Angels, Jesuits, and going to the bathroom (was Chapter 45: Angels)

[Paul Mackin]

On Wednesday 10 April 2002 09:56 am, David Morris wrote:

> Do people become angels after they die?  Does a bell ring every time an
> angel earns his/her/its wings?  How many can dance on the head of a pin?

Hard to answer such questions about noncorporeal beings. As an architect, 
David, you may have heard the story of the Jesuit Seminary at Woodstock, 
Maryland. It seems the architect whom they employed forgot to include 
bathrooms in the design and the imposing stone structure was built entirely  
without them.   When the Pope eventually received his courtesy copy of the 
plans (too late)  he immediately sent a one line telegram to the Jesuit in 
charge:  "Are you angels there?" (in Latin of course)

A WC per floor was eventually tacked onto to the outside of the building 
resulting in a slightly strange appearance. Still a nice looking building 
however. No longer used as a Jesuit Seminary. Was rather famous in the 60s 
for antiwar dissent.
 
P.