[Magdalen] Happy Saint Benedict's Day

[Scott Knitter]

They don't seem to fit any of the listed communities in Anglican
Religious Life 2016-17. Closest would be the OHC house in Toronto (but
they wear white, IIRC). The rest of the Canadian communities are of
women. They could be part of a community such as the one of which I'm
an oblate, the House of Initia Nova based in Houston. We wear standard
Benedictine black habits made by the tailor at Saint Meinrad
Archabbey. Mine has a tunic (cassock), scapular (sideless poncho), and
black leather belt. No hood for me, but those on the profession track
do have a hood. Fully professed also have a roomy pleated black cowl
to throw over everything for Lauds and Vespers.

On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 10:10 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.




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