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Offering seasonal sentiments of peace on earth and goodwill to fellow man, the Harvard University Choir will perform in the 97th Annual Christmas Carol Services this Sunday, Dec. 17, at 5. p.m. and Monday, Dec. 18, at 8 p.m. in Memorial Church. Created in 1909 as a gift of University Organist and Choirmaster Archibald T. Davison and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Edward C. Moore to the Harvard and Cambridge community, the services are the oldest continually running carol services in America. While the format of the services—carols and hymns interspersed by readings from scripture?...
...accuse Harvard’s entire student body of being overly consumed with petty, ivory tower politics and personal advancement. After spending two hours at the entirely student-run Harvard Square Homeless Shelter (nicknamed UniLu as a result of it being situated in the basement of the University Lutheran Church) this past Saturday, it has become evident to me just how unfair such an accusation...
...volunteer, Luke M. Messac ’08 puts it, “I first started volunteering because seeing homeless people everywhere just really struck me. We are the richest non-profit organization aside from the Catholic Church, and it is extremely troubling to me that such poverty exists right next door...
...under beds and priests in every corner—on the part of our learned and articulate colleagues in the room.” “I hope you will have the courage of your original convictions,” Gomes, who is also Pusey minister in Memorial Church, told the assembled task force.“I hope the committee will recover its nerve,” he added.‘TO BE HUMAN’ BUT NOT HUMANITIES?The interdisciplinary “what does it mean to be a human being” requirement emerged...
...sure, there certainly are a number of strictly religious traditions that go along with the Christian observance of the holiday, such as attending church on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day or prayers of thanksgiving for God’s gift to the world in the form of Christ. However, these are not the traditions that secular and non-Christian individuals have taken up as their own for their celebrations, so it’s difficult to see where the problem with the widespread celebration of this holiday lies...