PADRE MICKEY HAS A CHURCH!

I'm happy to announce that I have accepted the call to be Priest-in-Charge of All Saints Episcopal Church and Vicar of Misión Cristo Rey in Watsonville, California....

No more lazing around for you, Padre. It's time to get back to work.

Seriously, I am delighted at the news. Now go on over to Padre Mickey's blog and congratulate him and the Lovely Mona and tell them how thrilled you are for them. The folks at All Saints Episcopal Church and Misión Cristo Rey are blessed to have Mickey as their priest-in-charge and vicar, as Mickey and Mona will be blessed by sharing their lives with the congregations of the churches. May God bless them and their congregations as they begin their new lives together.

PADRE MICKEY - A SAD END TO 12 YEARS OF MISSIONARY SERVICE

Please read Padre Mickey's A Big Honkin' Announcement post.

So, I guess I might as well finally give this news to all fifty-three of my Faithful Readers here at Padre Mickey's Dance Party, as I already announced it on Facebook and yesterday at Parroquia San Cristóbal: on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, I submitted my resignation as Rector of St. Christopher's Parish, effective December 18, 2011. I've been trying to find a position in the U.S.A. and have been unsuccessful, to say the least.
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So, keep us in yer prayers and stuff. Personally, I find this a rather anti-climatic ending to twelve years of service as missionaries, but one never knows what God has in mind.

Padre Mickey's difficulty in finding a position in the church brings tears to my eyes. I simply can't believe that an Episcopal priest, who served sacrificially with his wife, the Lovely Mona, as missionaries in Panama for 12 years with low pay, is now having difficulty finding a job. They want to be in California, where both sets of aging parents live. Padre speaks Spanish and plays the electric bass, as you see him pictured above. Why wouldn't a number of parishes in California want to snap him up as their rector? I don't understand. Truly, I don't. I realize that not every parish considers playing the electric bass a priority, and Padre doesn't have a full head of hair, but still....

All joking aside, Padre and Mona will have no source of income once he is gone from St Christopher's in Panama, so if you'd like to help them, here's the contact information:

Nathaniel Lim
St. Francis Episcopal Church
1205 Pine Ave.
San Jose, CA 95125
408-292-7090.

Padre says:

Please feel free to check St. Francis' web site, which includes an archive of our letters and pictures of our mission.