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There is no indication outside the old brick building on Chicago's north side that would tell visitors that they've come upon the home of a devout religious order - merely a sign on a green awning that reads "Midtown Center." Yet this place is the center of activity for a dozen numeraries, between 40 and 50 supernumeraries and about 25 associates. Set on a residential block in a gentrifying neighborhood, the Opus Dei center is made up of a residential unit, offices and classrooms that are all adjacent to the huge church of St. Mary of the Angels...
...first thing you notice upon entering the center's private residential wing is the library-like hush. Interior lights remain off during daytime, putting the halls and chambers of the numeraries in a half-light. The blue carpeting on the floors is unmistakably institutional, and the aging hardwood furniture, oil paintings of ships at sea adorning the walls and wooden doorways with transoms give the place an almost clubby, old-world feel. This is the beating heart of Opus Dei. The chambers themselves, where a dozen numeraries and priests make their homes, are spartan and impeccably orderly. Hardly a scrap...
...finished. "We live apostolic celibacy so it's a way to ensure that," explains Anglada. After dinner and coffee came another get-together, where jokes were exchanged and then it was time for fellows to return to their chambers for the "examination of conscience." That is a reflection upon the events of the day, a sort of spiritual bookkeeping, where each fellow asks himself: Did I treat anyone badly? Did I work hard...
Athletics are part of Harvard’s undergraduate mission for good reason. Fierce bonds of friendship and loyalty are forged in the hours upon hours of training and practice, and alumni say that their years in a Harvard uniform produced some of the most memorable and formative moments in their lives. Home games are an opportunity to build community and school spirit, while road trips turn athletes into ambassadors who represent Harvard College around the world. Byerly Hall sees the advantage in the character of student athletes as Harvard specifically admits hundreds of athletes a year in its effort...
...just sweated for Harvard," said James R. Houghton ’58, who succeeded Stone as the Corporation’s senior fellow upon his retirement in 2002. "His death’s a real loss...