St. Timothy's (Episcopal) congregants vote (80%/20%) to become Catholic

[CaptFun]

AND THEN UNANIMOUSLY… :grouphug::hug3:

baltimoresun.com/explore/baltimorecounty/news/community/ph-ca-saint-tims-20130226,0,2656975.story

This is not breaking news (Feb 2013). But it was news to me in its particulars. I just had to post the
words of 101 year old parishioner Catherine Bellis:

Catherine Bellis was among those who voted for the change.

“I’ve been here all my whole life,” she said at the fellowship after Sunday services Feb. 24. “My decision was given to me by the Lord when I did not know what to do.”

Bellis said she had searched her soul and prayed for an answer about whether to leave the religion of her birth and join the Catholic Church.

"The Lord said, “Do it,’” she said. “Whatever the Lord says, I do my best to carry out.”

The vote came after months of study and prayer and was followed by a show of solidarity, said Lydia Temoshok, a parishioner for five years.

“After the vote, everyone joined hands in unity,” she said. A motion was made to accept the two proposals.

“It was unanimous,” Temoshok said.

 

[Pat_Payne]

Welcome home, St. Timothy’s!

 

[edwest2]

Good news.

Ed

 

[Michael57]

Such wonderful news! Praise God!

:clapping:

 

[_Abyssinia]

 

[CarolNoel]

Wonderful lady.