[TSSF-studies] Dealing with the inundation of e.mails

[Anne Moody]

Hi all,
It is great to get some emails. I am Anne Moody and I am a priest who 
was ordained after 25 years in the health service as a nurse and then 
manager. I am just moving from chaplaincy in a retirement village of 
600 people to be a co-vicar (3/4 time) in two parishes as they start to 
look at how they will be in 3 years time - one parish or still two with 
part-time priests. I enjoy walking with people as they look at change 
so am excited by the challenge. I was delighted to see a Franciscan 
email discussion site - having said that I am a bit of a twit in 
relation to finding my way around websites - which topic are we 
discussing initially? Having said that I am about to start in the new 
position and to move so don't have much time for the next couple of 
weeks. I look forward to hearing what you are all to discuss. Arohanui, 
Anne


On Feb 1, 2006, at 1:28 AM, Diane Pullen wrote:

> I agree with Val. Think this is a really good idea as it does keep you 
> in touch with one another and with theological thinking.  Let me 
> introduce myself.
> My name is Diane Pullen,and recently moved to live in Horsham West 
> Sussex June 2005. Professed in Burley Hampshire 2004 at the age of 
> 55yrs. I was born partially deaf, had two miraculous operations, 
> giving me hearing at 13yrs of age. Then at 21yrs  my hearing returned 
> to its former status. I now wear two post-aural hearing aids and hear 
> relatively well. I too have a theological degree from Southampton 
> University. I am also a qualified social worker working with D/deaf 
> children. Which means I use BSL (British Sign Language) to communicate 
> with profoundly deaf children. I have worked for many years with 
> culturally Deaf people  and with the Deaf church. It is a salutary 
> fact that there is a paucity of Deaf people (I.E. Sign language users) 
> in our churches.  Mainly because the primary ways of proclaiming the 
> gospel is via television, radio, newspapers and word of mouth and of 
> course speech, which if not signed is inaccessible to this linguistic 
> minority.  As for reaching D/deaf children, well your very blessed 
> indeed if there is any provision for them apart from their  
> residential specialist schools. I have had it reported that these 
> schools primarily concentrate on Bible stories but do not explain 
> about 'faith'.
>    Question:- does anyone know if there are any Deaf (sign language 
> users) in the Franciscan orders anywhere?
> Sadly due to my work, I  have not actually done any theology since 
> qualifying. So am looking forward to chatting with others to explore 
> what others are doing  and maybe find the encouragement I need to 
> start doing 'something'.
> Peace be with you,
> Diane.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie Povey" 
> <valerie.povey at ntlworld.com>
> To: <tssf-studies at justus.anglican.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 10:26 PM
> Subject: Re: Fw: [TSSF-studies] Dealing with the inundation of e.mails
>
>
>> What a good idea. My name is Val Povey and I was professed in 1985. I 
>> teach musical instruments and have a degree in thology. I am really 
>> sorry that so many theologians have unsubscribed. Their input would 
>> have been very valuable indeed. I have been waiting to see how things 
>> settled down before I made any contribution at all. I know it takes 
>> time for these things to happen. The emails do not take long to read 
>> and then they can be deleted if they are of no further interest. At 
>> the moment I am not studying anything particularly Franciscan. I am 
>> just refreshing my knowledge about the sacraments of the catholic 
>> church but I hope that this will lead me to more Franciscan study. I 
>> have a feeling that I will gain from this list far more than I can 
>> contribute. We all need to be patient.
>>
>> Regards Val
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Walker" 
>> <chapeter at surefish.co.uk>
>> To: <tssf-studies at justus.anglican.org>
>> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 9:05 PM
>> Subject: RE: Fw: [TSSF-studies] Dealing with the inundation of e.mails
>>
>>
>>> Like several others I was rather shocked at the number of emails but 
>>> want to
>>> give this a chance to settle down as I think it is  good idea. I use 
>>> Outlook
>>> to access my mail and have set up a rule to automatically divert all
>>> messages with "TSSF-Studies" into a special folder. This takes them 
>>> out of
>>> my inbox and I can study them at leisure. Another way might be to 
>>> set up a
>>> separate email address if your ISP allows it
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Peter
>>>
>>>
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