[Magdalen] Easter Vigil.

[Scott Knitter]

During much of the 20th century up to the 1970s, Ascension used the
Anglican Missal, American Edition, so it was most likely doing the
Vigil on Holy Saturday morning for some of that time. Then, according
to our parish history book:

"In 1952 Fr. Hillestad, for the first time in the parish history, had
moved the time of the Easter Vigil from Saturday morning to 11:00 P.M.
Reflecting the practice during Fr. Orrick's rectorate, the service of
Easter Even in 1970 was celebrated at 7:00 P.M. Since 1971 the rector
has returned to scheduling the Vigil and first Mass of Easter, based
now on orders of service contained in the new prayer book, at 11:00
P.M. In his view the single most significant occurrence in the entire
liturgical movement has been the restoration of the liturgies of Holy
Week and Easter Even. Through its pre-eminent focus on the Paschal
mystery, this primal restoration now in place in the Book of Common
Prayer markedly colors every adaptation, modification, and innovation
contained in the revised work."

We do the Great Vigil at 8 p.m. now.

On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Mahoney, W. Michael
<wmmah at stoneledge.net> wrote:
> I wonder how far back Ascension (Chicago) was doing the Vigil.




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