While researching our parish history, I found stories of the 1900 "Fond du Lac Circus" [TLC, July 16] and the picture of the bishops, because Trinity Church, Oshkosh, Wis., made the loudest objection in the diocese to what went on then.

Under the leadership of the rector at that time, the Rev. John W. Greenwood, Trinity Church was reported to be "decidedly and emphatically" low church. We were then the largest church in the diocese. The congregation refused to participate in the selection of a coadjutor from among the "high churchmen," and was not represented at the Weller consecration.

Word of Trinity's resistance spread throughout the Episcopal Church. In a strong and well-publicized sermon, the eloquent Greenwood denounced the "Romeward movement" and Episcopalians who imitated the customs and ceremonies of the Roman church. Our newsletters of that time contain numerous reprints of letters and articles from across the nation, giving accounts and opinions of Trinity's stand "as the rock in a stream of ritualism."

Ginny Gross

Oshkosh, Wis.