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Chapel Talk, 2002 October 16 / Peter Caldwell

2002
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In relaying his coming to love and his passion for opera, Assistant Headmaster Peter Caldwell speaks of the need for time to explore and develop passions of one's own. High school, he suggests, is an ideal time for that discovery.

Chapel Talk, 2001 April 18: Knitting / Nan Mein

2001
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Nan Mein, Faculty Member, talks of why she knits, closing with 5 points: "Our lives must be knitted together in community to be strong...; Good work takes time; Knitting for someone else carries love and prayer; Working with your hands disciplines t..

Chapel Talk, 2001 April 27: Letting Go / Will Speers

2001
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Reflections on letting go: "... I have lived here for 22 years, half of my life, and practically had to be fired just to take a sabbatical. Before coming to St. Andrew’s, I lived with my family in the same house for the previous 22 years of my life...

Chapel Talk, 2001 March 28 / Tad Roach

2001
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Headmaster Tad Roach speaks on the nature of sexual relationships that occur without love, without rational thought, with pressure. "I am...concerned about the way sexual relationships begin, develop and end in our culture...

Chapel Talk, 2001 May 20 / Tad Roach

2001
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Headmaster Tad Roach reflects on the end of the School year 2000-2001: "What elements, what forces have held us back from achieving more, learning more, loving more, aspiring to more?"

Chapel Talk, 2001 September 9/ Tad Roach

2001
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Headmaster Tad Roach discusses the significance of historian Professor Joseph Ellis's fabrication of military service: "Professor Ellis wanted the badge of honor of being a war veteran and ironically risked his reputation and identity as a scholar in..

Chapel Talk, 2001 October 10 / Tad Roach

2001
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Headmaster Tad Roach outlines the facts of the September 11 terrorist attacks as is known at the time, and defines topics of national discussion during this conflict "which is as dangerous as it is complex." "So many questions now demand our attenti..

Chapel Talk, 2000 September 6 / Tad Roach

2000
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Headmaster Tad Roach discusses Richard Wright's novel "Black Boy." "Wright’s story teaches us a lot about courage, resilience and determination. We need to live lives that are real and authentic...

Chapel Talk, 2000 October 18 / Mike Schuller

2000
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CFO Michael Schuller reflects on turning fifty and on teaching. "What I hope you will take away from this talk is this: we are all teachers. Every one of us. Some more actively than others; some more thoughtfully than others...

Chapel Talk, 1999 September 22: Identity / Will Speers

1999
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Discussion of identity. This talk includes reference to Paul Monette and his book "Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story." Will concludes: "....the first journey is within the self, accepting, even liking that self...

Chapel Talk, 1999 January 27 / Tad Roach

1999
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Headmaster Tad Roach gave this talk on the occasion of Ches Baum's (class of '36) 80th birthday."Truth, beauty, the knowledge and love of God—Ches Baum argues that to be a St...

Chapel Talk, 1999 September 8 / Tad Roach

1999
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Headmaster Tad Roach discusses "An American Requiem" by James Carroll, citing a passage about, and a eulogy for, his friend Patrick Hughes; and a discussion of "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. Tad urges the students to live fully and with passion.

Chapel Talk, 1999 November 10 / Tad Roach

1999
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In this talk Headmaster Tad Roach reflects on the nature of doing the work of a teacher at St. Andrew's; discusses St. Andrew's student culture; and how the two are related in creating the values and qualities of the School...

Chapel Talk, 1998 September 9 / Tad Roach

1998
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Headmaster Tad Roach discusses the story "After Rain" by William Trevor: "William Trevor beautifully suggests that the beauty of nature, the majesty of art and the power of religion have the capacity to help us see ourselves and the world around us ..

Chapel Talk, 1998 October 21 / Tad Roach

1998
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Headmaster Tad Roach conducts short talk expressing the hope "that sometime during the course of your St. Andrew's career, you will go through a distinctive transformation in the way you see your life and the world that surrounds you."