[Magdalen] Funeral Service at Saint Martin's, Houston.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

this just came across my e'desk: the complete liturgy with readings

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/ponderanew/2018/04/21/barbara-bush-funeral-program-the-burial-of-the-dead-rite-one/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=BRSS&utm_campaign=Evangelical&utm_content=253

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From: "Roger Stokes via Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2018 4:51 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Cc: "Roger Stokes" <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Funeral Service at Saint Martin's, Houston.

> On 21/04/2018 19:17, Eleanor Braun wrote:
>> Well it pretty much followed the BCP Rite 1 burial service.
>>
>> A tiny detail that threw me off....in the retiring procession both the US
>> flag and the Texas flag were carried, but not the Episcopal flag. I've
>> never seen a state flag in procession, and these days very rarely the US
>> flag.
>
> In essence it was a state occasion even though it was a church service. 
> For the Episcopal flag to have been carried in that context could have 
> been seen as unconstitutional since it might have been interpreted as 
> breaching the Church-state divide.
>
> Roger
>