From the Daily Mail:
Shannon Ledbetter appeared alongside Pierce Brosnan in the 1997 film Tomorrow Never Dies, wearing a £250,000 PVC dress.
A £250,000 PVC dress!!! A plastic dress at that price? Well, I never!
Shannon looks a bit sad in her expensive plastic dress. :-(
But after throwing in the towel on her acting career, she studied theology and was ordained in 2003. Shannon, 47, was inducted yesterday as a canon - a permanent member of cathedral clergy - by The Bishop of Blackburn Reverend Nicholas Reade and Dean of Blackburn, the Very Reverend Christopher Armstrong.There now. That's much better. Shannon is perhaps a bit dressed down from her Bond days, but she looks so very happy. Just look at her radiant smile.
In 2009 the Cathedral was criticised for supplying communion bread blessed by a man in case members of the congregation refused to accept the sacrament after a woman priest had consecrated it.Go Canon Shannon!
But Canon Ledbetter said she welcomes the challenge faced by women in the church.
She said: "Many women are ordained in the Church of England and have been for a number of years. I'm happy to embrace the challenge of changing people's minds, people can only judge by my actions. I hope to fulfil the role well."
And now I'll tell you my real reason for going forward with the story, even though MadPriest had it first. Cathy not only supplied the link, but she supplied the following commentary:
From loose woman to loose canon!! Haha!!! :)Now I'm sure Canon Shannon was not a loose woman before she became a canon, but do you really think I was going to let an execrable pun go to waste?
NOTE: All joking aside, I wish Canon Ledbetter the very best as she begins her work in the new position.
Loose canons, we like them :)
ReplyDeleteCanon Shannon is good. Hadn't spotted that one!
Cathy, it's all your fault. ;-)
ReplyDeleteAfter Chichester, Blackburn is the most conservative AC diocese in England. Interesting appointment. How will the dean deal with this, I wonder?
ReplyDeleteIt expect the dean will have to find a way. Canon Shannon appears to be a woman who can hold her own.
ReplyDeleteCanon Shannon?
ReplyDeleteSo the COE has a sense of humor equivalent to that of Major Major Major from Catch-22. Who ran afoul of a military establishment which promoted him to Major?
Or is the COE just happy to see her?
I'll show myself out.....
(and the secret word is "midol". No, really! You can't make this stuff up!)
Rmj, thanks for taking yourself out. Better you than me.
ReplyDeletePerhaps the powers did not think the appointment through and consider all the consequences.
'midol'? Unbelievable! Pointing out the reason why woman have no business in the role of clergy in the first place? The moods, you know, which men never have.
Not the first actress to end up as an Episcopal dignitary. You may be aware that the Rt Revd Catherine Roskam was, in her younger days, associated with Warhol's Factory in Manhattan and appeared in one of his movies. If you google her name you will come up with a lot of Warhol references. We used to tease Cathy about it when we were at Holy Apostles on 9th Avenue.
ReplyDeleteChris, I was not aware of Bp. Roskam's background. She had a sense of humor.
ReplyDeleteI must add, all joking aside, that I wish Canon Ledbetter the very best as she begins work in her new position.
I would like to note that if I had £250,000 I wouldn't spend it on a PVC dress.
ReplyDeleteCathy, you'd buy lifetime season tickets to the Royal Opera, and, with what money was left, you'd take a trip and take me with you, right?
ReplyDeleteMimi, that is probably pretty much what I would do :)
ReplyDeletePS Think what else you could do with £250,000!!! A plastic dress, what a waste of money.
ReplyDeleteThat's movie companies for you. The dress is probably sitting in a storage warehouse and may be all stiff and brittle by now.
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