Letter to the editor: Whither the clergy ?

Notes: "I recently attended the installation of a fairly prominent cathedral's new vicar, and was disgusted by the absence of the vested clergy". "We live in a time when there are more canons of our church than there are cannons in the Tower, and it seems to me only reasonable that those who see this title as central to their clerical self-identity be required to attend the more important, and rare, services held by their cathedral". "This empty pew is analogous of the current culture of our church that enables our clergy, often with the silent consent of the bishops, to belittle so much that is important to our collective identity as Anglicans. And in that regard, it is a bellwether: clergy bemoan their dwindling, inactive congregations, but if they themselves can't be bothered to show up, why should anyone else".

Subjects: Canons, Cathedral, collegiate, etc. - Anglican Church of Canada; Anglican Church of Canada - Clergy