[Magdalen] VTS Chapel,

[Grace Cangialosi]

Yes, they do use chasubles now--at least, some celebrants do-- and they just dedicated a set of Sanctus bells in honor of Professor Emeritus Tony Lewis!

> On Oct 10, 2015, at 12:27 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> In a message dated 10/9/2015 10:59:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
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> Perhaps  this is to allow for the vestments and the people in them to
> add the  missing color and life? This seems to be what happens at St.
> Mary  Magdalene, Toronto, whose sanctuary looks positively whitewashed
> and very  empty until Mass starts and people come  in.>>>>>>>>>>
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> This is a valid design feature.  The famous poured concrete  Abbey
> at Saint John's University in Minnesota by Marcel Breurer was 
> purposely left gray and plain, and the intention was to give the
> color via the liturgies.
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> However, with the low church history of VTS, there will probably
> not be any Solemn Masses with deacon/subdeacon/celebrant,
> though I think they have graduated to chasubles.
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> 
> David Strang.