[Magdalen] 234th Diocesan Convention

[Grace Cangialosi]

When you said you had umbrellas, I, of course, assumed it was raining!

> On Nov 4, 2017, at 7:48 PM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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?
> 
>> On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 11:24 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> She must have watched some old Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers movies to
>> prepare!
>> 
>> Jay, g/d/r
>> 
>> On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 10:12 PM Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> The 234th Convention of the Diocese of Pennsylvania began this evening
>> with
>>> 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
>> I
>>> never had to swing one (full circles included) while walking backward in
>>> high heels.
>>> --
>>> 
>>> Christopher Hart
>>> 
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>>> Twitter: @cervus51
>>> 
>> 
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> Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
> Western Michigan