[Magdalen] 234th Diocesan Convention

[Joseph Cirou]

-----Original Message-----
>From: Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>Sent: Nov 5, 2017 1:52 PM
>To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] 234th Diocesan Convention
>
>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
>>>> 
>>>> List Mail Address: cervus51 at gmail.com
>>>> Personal Mail: cervus at veritasliberat.net
>>>> Twitter: @cervus51
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
>> Western Michigan

It was the Latter Rain as in the old hymn Come Holy Spirit Send Down Them (Those--episcopal version) Beams
Joe