Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Here's How I Think The Calendar Got Updated

I can imagine a series of events roughly like the following;
  • Someone notices that John Bruce mentions that the calendar hasn't been updated
  • Either that person is Mrs Bush herself, or that person tells Mrs Bush about it
  • The issue seems to be that there's some feast that's important to Catholics, but should also be important to Anglo-Catholics (whatever it is), and if John Bruce mentioned it, maybe they should look into it
  • Mrs Bush gets on the horn to whomever updates the parish calendar, something about a conception or something needs to be on the calendar for December 8 because it's supposed to be important, and we don't have it
  • Person Who Updates The Calendar (PWUTC) listens, decides Mrs Bush is ticked again, figures something needs to be done about December 8
  • PWUTC's performance has been a disappointment up to now, job or volunteer position might be on the line, but PWUTC makes best effort, googles something like "Catholic December 8"
  • Discovers something like "Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary" -- probably never heard of it
  • Decides a good short version would be Conception of the Blessed, enters it into calendar app
  • Mrs Bush happy
  • PWUTC heaves sigh of relief.
I don't know if this is simple ignorance, or if it's possibly liquid-fueled. I would hate to think that PWUTC was an ordained priest in the Anglican Church in America.