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Chapel Talk, 2021 September 8 / Ana Ramirez

2021
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Associate Head of School Ana Ramirez gives the opening Wednesday Chapel Talk of the 2021-2022 year. She describes her utter joy at being in-person, of being able to have the School's space occupied once again by colleagues and students...

Chapel Talk, 2021 March 24 / Meghan Mulhern

2021
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Meghan speaks of the loss of her father just as she was to begin her first teaching job, grieving over the loss of her father and finding the strength to teach that first class.

Chapel Talk, 2021 January 13 / Chris Sanchez

2021
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In his Chapel Talk physics teacher Christopher Sanchez talks of two lessons learned during his work at a restaurant while in college. First, after being accused of theft, Mr. Sanchez ponders the power of forgiveness...

Chapel Talk, 2021 November 10 / Jordan Poarch

2021
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Dorm Parent, Soccer Coach and Admission's Associate Jordan Poarch speaks of his journey towards becoming a professional soccer player, and of his change of path and calling after suffering an injury that made him rethink his chosen career.

Chapel Talk, 2021 September 12: Loneliness / Joy McGrath

2021
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At Old St. Anne's Church, Head of School Joy McGrath talks of the rising rates of loneliness affecting young Americans in school and how - as individuals and collectively as a community - loneliness is addressed at St. Andrew's...

Chapel Talk, 2021 June 6 / Tad Roach

2021
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During the 2021 Virtual Reunion Weekend, Headmaster Tad Roach offered his reflections on the Gospel reading of Matthew's depiction of the mustard seed ("the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown, it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree..

Chapel Talk, 2021 March 10 / Tad Roach

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Headmaster Tad Roach reflects on the character of recently deceased grounds-crewman Phil Pensiner, how his "battle with cancer had strengthened his already abundant love of humanity, generosity of spirit, kindness, and faith." Tad asks the questions ..

Chapel Talk, 2021 April 14: On Being a Classicist / Philip Walsh

2021
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In his Chapel Talk, Classics Department Chair Phil Walsh speaks of a colleague who wrote a poem "Memory of a Year with Allusions to the Greeks" where he is a featured "classicist." He then goes on to describe what it means to be a "classicist." Dr...

Chapel Talk, 2021 September 11: Reflections / Stephen Mufuka

2021
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Twenty years after the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks, religious Studies teacher Stephen Mufuka recalls his own experience in New York City and reflects on the principle of being called to serve which formed his decision to re-enlist in the Ma..

Chapel Talk, 2020 January 8 / Tad Roach

2020
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In preparing the School for a trip to see the movie adaptation of Bryan Stevenson's book "Just Mercy", Headmaster Tad Roach speaks of Stevenson's profound justice work and his motivations in that work...

Chapel Talk, 2020 February 12 / Jason Kunen

2020
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In this Chapel Talk, Religious Studies teacher Jason Kunen describes his coming to understand what it means to "hold the space", "to maintain a space of awareness" that influences people in a positive way...

Chapel Talk, 2020 October 21 / Lou Berl

2020
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In this talk, Head Girl's Crew Coach Lou Berl walks through what she's learned as a high school and college athlete, and what she has taught her athletes as a college and high school coach: through positive visualization and mental imagery, an athlet..

Chapel Talk, 2019 January 30: Sabbatical / Mark Hammond

2019
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In speaking on his sabbatical year working in a refugee camp and on a farm in England, physics teacher Mark Hammond explores what it means to be broken, how we all - as part of the human condition - are broken, and how that brokenness can teach us "h..

Chapel Talk, 2019 March 20, 2019: The Unseen / Will Speers

2019
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In examining "Wuthering Heights" papers written by 3 of his students, English teacher Will Speers, discovers why he is drawn to teaching novels involving unseen, ghostly characters of an 'indiscernible world': "nothing that truly matters in your life..

Chapel Talk, 2019 February 13 / Terence Gilheany

2019
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Through telling the tale of a serious accident in his boyhood, History and Religious Studies teacher Terence Gilheany relays how his mother and he were lifted up and sustained by a caring community...

Chapel Talk, 2019 September 15: Old St. Anne's / Tad Roach

2019
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The School community gathered for its annual Fall Service at Old St. Anne's where Headmaster Tad Roach spoke of St. Andrew's founding mission of commitment to financial aid; and of how that mission continues to be instrumental in forming the St...