[Magdalen] Happy Saint Benedict's Day

[Scott Knitter]

zuc·chet·to
(t)so͞oˈketō,zo͞o-/
noun

a Roman Catholic cleric's skullcap: black for a priest, purple for a
bishop, red for a cardinal, and white for the pope.

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 8:14 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, yarmulke, skull cap, beanie (sans propeller)--all pretty much the
> same thing!
>
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 8:54 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> A skull cap.  Sorry I didn't respond sooner.  We're all still in Facebook
>> General Synod Land.
>>
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/13/2016 3:25 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>>
>>> 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:
>>>>
>>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>> Marion a pilgrim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Grace Cangialosi
> Ruckersville, VA
>
> *“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us
> guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” - Dietrich
> Bonhoeffer*



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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA