed for some ungodly speculation and gossip-mongering about the nature of our brotherhood to run unchecked.<BR/><BR/>Any queries about, or investigation of, the Society of St. Polycarp may be addressed to me. <BR/><BR/>Pax!Rev. Larry Beanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705910892752648940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-47868960280873590962008-01-05T09:49:00.000-06:002008-01-05T09:49:00.000-06:00Fr. Beane, do you know that you've been mentioned ...Fr. Beane, do you know that you've been mentioned (not positively) by Rev. Dr. Greg Jackson at his blog? It appears, that like CN, he mocks what he does not and cannot understand.<BR/>http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/Brian P Westgatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15383132438753364755noreply@blogger.com