[Magdalen] Altar Book available

[Jay Weigel]

The church I am currently attending is all computerized! Everyone uses
iPads....the priest, the deacons, the altar servers, everyone! And the
whole service is up on screens on either side of the church. Some people
follow on their phones. There are books in the pows but nobody uses them.

On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 11:33 AM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Jo, I'm afraid I had to laugh at your question about whether any churches
> still used paper altar books!  I'm not aware of any churches in our area
> that *don't* use them!  I'll be starting to do supply again in February,
> and I sincerely hope I don't have to supply in a church that doesn't use
> them--I'd be completely lost!
> The other evening I went to a community program of Christmas music from
> many different groups.  One group of young people was reading all of the
> music off of iPads--it was one of the strangest things I've ever seen!
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 11:17 AM Jo Craddock <jocraddock at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > While not active, anymore, I still regularly read and pray with The
> > List. My family is well; Rodger and I are semi-retired and both largely
> > out of the day-to-day "church business." We've been to more church
> > weddings/funerals than Sunday services, since COVID began, sadly, as our
> > semi-retirement work often includes Sundays. I'm still remotely on call
> > for a few small churches with streaming church set-ups, web management,
> > etc.
> >
> > We are downsizing...no plans to move, yet, but clearing out what we
> > wouldn't take with us, at least. Years ago, I retrieved from the trash
> > pile, a slightly damaged Altar Book that had been dripped on during a
> > ceiling leak. It was helpful to me in creating service leaflets, but I
> > have no use for it, anymore. Does anyone on The List still use a paper
> > Altar Book? I've offered it to some smaller parishes in my area, but was
> > declined due to RiteWorship, iPads, etc. <grin> I thought I'd offer it
> > here - postpaid - before it goes to the recycle bin. ISBN 0-89869-006-4
> > in maroon, padded, three-ring binder; 302 pps. It does have the water
> > drip damage on a few pages (no print damaged), and some penciled-in
> > notes on several pages.
> >
> > May the blessings of the Season abound to you and yours, and with
> >
> > Peace,
> > Jo
> >
>
>
> --
> Grace Cangialosi
> Ruckersville, VA
>
> * "Service is what prayer looks like when it gets up off its knees and
> walks around in the world"*
> *                                              Michael J. Graham, SJ*
>