[Magdalen] Diocese of Virginia 2015 Council Meeting

[cady soukup]

Susie/Susan Buchanan - no, Vinnie Lainson is not on the list, but she
was raised up from our church where she was fairly close to being an
institution. We still miss her, and continue to wish her well in her
new life.

I was also able to see -from across the room- Cathy Tibbetts, who is
another who was raised up from our church. She is now over the Blue
Ridge Mountains in Luray, VA as rector there. I wasn't able to talk to
very many people for very long - frustrating!

The highlights of the council meeting were singing with the
all-diocese choir at St Paul's, Richmond (being directed very, very
capably by Bishop Shannon Johnston's wife Ellen) and talking at
breakfast for nearly 30 minutes this morning with the Rev. Malcom
Rogers from the Diocese of Liverpool about the slave trade,
Liverpool-Virginia-Nigeria, and the upcoming Liverpool Diocese young
adult pilgrimage to Alabama, where they plan to go along what he
called the "slave trail" to learn more about what happened years ago,
and how to work with the results in the present time. Dynamic and
interesting man! From him, I finally learned what "indaba" is - I
haven't been paying attention, so when Bp Shannon mentioned it last
night at the service, I had no idea what it meant. I've already
ordered the book he recommended, "Living Reconciliation".

800 Episcopalians in a room can really lift up the spirits!

hugs - Cady
tired.