[Magdalen] Happy Saint Benedict's Day

[Scott Knitter]

If you put together the United Methodist Church, the Presbyterian
Church (USA), and the United Church of Christ, and then some folks
stepped away from the amalgam to form smaller versions of their former
churches, you might have something like the United Church of Canada
(plus some new small denominations who didn't want to go along).

I think. :)

On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> What is the US counterpart of the United Church of Canada? That is such a
> large umbrella body that I'd be hard put to figure it out. Our United
> Church of Christ is comprised only of the former Congregational Church and
> Evangelical and Reformed Church. The Presbyterian Church, USA and the
> United Methodist Church (which includes the Evangelical United Brethren)
> are still separate bodies here, although I understand they are part of the
> United Church of Canada.
>
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>
>> These fellows seemed to be out west, the Prairies perhaps, judging by the
>> company they kept.  Perhaps they were observers like the Moderator of our
>> United Church of Canada, now in full communion with its American
>> counterpart, who attended the whole thing but kept her own counsel, even in
>> the Neighbourhood groups (she was in mine).  I had known nothing of her;
>> she was a surprise with her tattoos, mohawk haircut ;-) and informal style.
>>
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>
>>
>> On 7/14/2016 8:25 AM, Scott Knitter wrote:
>>
>>> I wanted to say SSJE monks from Toronto, but these sound like they had
>>> more of a habit than the Cowley Dads typically wear.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 2:07 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?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>



-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA