[Magdalen] 234th Diocesan Convention

[Grace Cangialosi]

LOL!

> On Nov 5, 2017, at 3:09 PM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> When you said you had umbrellas, I, of course, assumed it was raining!
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>>> On Nov 4, 2017, at 7:48 PM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
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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>
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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
>>>> I
>>>>> 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
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> It was the Latter Rain as in the old hymn Come Holy Spirit Send Down Them (Those--episcopal version) Beams
> Joe