[Magdalen] Church Crawl

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Merry Christmas Jim! so glad you folks could return to NYC for Christmas 
again!
peace
Lynn

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Jim Guthrie" <jguthrie at pipeline.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2015 6:50 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: [Magdalen] Church Crawl

> Our first stop on our church crawl didn't pan out.
>
> St Thomas Fifth Avenue was packed -- every seat taken -- by 3:20 PM for 
> the 4 PM Lessons and Carols.  That's close to 900 or more people -- in the 
> balcony, the chapel -- just chock full!
>
> So we ended up walking down to St Mary the Virgin, where the concert began 
> at 4:30 PM and Mass at 5 PM. It was interesting to note that only about 
> half the congregation received. Fr. Smith inquired after the state of my 
> health --  thoughtful for someone who gets there twice a year at this 
> point.
>
> On to TWS tonight and ST Bart's tomorrow then back  to Scranton.
>
> Merry Christmas, everyone!
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>