[Magdalen] Hymn choices...

[Lynn Ronkainen]

... from my experience with the RC church (of my youth) because of my mom's 
involvement until her death last year, 'rote' plans are not unusual. At 
every Catholic church she has ever attended only the first or first two 
verses were ever sung. EVER. She grew to enjoy hymns in her last few decades 
of life and it always upset her that Catholic churches never sang them all 
the way through - and she loved the occasional visit to 'my' church 
(Episcopal) because we *always* did sing every verse.

SO, I'd have to say, that's the way 'they seem' to like it. Sadly to me, the 
RC churches I've attended have even lost their fervor of the '70s & '80s. 
It's like a 21st century version of what I grew up with in the 1950s - rote 
prayers, rote formula for worship and rote music -  only now more women are 
involved, and they couldn't do it without them in many places.
Lynn

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From: "sheila ketler via Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2017 5:52 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Cc: "sheila ketler" <ketbears at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Magdalen] Hymn choices...

> Hi everyone...So I have a question for those of you who choose hymns... I 
> was informed that in the Catholic parish I am currently workingfor she has 
> chosen all three years worth of hymns... Year A B and C... and then each 
> year we just use the same groupof hymns..Is this common practice? and when 
> I worked for the Anglican why on earth did I choose all of those hymns for 
> all of thoseservices and not doing what she is doing???
> Is this laziness??? or what???
> Sheila