The parish I worked at for the longest time was a great experience. We had an incredible pastoral team; we worked hard, played hard, and prayed hard. It started crumbling towards the end of my 17 years there when I asked for a raise (I was working a second job to make ends meet). I was flatly denied by the business administrator. So painfully, I left.
The next place worth mentioning is a Catholic high school where I was on the religion faculty as well as music faculty adjunct. The principal was a jerk. I left there after 4 years.
Next I worked at a Catholic grade/middle school for 7 years. We had 4 principals in the time I was there, and except for the first one, they were all tyrants as well. Because of finances they cut my music program in half, and offered no benefits. So I left--again.
Finally, I am at a church in the Twin Cities. I've been there for 1 1/2 years now. God willing I will be there in 3 months--we were just told that someone on the staff is going to be cut because of the bad economy. Here we go again.
For a long time I was an affiliate of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, based in La Crosse WI. When we moved up to the Twin Cities I lost my local group, and finally let my affiliation expire. After a couple years I realized I missed the companionship of a Franciscan community so I started exploring, and found a group in Rocky Hill CT, the Franciscans of Divine Providence, and have been working with them for almost two years. I finished my canonical novitiate year last August and I'm looking for a local community to do my temporary vows. I found a progressive Catholic community, but unfortunately it fell through two weeks before it was to happen. I'm getting tired. I needed a place to vent.
That's all for now. I'll probably vent a couple more times this evening until I get it all out of my system...
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