[Magdalen] Hot in church tomorrow?

[Scott Knitter]

There's a story that is often told at our church about a hot Sunday
when some acolytes chose to wear nothing at all under their
cassocks/surplices. Black socks and shoes, yes, but nothing else.
Apparently one of the Sisters of St. Anne (probably Sr. Gertrude...she
always seems to be the center of these stories) noticed a set of
grocery bags in the acolytes' sacristy and peered into one of them
long enough to figure out what was going on. She took all the bags and
hid them, causing a bit of panic after Mass. She gave the bags back
only after lecturing the acolytes about how inappropriate it was to
"prance naked before the Blessed Sacrament."

Scott, who always wears something under his cassock (including a
shirt...I really don't want to have to take the cassock home for
laundering every time I use it).

On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:
> We had priest once who used to wear shorts under his cassock in the summer
> and being of the very high church persuasion he wore the cassock even after
> the service while refreshments were served on the lawn. Unfortunately, he
> also chose to wear a white cassock in the summer and if the light was
> behind him, well you get the picture.




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