[Magdalen] Youth Sunday

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Jim, I find it hard to believe that RC 'refugees' are driving any kind of 
intense Marion observances unless they are joining an already 'high' church, 
or perhaps very ethnically oriented (thinking Hispanic countries or 
Vietnamese).

Lynn

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From: "Jim Guthrie" <jguthrie at pipeline.com>
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 7:20 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Youth Sunday

> From: Scott Knitter
>
>>It's in addition to the Assumption, Annunciation, and other Marian feasts. 
>>It's
>>often just an addition to the Sunday Mass on one Sunday in May. For 
>>instance,
>> >our readings were those for Easter 5 in the BCP lectionary and the 
>> >sermon
>>focused on those, not the BVM.
>
> So many TEC parishes these days have a significant number of members who 
> are refugees from Rome, there's a lot of interest in these kinds of Marian 
> observances. Of course it annoys the heck out of the cradle Prots, but it 
> wouldn’t be church without [occasional?] conflict now would it? <g>.
>
> And save for the stuffiest of A-C parishes, it's a great way to engage 
> children
> in the liturgy (for parishes which find engaging children important).
>
> Cheers,
> Jim