In the peculiar process that is finding a curacy, a diocese can “release” one of its sponsored ordinands. Without being “released” the ordinand has to look for a job in their own diocese and can not move (see earlier posting.)
This is a polite C of E doublespeak way of saying one or more of the following:
- your request to be allowed to apply for a job in another diocese has been approved
- we have run out of money
- we have no job for you
- your face does not fit
- the demands you (the ordinand) have placed on us in respect of your curacy are such that we have no job for you
- we forgot you were being ordained next summer and we have no job for you
Guess what the letter which arrived this morning from the local Regional General Manager (see http://www.vicarsfamilyintraining.org.uk/archives/32 for explanation of this term) said….
OK, now you’ve guessed. I wonder whether this is a threat to all that is comfortable about living in the lovely house and city we’ve been in for 23 and 29 years respectively; or an opportunity to enjoy pastures new. I suppose it depends on our sense of adventure.
And does it mean I can finally write to the Regional General Manager and tell him what I think of his HR processes?
Good luck and my sympathies…
For us it was an opportunity but it takes a long time to sometimes see it.