[Magdalen] Hymn choices...

[ME Michaud]

We always said we could spot the visiting RCs because they'd gather up
their belongings and head out when the last hymn began. And then they'd
stop at the back and peer at the rest of us in wild surmise.
-M


On Sunday, May 28, 2017, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> ... 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.
>
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