[Magdalen] Thanksgivings Past.

[Grace Cangialosi]

Bats were one of the at/distractions at the Sunday Evensong services at St. Andrews in Ann Arbor when I was in college. It was a great space for swooping up and down the aisle!

> On Nov 30, 2014, at 10:02 AM, "Charles Wohlers" <charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Well, the one time we went to All Saints, Ashmont (an evening service), there were bats flying around. A bit of a distraction.
> 
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
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> -----Original Message----- From: James Oppenheimer-Crawford
> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2014 12:22 AM
> To: Magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Thanksgivings Past.
> 
> It's a bit distressing to think of mice running around in your church, but
> it is -- in a way -- a nice touch.  Those tiny little things were able to
> have their own little thanksgiving celebration. Mice are so tiny, it's a
> wonder that something that tiny can function. Same with the tiny birds!!
> 
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
> for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
> on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
> 
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> David, your description of the Thanksgivng decorations at church made me
>> smile at a more recent memory. The mountain church where I was vicar for
>> 9years had a similar custom of decorating with gourds, Indian corn, etc.
>> for the Thanksgiving Eve service. Decorations were placed across the stone
>> re redid at the back of the stone altar and along the communion rail. Since
>> the woman who did it worked so hard at it, I let it all remain through
>> Sunday, even though the colors clashed a bit with the Advent hangings!
>> One year I came in on Sunday morning to discover that mice had eaten most
>> of the Indian corn, leaving neat cobs right where they had been and a
>> scattering of kernels on the altar! It only happened that one year, for
>> some reason...
>> 
>> > On Nov 27, 2014, at 2:53 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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>> > I was remembering this morning so many Thanksgivings from the past.
>> >
>> > For so many years in West Central Wisconsin, I would do the three  piece
>> > suit and go down to the traditional Choral Eucharist at the local Christ
>> > Church
>> > Cathedral at 10 AM.  They had developed a tradition of decorating  the
>> > high altar with colorful gourds, pumpkins, corn, apples, grapes, etc. -
>> the
>> > produce of the autumn harvest.  This could be trite, but it was > actually
>> > really well done.  Even the high altar Tabernacle (front and center
>> where
>> > a Tabernacle should be!) was banked with this decor.
>> >
>> > Then I remember the 8 Thanksgivings I spent with my Aunt Helen in
>> > Chicago, and the fun of taking the Badger Bus to the North Shore RR
>> > Terminal in Milwaukee, and thence down to Howard Street and on foot
>> > over to Ashland just at the city limits.  Thanksgiving dinner was at  my
>> > Aunt Nora's in Monee, just at the Indiana line, and via the "IC", the
>> > Illinois Central Railway - another fun excursion.
>> >
>> > Then the Black Friday in the Loop and riding the packed escalators
>> > in Marshall Field's and taking in the wonderful windows of the main
>> > store on State Street.  Aunt Helen had to work at the Lee  Gilbert
>> > Jewelry store on South Michigan Ave., so I was on my own.
>> >
>> > The Sunday for me was initially at the grand First Methodist Church
>> > in Evanston, and then eventually at the cavernous Saint Luke's
>> > Episcopal in that City.
>> >
>> > Such fond memories.
>> >
>> >
>> > David Strang - who wouldn't be able to dress up in a three piece suit > if
>> >                      I  wanted to at this time.
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