Oh Andrew!
What a situation!! I don't know what to say, so I'll share a personal experience.
Years ago, my mom was made administrator of a nursing home. The owners continally pressured her to do things that would protect/increase their profits by abusing the elderly residents (taking advantage of them in various ways amounting to all kinds of abuse, while lying to the families who were paying to keep their relatives there.) When my mom continually refused to give in, the owners fired her. Hmm, come to think of it, that's the one memory I have where my mom wasn't afraid of "authority" pressure, and stood up to it. Good for her.
My dad had already been laid off before that point, and unemployed over a year. When my mom got fired, I was 17, in high school, and for 6 months or so, the only one of us earning any income, from my $4.25/hour job ringing a cash register.
We got by. When my mom worried about finances, dad would say "It's only money.
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Andy, I'm betting with integrity like yours, the two of you are going to be "found" by a parish that is REALLY striving to live up to its ideals, and once there you will find yourselves very wanted and appreciated.
Meanwhile, let everyone you know know that you two are available, so that word gets out that there are two wonderful qualified people ready to be snapped up by some lucky organization.
May the very best come to you and yours.
