{"id":22663,"date":"2015-03-03T10:07:59","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T15:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=22663"},"modified":"2015-03-03T10:07:59","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T15:07:59","slug":"diocese-of-niagara-fills-church-for-all-the-wrong-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/diocese-of-niagara-fills-church-for-all-the-wrong-reasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Diocese of Niagara fills church for all the wrong reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I mentioned here<\/a>, St. Matthias in Guelph was sold to property developers for about $2M.<\/p>\n

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

It is somewhat rare today that the church can gather an overflow crowd but the Anglican Diocese of Niagara has succeeded in doing that \u2014 unfortunately for all the wrong reasons.<\/p>\n

The crowd that gathered were neighbours of Saint Matthias Anglican Church (at the corner of Edinburgh and Kortright roads) concerned that the Anglican Diocese is planning to sell the church and land to a developer who will build 81 units of rental housing geared to students.<\/p>\n

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We have heard that there were other serious offers to purchase the property by other churches. But these too have been rebuffed. And so the conclusion that many would draw is that the diocese wants top dollar. And worse, that the denomination cares little for the neighbours that the church community has lived beside for the past 30 years. It would seem to be another example of a self-serving church.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The diocese is attempting to revitalise<\/a> what\u2019s left of the homeless St. Matthias by having some seminars on the Seven Grandfathers<\/a> of the Anishinaabe people. That should work.<\/p>\n

For those who remain unconvinced of the relevance of St. Matthias to today\u2019s world, there is the St. Matthias blog<\/a> where we discover that \u201cliving our questions is where the answers lie\u201d<\/em> and \u201cThere is Truth and it is deep within and around us all the time.\u201d<\/em> I am so moved, I think I am going to cry; so much so that I can almost overlook the fact that the writer seems to be oblivious to the difference between \u201clie\u201d and \u201clye\u201d – a generous application of which could, admittedly, greatly improve the diocese:<\/p>\n

Does the truth lye in the living each moment of each day without fear of failure, fear of the other, fear of rejection, fear of all sorts of things that consume our thoughts, emotions, spirits and hearts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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