Looks like he has an MDiv from Christ the King seminary, which is Roman Catholic. He reports that before seminary, he was a “member of a contemplative religious order.” Hmmm. Probably not a Buddhist one, but it doesn’t say.
“We are a hospitable, inclusive and prayerful Christian community which is eager to include all of God’s people in the embrace of our faith and worship.” Uh-oh. Any coded messages there?
“During the service, who may take the Eucharist? All are welcome to receive Holy Communion each Sunday who have been baptized and admitted to Communion in their own tradition.” Lookin’ good.
It doesn’t APPEAR that he’s a radical revisionist. Does anyone have personal knowledge of him?
In the video interviews of the candidates, which is linked to on each page that has each individual candidates info, I was curious to hear that the first question they asked in the oral interview was “What is the role of the Canon to the Ordinary?”
Anyone know why that particular question would be the first one out of the box? That seems peculiar to me.
Based on info in Episcopal Directory he was married in 1983 and Received from the RC church in 1984, so I must assume that he had been ordained as a RC priest. Statmann
I read through his bio earlier today. If I remember correctly he tried his vocation as a Franciscan, overseas.
He also writes about attending some conference which opened his eyes to a new interpretation of scripture…never a good sign.
But could he be worse than Orris Walker?
Hard to imagine, but one of the candidates when Orris Walker was elected was Bishop Br. John-Charles Vockler, who later left the Society of St. Francis to found the Franciscan Order of the Divine Compassion, and then left ECUSA and eventually became Metropolitan of the Anglican Catholic Church. What a different place L.I. would have been if Br. John-Charles had been elected!!!!
There were a serious of questions prepared for all the candidates to answer, culled from questions submitted from all over the diocese. During the walkabouts, the questions were placed in, I think, 7 different categories (maybe 5). The candidate pulled a question from a “category” basket. It was a “random” way for candidates to cover a variety of different kinds of questions, but within the same categories.
I suspect the question concerning the Canon to the Ordinary came up first for Provenzano, and the question came from internal diocesan politics. We currently do not have a Canon to the Ordinary.
If you watch all the video interviews you will see that the new bishop is indeed a reappraiser, however not as radical as some of the other candidates…
See:
http://www.bishopforlongisland.org/LawrenceProvenzano.htm
Looks like he has an MDiv from Christ the King seminary, which is Roman Catholic. He reports that before seminary, he was a “member of a contemplative religious order.” Hmmm. Probably not a Buddhist one, but it doesn’t say.
Church website:
http://www.st-andrews-longmeadow.org/
“We are a hospitable, inclusive and prayerful Christian community which is eager to include all of God’s people in the embrace of our faith and worship.” Uh-oh. Any coded messages there?
“During the service, who may take the Eucharist? All are welcome to receive Holy Communion each Sunday who have been baptized and admitted to Communion in their own tradition.” Lookin’ good.
It doesn’t APPEAR that he’s a radical revisionist. Does anyone have personal knowledge of him?
In the video interviews of the candidates, which is linked to on each page that has each individual candidates info, I was curious to hear that the first question they asked in the oral interview was “What is the role of the Canon to the Ordinary?”
Anyone know why that particular question would be the first one out of the box? That seems peculiar to me.
Based on info in Episcopal Directory he was married in 1983 and Received from the RC church in 1984, so I must assume that he had been ordained as a RC priest. Statmann
I read through his bio earlier today. If I remember correctly he tried his vocation as a Franciscan, overseas.
He also writes about attending some conference which opened his eyes to a new interpretation of scripture…never a good sign.
But could he be worse than Orris Walker?
Hard to imagine, but one of the candidates when Orris Walker was elected was Bishop Br. John-Charles Vockler, who later left the Society of St. Francis to found the Franciscan Order of the Divine Compassion, and then left ECUSA and eventually became Metropolitan of the Anglican Catholic Church. What a different place L.I. would have been if Br. John-Charles had been elected!!!!
There were a serious of questions prepared for all the candidates to answer, culled from questions submitted from all over the diocese. During the walkabouts, the questions were placed in, I think, 7 different categories (maybe 5). The candidate pulled a question from a “category” basket. It was a “random” way for candidates to cover a variety of different kinds of questions, but within the same categories.
I suspect the question concerning the Canon to the Ordinary came up first for Provenzano, and the question came from internal diocesan politics. We currently do not have a Canon to the Ordinary.
If you watch all the video interviews you will see that the new bishop is indeed a reappraiser, however not as radical as some of the other candidates…