[Magdalen] Duncan to retire

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Have they had divisiveness/division in the manner of SC?
Lynn 

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On Nov 12, 2015, at 8:22 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

My niece works for the diocese of Minnesota, which she says does not call
itself that any more. She says they call themselves instead "The Episcopal
Church in Minnesota". I guess you can do that when you're statewide, but
geez...

On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> I remember attending one of the daily Masses favored by the  conservatives
> at the most recent Minneapolis TEC General Convention.  It was  held in the
> gorgeous chapel of the downtown Westminster Presbyterian Church,  which
> was large, but not large enough for the assemblage of coped and mitred
> bishops trying to get into the chapel sanctuary.  Duncan looked
> uncomfortable
> in the company of all those high church bishops there, as I  recall.  They
> came
> off as just a little frantic and more than a little silly packed in like
> sardines.
> 
> The Westminster Chapel is one of several gorgeous chapels tacked onto
> very ugly "Akron Plan" Protestant churches.  Another such chapel  various
> special interest groups used at that convention was the equally  beautiful
> Hennepin Avenue Methodist Chapel.  All these chapels look like a  medium
> sized Episcopal churches.
> 
> Episcopalians can be thankful they never got into the "Akron Plan."
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> David Strang.
>