[Magdalen] Saint Bartholomew the Great.

[Scott Knitter]

Great St Bart's had Jeffrey Smith as music director before he came to
Ascension, Chicago for a year. I'm so glad he's now back at St Paul's, K
Street! We didn't deserve him here, and of course he did tremendous work
for us (for God, really).

On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> The current issue of the UK monthly, "Choir & Organ" has a
> couple of pictures of a choir rehearsing in front of a grand but  simple
> church high altar.  The church is not identified, but I correctly  guessed
> the pictures were taken in the sanctuary of the only remaining  medieval
> church in confines of the traditional "City of London" England, the
> others all having been destroyed in the Great Fire of London.
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> This parish church was originally monastic, and twice its present  size,
> but most of the nave has been pulled down, leaving the spacious
> (architectural) choir, crossing, and one bay of the nave.  The  style
> of the church is one of my favorites - late Norman (Romanesque) going
> on early gothic.
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> In any case, the high altar is typically high Anglican, with full
> vestiture,
> the six Office lights (candles) and a pair of "pavement" lights
> (floor candles), which can also be decorated seasonally with  appropriate
> flowers.  There is no mistaking this altar for a picnic table or  living
> room
> endtable.  The altar is also against the east wall, so "versus
> populum" is precluded.
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> And it's fully in accordance with Vatican-2, since there is nothing in
> the official transcripts of that momentous meeting that suggest
> pulling altars away from walls, and celebration versus populum.
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Bartholomew-the-Great
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> http://greatstbarts.com/
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> David S.
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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA