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With nowhere to hang my hat!\u00a0 So I hope Deacon Keith Fournier is correct.<\/a>\u00a0 I hope the ordination of Anglican priests into the Catholic home is the first baby step in a movement to embrace folks from other non-Anglican traditions.\u00a0 Of course if it is, knowing the speed with which the Catholic Church moves, this should probably help my great grandchild\u2019s kids.\u00a0 Still, at least it\u2019s something.\u00a0 If nothing else, it might turn attention back to the \u2018Protestant Clergy Convert Movement\u2019 that seemed so promising through the 80s and 90s.\u00a0 I know, I know, there are still those of us coming into the Church even today. But it isn\u2019t what it was, that\u2019s for sure.\u00a0 The numbers are still spliced and parsed to make it look good, but there is no real forward momentum to keep adding to the attitude of welcome and acceptance and utilization for those who came in.\u00a0 Certainly not to counter the numbers of\u00a0those leaving the Church in various parts of Europe and America.\u00a0Things are, at their best, about the way they were when Scott Hahn came into the Church.\u00a0 Some might argue they\u2019ve slipped back a notch.\u00a0 And that seems to go for Protestant laymen as much as clergy.\u00a0 At least here in America.\u00a0 So maybe this indicates change is in the air.\u00a0 We\u2019ll have to see I guess.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"