[Magdalen] Local Advent Calendar

[Grace Cangialosi]

Jay, do you also know that Park View Mennonite in Harrisonburg has what is
supposed to be one of the best Easter Vigils in the area?!  I have yet to
make it, because I usually have an early service on Easter, but I may try
this year, and I'll see if Susan H. might want to go.

On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 11:14 AM Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's very neat! I live  up here in the Shenandoah Valley, out in the
> country among the cows and Mennonites. I was somewhat amazed but delighted
> to find out that Mennonites observe Advent, although slightly differently
> from us, and do take it seriously.
>
> On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 10:54 AM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > This is very cool!’ Thanks for sharing it with us, Scott!
> >
> > > On Nov 29, 2019, at 10:29 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > In the next neighborhood to our south is a "Jesus People" community.
> Many
> > > of its members live in a building called Wilson Abbey, where they run a
> > > coffee shop and some social services. They observe Advent by turning
> the
> > > facade into a giant Advent calendar. I'm just fascinated at this
> > observance
> > > of Advent in a very public way at the right time (not starting the 12
> > days
> > > of Christmas before Christmas, or some such nonsense). I'm not sure
> what
> > > each of the calendar's windows represents, but it'll be interesting to
> > find
> > > out.
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://blockclubchicago.org/2019/11/29/uptowns-massive-advent-calendar-is-back-counting-down-to-christmas-with-elaborate-window-displays/
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Scott R. Knitter
> > > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> >
>


-- 
Grace Cangialosi
Ruckersville, VA

*"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great
love."*
*St. Teresa of Calcutta*