They bless boats, don't they?

Boating season is getting under way in the northern United States, and priests on Lake Erie's Ohio shoreline have wisely found a way to make themselves present in marking this rite of spring. There are few things that knit congergation and community together better than shared rituals, as these two accounts from Ohio make clear.

Posted by Jim Naughton on May 1, 2008 6:44 PM | |
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The annual blessing of the fleet in Seattle took place in March - organized by the Lutherans, it's been going on for 80 years. Times have changed, though - it's no longer the Scandiwhovian stronghold it used to be, but the tradition continues.

Posted by ginny gibbs [TypeKey Profile Page] | May 2, 2008 3:45 PM

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