[Magdalen] Hot in church tomorrow?

[Judy Fleener]

It will be hot , no AC in our building.

On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 10:27 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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>
> In a message dated 6/25/2016 9:14:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
>
> so we've  been a bit toasty in church  lately>>>>>>>
>
> That's the way it was in the olden days before A/C was commonplace
> in churches.  I think that contributed to the appalling "swooning"  that
> was seen back in the day.  Church goers would simply get  overheated
> and pass out.
>
> A/C isn't needed much in Germany because of the cool, often overcast
> weather, but when it does get warm and humid, it was an experience
> to go to church and be assaulted by the body odor.  The last  time
> this happened to me was at Frauenkirche at Oberwesel/Rhein  (1997)
> and if I ever wanted incense on the heavy side it was on that  occasion.
> Germans do not generally use deodorants.
>
> I was cantoring an RC Mass up the road at Diocese Scranton's largest
> parish on a Sunday when the A/C was kaput.  During the  Canon
> the presider suddenly stopped and asked the assembly whether he had
> said the Words of Institution.  He had not, since the pages of  the
> altar missal had stuck together from the moisture.  He had to go  back
> and finish up.
>
>
>
> David Strang.
>



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Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
Western Michigan