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...rounds of tests, the vet could not say what precisely was wrong, only that the problem looked terminal. On the theory that "if [Hilary] couldn't control her dad's death, here was one she could," Ginny left the decision making in her daughter's hands. A five-night vigil at the hospital ensued. Hilary sat for hours patiently brushing Timothy and offering him tiny morsels of cat food on her finger. Finally the vet told her that the animal was not getting any better. Hilary thought for an hour and said that Timothy should be put to sleep...
...cultures, to old customs and to social change. It once conducted Masses solely in Latin; now it doesn't. Communion was once dispensed solely by the priest; now lay people can distribute it. Even some of the deepest and oldest rituals in Catholic life--like the Easter Vigil ceremony--were imported in part from pagan rituals. In Africa and Asia, all kinds of cultural accommodations are made to bring the faith across cultures and into people's hearts. If this can be done for the Third World, why not the First...
...your people okay?” rang through the Yard like the bells of Memorial Church, which rang later that afternoon as 3,000 members of the Harvard community gathered for a vigil and silent prayer in honor of our lost American brothers and sisters. Over a thousand Harvard students flocked to give blood—many were asked to postpone their donations. Some Harvard students drove down to New York City—multiple times—to help the victims of the attacks in person. An outpouring of support for relief efforts by college students came from across...
Still more attended vigils—more than 3,000 gathered before the steps of Memorial Church on the evening of Sept. 11 for a University-wide vigil...
...Harvard’s schools suspend classes and other business after the morning’s terrorist attacks, though many remain partially open to provide the community with a gathering place. In the evening, more than 3,000 gather in front of Memorial Church for a University-wide vigil...