[Magdalen] Good Friday

[Judy Fleener]

I remember the years we went to Chicago and/or New York for Holy Week.  One
year we stayed with the Community of the Holy Spirit.

On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 11:50 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> For some years (at least back to the time I worked in Jersey City and
> commuted though the WTC), we've gone to the Good Friday service at St
> Paul's Chapel in downtown NYC (this is the church that was the staging area
> and comfort/counseling center after 9/11).
>
> It's a great service -- relatively short, inclusive language, great hymns
> (not found in the hymnal), candles in the sandbox, veneration passing a
> cross around, and generally non-traditional. Its one that always touches me
> spiritually and is just right for the occasion.
>
> This year -- no Good Friday  service at St Paul's. They lend the church to
> a synagogue -- and this year it's Passover.
>
> So -- am looking for something similar in Manhattan. It has to be late
> enough that I'll be finished with my chemo at MSK.
>
> But I've made hotel reservations in Manhattan for the weekend, so we can
> get to St Bart's on Sunday; I'll do a Library Day on Saturday. Monday night
> we'll go to the Market Cultures Group discussion at Fashion Institute --
> we'll be discussing/dissecting a proposed book outline on the history of
> anti-trust in the United States, with emphasis on culture and social
> attitudes. Should be interesting.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>
> "The enemy isn’t liberalism;
> the enemy isn’t conservatism.
> The enemy, is baloney." - Lars Erik Nelson
>



-- 
Judy Fleener, ObJN
Western Michigan