[Magdalen] Ashes to Go (was: National TEC policy on Alcohol in the Church)

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

over a hundred days of lent?


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 Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 5:52 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> How about on Feb 18th instead?
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
> On 2/5/2015 5:09 PM, Ann Markle wrote:
>
>> This is the 3rd year our diocese has offered it, but it's my very first
>> year.  Can't wait to hit the subway station at 7:30 am Dec. 18 (right
>> across the street from our VAMC, incidentally)!
>>
>> Ann
>>
>> The Rev. Ann Markle
>> Buffalo, NY
>> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
>> blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> In a message dated 2/5/2015 11:20:49 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>> gracecan at gmail.com writes:
>>>
>>> This  year, for the second time, a number of the Episcopal clergy in our
>>> area are  participating in "Ashes to Go" in two areas of downtown
>>> Charlottesville. The  idea, again, is to go out to where people are and
>>> offer them a
>>> connection to  the Gospel. Sometimes folks want to stop and talk;
>>> sometimes
>>> they  don't.>>>
>>>
>>> A variation of this occurs at the local VAMC where the RC chaplains
>>> stand
>>> at the chapel entrance of the Medical Center through the early and late
>>> shifts to apply ashes to all comers.  It's a nice gesture.
>>>
>>>
>