All Saints'

[macwilkin]

Thanks for the opinions, all. I've pretty much decided to wear a kilt to All Saints service this Sunday. All Saints is all about connecting with the dead and departed, one's ancestors, and the saints and heroes of the church: many of these, in the Anglican and Episcopalian tradition, were kilted (consider the Samuel Seabury tartan, named after the first American Episcopal bishop). And so I am going for it. I understand and respect the motive of not wanting to draw attention away from the mass, but in this case a kilt is not as much a gesture of self-expression, but a nod of respect to tradition and one's forebearers, those who have gone before. I feel it fits the occasion.

Cirthalion

Interesting...Matt mentions an "Episcopal" tartan in his blog entry on the Clergy tartan...I wonder if this is the same as the "Samuel Seabury" tartan?

For those who are not aware, the Rt. Rev. Samuel Seabury was the first American Bishop in the Episcopal Church, consecrated by Bishops Skinner, Petrie and Kilgour in St. Andrew's Cathederal in Aberdeen on 14 November 1784.

Cheers,

Todd