[Magdalen] A quarter century...

[Jay Weigel]

David, I will never forget Fr. Gerald White from St.. Francis.....he used
to come over and say mass at St. Andrew's in August when Fr. Sabin was on
vacation. He could say mass faster than anyone I've ever heard do it before
or since, and those eyebrows! "Our mLord mSavior mJesus mChrist..." My
brother would mimic him unmercifully, but he was very nice.

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> Congratulations.
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> I discovered the Episcopal Church during my first year at UW-Madison,
> 1955.
> A parish church, Saint Andrew's, Madison, was within walking distance
> from my Lakeshore Halls dormitory location, and I was wowed by the
> liturgy, and especially the music which was under the direction of one  of
> the School of Music professors, and featured at choir of some 30  singers,
> mostly music faculty and music faculty spouses.  They were  unbelievably
> good.
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> I quickly decided - even before I became an Episcopalian - I was still  a
> Methodist - that if I didn't make it into medical school, I'd try my hand
> at
> the Episcopal priesthood.  Naturally I was confirmed at that  time.
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> What an awful priest I would have made!
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> I have this feeling that I was divinely guided through medical school
> primarily
> to keep me out of the seminary.
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> The next years, when I earned my room at Saint Francis House, TEC  Student
> Center, I saw most of my friends head over to Nashotah Seminary, a  path
> that I could have, but fortunately did not travel.
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> Thank all of you who did get ordained, and thank the Lord the Episcopal
> Church was
> spared me!
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> David Strang.
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