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X-WR-CALDESC:<i>Too often in the past\, the appointment of a subprioress or
  prior has been the source of serious contention in monasteries. Some\, pu
 ffed up by the evil spirit of pride and thinking of themselves as a second
  prioress or abbot\, usurp tyrannical power and foster contention and disc
 ord in their communities. This occurs especially in monasteries where the 
 same bishop and the same prioress or abbot appoint both the abbot and prio
 ress and the prior or subprioress. It is easy to see what an absurd arrang
 ement this is\, because from the very first moment of appointment they are
  given grounds for pride\, as their thoughts suggest to them that they are
  exempt from the authority of the prioress or abbot. 'After all\, you were
  made subprioress or prior by the same members who made the prioress or ab
 bot.'\n\nThis is an open invitation to envy\, quarrels\, slander\, rivalry
 \, factions and disorders of every kind\, with the result that\, while the
  prioress and subprioress or abbot and prior pursue conflicting policies\,
  their own souls are inevitably endangered by this discord\; and at the sa
 me time the monastics under them take sides and so go to their ruin. The r
 esponsibility for this evil and dangerous situation rests on the heads of 
 those who initiated such a state of confusion.</i>\n\nIn any group—a polit
 ical system\, an athletic team\, a social organization\, even a monastery—
 authority is one thing\, leadership is often another. Authority comes from
  being given or elected to a position. Leadership comes from vision and ch
 arism in concert. It is often the case that the two realities—authority an
 d leadership—do not reside in the same person. Then the stage is set for t
 ension.\n\nIf the legally deputed authority is insecure or bully¬ing\, unc
 ertain or authoritarian\, weak or controlling\, the group is bound either 
 to resist of to defect. Authority figures without the vision to identify t
 heir own weaknesses\, who then appoint people to provide for those needs i
 n the group\, risk the loss of the only authority they have— which is clea
 rly only a legal one.\n\nOn the other hand\, charismatic figures in a grou
 p\, people who deal well with people and have a clear vision of the future
 \, who use those gifts to undermine the legal authority of the group\, run
  the risk of dividing it and\, eventually\, of destroying it completely.\n
 \nIt is up to leadership figures to cooperate with author¬ity\, to uphold 
 the unity of the group\, to remember that there can be only one authority 
 in a community at a time and no second-in-command\, no department chair\, 
 not even any idea agent\, is ever it.\n\nThen the community\, united in th
 e tenuous search for the will of God together\, can come to see that there
  are seldom instances in life when there is only one way to do anything. T
 hen we learn that everything we do and every way we set out to do it toget
 her has something to teach us all.
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DESCRIPTION:<i>Too often in the past\, the appointment of a subprioress or 
 prior has been the source of serious contention in monasteries. Some\, puf
 fed up by the evil spirit of pride and thinking of themselves as a second 
 prioress or abbot\, usurp tyrannical power and foster contention and disco
 rd in their communities. This occurs especially in monasteries where the s
 ame bishop and the same prioress or abbot appoint both the abbot and prior
 ess and the prior or subprioress. It is easy to see what an absurd arrange
 ment this is\, because from the very first moment of appointment they are 
 given grounds for pride\, as their thoughts suggest to them that they are 
 exempt from the authority of the prioress or abbot. 'After all\, you were 
 made subprioress or prior by the same members who made the prioress or abb
 ot.'\n\nThis is an open invitation to envy\, quarrels\, slander\, rivalry\
 , factions and disorders of every kind\, with the result that\, while the 
 prioress and subprioress or abbot and prior pursue conflicting policies\, 
 their own souls are inevitably endangered by this discord\; and at the sam
 e time the monastics under them take sides and so go to their ruin. The re
 sponsibility for this evil and dangerous situation rests on the heads of t
 hose who initiated such a state of confusion.</i>\n\nIn any group—a politi
 cal system\, an athletic team\, a social organization\, even a monastery—a
 uthority is one thing\, leadership is often another. Authority comes from 
 being given or elected to a position. Leadership comes from vision and cha
 rism in concert. It is often the case that the two realities—authority and
  leadership—do not reside in the same person. Then the stage is set for te
 nsion.\n\nIf the legally deputed authority is insecure or bully¬ing\, unce
 rtain or authoritarian\, weak or controlling\, the group is bound either t
 o resist of to defect. Authority figures without the vision to identify th
 eir own weaknesses\, who then appoint people to provide for those needs in
  the group\, risk the loss of the only authority they have— which is clear
 ly only a legal one.\n\nOn the other hand\, charismatic figures in a group
 \, people who deal well with people and have a clear vision of the future\
 , who use those gifts to undermine the legal authority of the group\, run 
 the risk of dividing it and\, eventually\, of destroying it completely.\n
 \nIt is up to leadership figures to cooperate with author¬ity\, to uphold 
 the unity of the group\, to remember that there can be only one authority 
 in a community at a time and no second-in-command\, no department chair\, 
 not even any idea agent\, is ever it.\n\nThen the community\, united in th
 e tenuous search for the will of God together\, can come to see that there
  are seldom instances in life when there is only one way to do anything. T
 hen we learn that everything we do and every way we set out to do it toget
 her has something to teach us all.
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SUMMARY:The Prior and Subprioress of the Monastery
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