[Magdalen] Saint Michael and All Angels.

[Jay Weigel]

I hated that church when I was a student at Lakeland College. I went there
exactly twice. Once because I didn't know any better, and the second time
to see if it was as bad as I thought it was the first time. It was. I
walked out of there and shook the dust from my shoes. When I went home I
told my priest exactly what I thought oabout the place. It was awful. But
then it was the dicese of Fond O' Lace and everybody was trying to be
higher than the next guy. Ick.

On Wednesday, September 30, 2015, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 8:21 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> <magdalen at herberthouse.org <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > And then there was the LEM who carried her precious package of
> > Blessed Sacrament wrapped around her little finger, while she visited
> > the coffee hour, drank several cups also smoking (still permitted  then).
>
> Our late previous rector often told of his time as a curate or
> possibly seminarian at Grace Church, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. He
> accompanied the rector on visits to take Communion to shut-ins in the
> surrounding rural areas. Typically the rector would get out of the
> car, march up to the front door, and as soon as the shut-in presented
> him/herself at the door (or of course in bed if bedridden), he would
> say, "The Body of Christ," the communicant would say Amen and receive,
> and the rector would turn on his heels and return to the car. No
> speaking allowed en route, either.
>
> This does make a little bit of sense if one considers it simply an
> extension of the administration of Communion in church: the priest
> goes out to people in the nave who can't come to the Communion rail;
> likewise, the priest goes out to the homes of those who can't come to
> Mass. But it seems a bit cold and bypasses a pastoral opportunity
> (confession? how ya doin? How's your leg?). Perhaps there was often a
> separate pastoral visit during the week. Probably so.
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>