[Magdalen] Roger 2015 (was Re: Where to go? - update)

Joseph Cirou romanos at mindspring.com
Mon Jun 8 15:50:09 UTC 2015


I knew him at St. Luke's in Evanston not Milwaukee. It is rare that I
actually know some of the people under discussion,but I remembered him
without controversy.

Joe

On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com>
wrote:

> I'm sorry to hear that. I knew him nearly 50 years ago and had no contact
> with him before or since
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 6/8/2015 10:30:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> romanos at mindspring.com writes:
>>
>> knew Bp  Gaskell before he was consecrated. He was the rector of St Luke
>> in  Evanston. He seemed to be
>> all right   Joe>>>>>
>>
>> The Procathedral for the Diocese of Milwaukee (Saint Lukes).
>>
>> Lovely, really, but never finished.  The sanctuary was  completed,
>> but the nave and the rear of the church, not so.  The Lady  Chapel
>> is so gilt that it makes a spectacular Altar of Repose.  There  was
>> originally a tower in the plans, but it was never built.  The  Aeolian-
>> Skinner pipe organ is famous, and sounds wonderful in that great
>> acoustic space.
>>
>> There have been colorful....ahem....Rectors of Saint Luke's in the
>> past.  Rev. Saint John Brown comes to mind.
>>
>>
>>
>> David Strang.
>>
>>
>>
>


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