[Magdalen] Happy Saint Benedict's Day

[Marion Thompson]

I think she said United Church of Christ when she brought Greetings from 
our UC of C.

Marion, a pilgrim


On 7/14/2016 11:21 AM, Jay Weigel 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?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>