[Magdalen] Happy Saint Benedict's Day

[Grace Cangialosi]

Remind me? What's a zuchetta? I assume it's not a variety of squash...

> On Jul 13, 2016, at 3:07 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Present at our GS were two of the cutest fellows I've seen in a very long time, real cutey-patooties with mischievous faces.  They were, however, in habits.  Someone said Canon Benedictines.  All black, with a sort of over tunic, a token cowl, and a zucchetta. Can you enlighten me?
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> Marion a pilgrim
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>> On 7/11/2016 1:20 PM, Scott Knitter wrote:
>> Some monasteries built just before the Vatican II changes have side
>> altars that were not used for long, or never used. I'm fascinated with
>> these where they exist. Two such places are the crypt of the monastery
>> church at St. John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota; and the side
>> chapels off the side aisle at St. Gregory's Abbey in Three Rivers, MI.
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>>> On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I have an episcopalian priest friend, formerly a Benedictine (TEC priest now probably 25+ years) who described his life in the monastery of individual daily mass, said by each member of the community at "their own" small side altars which lined both sides of the nave -10 on each side. Also something difficult to imagine even in the '50s.
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