Word: meagher
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...Michael Meagher ’02 was recruited by the BCC his first year. As Meagher walked through the Yard on his way to class, a friendly stranger named Chris Zilman approached him and asked if he was interested in grassroots religion. Meagher, who had spent three years in Catholic school, assumed he was referring to an open forum for religious discussion and gave Zilman his phone number...
Shortly thereafter, Meagher joined Zilman and his friend, Michael J. Hrnicek ’96, for a get-together in Loker Commons. After what Meagher calls a “very welcoming, non-threatening” conversation about college life, the pair asked him, “So what do you think about Jesus?” A philosophical discussion ensued, and Meagher was invited to a larger group discussion in Winthrop House. He found the group to be “ridiculously friendly,” very supportive and very focused on analysis of Biblical passages...
...Meagher found himself going out for coffee or pizza with his new buddies, who would call twice a week to check up on him. They praised what they saw as leadership qualities in him. “It was very beneficial to an ego,” Meagher recalls. “I wasn’t out there looking for acceptance, but I wasn’t going to turn it away.” Strangely, though, “never once did they mention what church they were affiliated with...
...month into the school year, Zilman and Hrnicek invited Meagher to join them at a church service. He agreed and says he found the congregation to be an energetic (and young) community. The preacher that day spoke out against the church’s critics. Meagher summarizes the sermon: “They’re not a cult. They will be heard. They will not be held down by those who are afraid of their true message.” At one point, Hrnicek pulled Meagher on stage and introduced him to the whole audience. “He?...
...said union representatives had brought up concerns about members coming down with cancer and breathing problems during prolonged labor negotiations in 1999, and alleged that Moisson did not adequately follow through on conversations on the topic with Union Trustee Dan Meagher, who subsequently wrote the letter to Cuno. Meagher declined to comment...