[Magdalen] 234th Diocesan Convention

[Joseph Cirou]

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>From: Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com>
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>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] 234th Diocesan Convention
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>>From: Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com>
>>Sent: Nov 4, 2017 7:48 PM
>>To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] 234th Diocesan Convention
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>>Our convention was this weekend 143rd of Western Michigan.  At our liturgy
>>(indoors) we had umbrellas over the gospeller and the bishop in procession
>>in and out and for the Gospel procession.  We never did it that way
>>before!  It was said that this is from an Ethiopian tradition.  We also had
>>asperges from a kid's pail that one might take to the beach.  Plus had
>>bingo cards distributed by the youth for a donation.  I finally got a bingo
>>after bribing the chancellor (Bill Fleener, Jr.) with a candy bar to say
>>"Beloved Community" in his announcement of a quorum.  Did I say we had fun?
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>>On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 11:24 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> She must have watched some old Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers movies to
>>> prepare!
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>>> Jay, g/d/r
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>>> On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 10:12 PM Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>> > The 234th Convention of the Diocese of Pennsylvania began this evening
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>>> > the convention eucharist and a very good address by our bishop, Daniel
>>> > Gutierrez. During the liturgy I was especially impressed by the
>>> thurifer. I
>>> > used to think I was pretty adept with a thurible in my younger days, but
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>>> > never had to swing one (full circles included) while walking backward in
>>> > high heels.
>>> > --
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>>> > Christopher Hart
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>>> > List Mail Address: cervus51 at gmail.com
>>> > Personal Mail: cervus at veritasliberat.net
>>> > Twitter: @cervus51
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>>Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
>>Western Michigan
>I think umbrellas are fun cf parades in New Orleans also St Gregory of Nyssa's influence is well expanded east of San Francisco. We have lots of Ethiopian and Eritrean churches in town.Yes let's hear it for the umbrellas and remember the Blessed Sacrament in escorted from the canopy to the tabernacle by an ombrellino is some churches. in the seminary the Sacrament was escorted around the chapel by a gentleman who had made the ombrellino.
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>Joe
The ombrellinos that are displayed in the minor basilicas of the world are rarely if ever carried. I don't really know much about them except that they are granted to these places of pilgrimage. There must be a ceremonial entrance when the basilica is "erected" (not constructed just raised to the honor of a basilica. But after that they are displayed at the basilica.

I would need to look up the basilica umbrellas, but they are not the same as processional umbrellas used in  Eritrean and Ethiopian celebrations. I don't think the New Orleans umbrellas are used indoors. but a large space may be considered an exception. I always heard it was bad luck or impolite to open an umbrellas indoors aside from getting ready to go out in the rain.

I imagine there was some arcane tradition that would explain why our seminary chapel used the ombrellino for Eucharistic processions, while the Benedictines next door (at the "Chapel" of Perpetual Adoration)used a canopy. Also in many places the canopy was used at the entrance of a bishop or monarch and I think the canopy was held over the throne of Elizabeth II during her Coronation (probably the anointing) (I wrote a thesis on the reiteration of the Sacrament of Confirmation which partly referred to the anointing of the sovereign in various traditions)

Joe