The article in The Pillar hit home for me. I’m in a three-church parish in Chicago that’s cared for by Conventual Franciscans. One of the pastors is Venezuelan, and another is Kenyan (he’s the second Kenyan that’s served in this parish—the first one is now up in Green Bay). The head pastor is from Florida, but he was transferred to us from Sydney. The Franciscans are probably better able to manage this sort of thing than secular parishes, but it can’t be easy for them either.
The article in The Pillar hit home for me. I’m in a three-church parish in Chicago that’s cared for by Conventual Franciscans. One of the pastors is Venezuelan, and another is Kenyan (he’s the second Kenyan that’s served in this parish—the first one is now up in Green Bay). The head pastor is from Florida, but he was transferred to us from Sydney. The Franciscans are probably better able to manage this sort of thing than secular parishes, but it can’t be easy for them either.