[Magdalen] A quarter century...

[Scott Knitter]

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 5:05 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The year after my dad passed away, I attended the local Catholic 6:30 am
> Mass to remember him at the rather large and very old church a few blocks
> where I was living  - a small Italian/American 'town' / suburb of Syracuse.
> There were 10 people including myself in attendance.  Communion and all, we
> were out of there in 20 minutes.  At the time that quick finish reinforced
> my attitude about 'church', both big and small.  Years I was still in the
> 'desert'.
>

Our Wednesday-evening Rite II Low Mass at 6:30 p.m. lasts about 25 minutes
with a short homily and no sense of rushing. We usually have about 6 or 7
in attendance, so Communion doesn't take long!

-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA