[Magdalen] Hot in church tomorrow?

[Jay Weigel]

Scott, this is the kind of weather for one of those utility kilts!

On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 11:28 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> LOL! Nuns always have the last word in humor or otherwise ; )
> Lynn
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 26, 2016, at 9:37 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>