Request for prayers - loss of job
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Dear friends:
I would ask for your prayers, as I have been laid off at the seminary position I had for 11 years.
The seminary is being restructured and the Sacred Music position is being eliminated, at least that was the reason I was given.
ALSO, if any of you hear about any positions - either part of full time, do let me know, I am in Texas, but I could relocate or travel.
All blessings to you all.
Dr. Gregory Hamilton -
I'm sorry to hear this and will keep you in my prayers:
I'm not sure if Cleveland would be of interest to you.
https://www.dioceseofcleveland.org/offices/human-resources/employment-opportunities/director-of-liturgical-music-saint-mary-seminary-and-borromeo-seminary
We got 14 inches of snow last night... -
The seminary is being restructured and the Sacred Music position is being eliminated...
It's so disheartening to read this, both for your sake and that of the seminary. I know too many priests who can't sing worth a damn and it is a pitiable shame. There's a reason having a good voice was a requirement to the priesthood in the days of old. As you are a member of this forum, I feel I can reasonably safely assume you weren't filling the seminary with happy-clappy music, so I have to wonder if the modernist agenda is still alive in that seminary. Sad.
"Music is God's gift to man, the only art of heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to heaven." -
Serviam, I love that quote. Who said it?
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Asking intercession of St. Joseph, St. Cecelia, Pope St. Gregory the Great, and St. JudeThanked by 1ghmus7
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I'm really sorry to hear this, Gregory. You deserve so much better.Thanked by 1ghmus7
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Sorry to hear that. Prayers for you and your family. I'd check out the Cleveland seminary.
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I can't thank all of you enough! I will pursue all of your suggestions. God Bless you all for your prayers.
GH -
Quote is by Walter Savage Landor.
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Dr. Hamilton, I remember meeting you back at St. Thomas', Ann Arbor, when I sang for a time with Vox Ann Arbor. I am indeed offering prayers for you and want to add that your next employer will be very fortunate indeed to have you on their staff.Thanked by 1ghmus7
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Prayers for you, Greg. You are a gift to the church.
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We will add your situation to our prayer list here. I had talked with you about an issue we had at a parish my wife and I served in MI. some few years back regarding payment of substitute organists. I remember some of the effects of reorganization with the completion of the new (then) GRHS on the situation at St. Thomas. We have been is similar situations in the past and know something of what you're dealing with. God bless you in your search.Thanked by 1ghmus7
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Keep praying for Dr Hamilton!
He has a prospect in Mississippi and had a good interview.
The pastor is highly educated in music and liturgy and has a solemn high mass every Sunday.
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