[Magdalen] Easter Vigil.

[Grace Cangialosi]

Oops! Cat jumped on my lap, and I hit send too soon!
Park View has been doing their Easter Vigil for at least 20 years. Susan may have gone once--I don't remember. Susan?

> On Apr 7, 2017, at 6:05 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The Easter Vigil is a very cool thing in theory, but I was somewhat soured
> on the idea years ago when a friend and I asked some logistical questions
> about our rector's plan to completely scrap the Easter Sunday festival
> Eucharist in favor of the Easter Vigil and ended up being blamed for it
> being canceled entirely. I haven't quite warmed up to the idea since. I
> think I could, if it were held at a decent hour, but I don't like to drive
> at night any more.
> 
> I have seen a couple of really cool ones on TV, though. The best was from
> an African-American RC church, IIRC in St. Louis, and the best part of that
> was the baptisms. Their "font" was actually a pool in which the priest
> stood about hip-deep. The adult candidates came down into the pool and were
> poured on, not immersed, but they did get good and wet. Babies were handed
> down and got about half-dunked *and* poured on. It was all quite joyous,
> with wonderful singing and some drumming during the service. I could deal
> with that.
> 
> On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 4:37 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>>>> But it was outside; it was dark and cold;
>> and he did use a Zippo.<<<
>> 
>> Same with our Holy Wheelbarrow.  And one of my parting gifts to the Abp
>> was a lighter from Rome with the seal of the Vatican State on it.
>>