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Associate Director of Counseling Lindsay Roznowski tells of her community service experience helping build a school in Mchereka, Malawi in Africa with buildOn, a non-profit service learning organization...

In this talk Associate Headmaster Will Speers speaks of the power of reflection in deepening learning...

While describing an incident at a family funeral, Associate Headmaster Will Speers talks about personal response to situations as an opportunity to manage events beyond our control: "Even in the face of adversity, our ability to respond reminds us we..

For this Wednesday night chapel, English Department Chair Elizabeth Roach reflects upon her two big trips over her mini-sabbatical: the blustery landscape of Ireland and Italy, the land of art and food.

Will Robinson '97 collected these beautiful announcement cards during his tenure as Dean of Students. The artist is none other than the multitalented chaplain Rev. Dave DeSalvo. It is believed that these cards are from the 2014-2015 school year...

Wednesday after the First Week after Epiphany - Mark 1:29-45

In cataloging his time playing church concerts over the Christmas season Nathan Costa, Academic Dean wonders whether it is the numbers one clocks in to that gains one's entrance to Heave..

In this year-end Chapel Talk given at Old St...

During the Sunday morning Parents' Weekend service in the A. Felix duPont Memorial Chapel, Dr. Erik Neil P'16,'19 gave the homily...

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At the first Sunday service of the Eucharist in this new school year, Headmaster Tad Roach gave a powerful homily on grace and the challenges of forgiveness with regard to both large national tragedies, and within a small community such as that of St..

Classical Languages chair and alumna Giselle Furlonge '03 discusses the Sophocles drama, Antigone (a reading given to her AS Latin class) and her sensitivity towards the character at different times in her life...

In speaking of the world's acts of violence over this past year, Headmaster Tad Roach discusses the narrative of Good Friday and its theological meaning: "The simplicity and silence of a baby born in poverty in Bethlehem finds symmetry and coherence..

Classics teacher Mary Kelly speaks of learning to live with, to accept, and to even embrace her panic disorder as part and parcel of herself. She concludes: "There are different responses to the difficulties we face in life. We can deny them...

As speaker of the Mein Chapel Service, Admissions Associate alumnus Matt Wolinski recalls the legendary gaze ascribed to Nan Mein, and then expounds upon the idea of legend itself...

In this Epiphany talk, Headmaster Tad Roach discusses William Faulkner's story "The Bear" to illustrate the idea of relinquishment in order to realize one's goals...

Director of Admissions Louisa Zendt '78 speaks of time as a precious commodity at St. Andrew's...

English Chair Elizabeth Roach discusses the importance of objects to memory, to place in time, and to people...

In observing his fear of change, English teacher Will Speers examines what change ultimately means for human potential.

Noonday Prayer - Friday after Epiphany. John 6:1-14

Nathan Costa, Academic Dean, speaks of the Christmas season, of Epiphany and of the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple - the last feast of Christmas...

History teacher Tom Fritz talks of memorable dates in the collective memory which have historical significance and of those in his own life that have personal significance.

In relating a racist incident at Williams College, visiting speaker Reverend Rick Spalding speaks of what it means to truly listen, to truly create relationships, to truly connect to human beings...

In describing having visited three places where conflict is great, Religious Studies Chair Terence Ghilheany speaks of the need to cultivate empathy in order to encourage and build trust, and that in order to subside fear...

In this Chapel Talk Classical Languages Chair and alumna Giselle Furlonge '03 talks about her unhappiness in coming to SAS as a 4th Former. She speaks of both happy and painful experiences during her time as a student...

For the 2013-2014 school year, our ASSIST* student was Fabian Geef '15. Traditionally, the final Chapel Talk of the year is held on the Front Lawn and is given by the Assist Student. This is Fabian's talk.


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In the annual opening chapel service at Old St. Anne's Headmaster Tad Roach defines the goal of "preemptive sympathy" (Wendell Berry) and "accompaniment" (Paul Farmer) that the community will aspire to this school year...

For the 2012-2013 school year, St. Andrews had two Assist Students*: Erika Goteman '14 and Jasper Haritz '14. Traditionally, the final Chapel Talks of the year are held on the Front Lawn and are given by the Assist Students...

Spanish teacher Julia Smith explores the meaning of the word "truth" thru her encounters in Cuba, within discussions with fellow teachers, in delving into "This I Believe" essays...

Dance teacher Avi Gold explores the school motto, Faith and Learning, and how he thinks of that motto as applied to his own life as "leaps of faith" - "the act or an instance of believing or trusting in something intangible or incapable of being prov..

In this chapel talk, director of College Counseling Kassy Fritz tells of her idyllic childhood home on the campus of Noble and Greenough School where her "family" extended to the staff who peopled her "Hundred Acre Wood." She urges the students here..

History teacher Wilson Everhart, father to a son, explores the meaning of manhood within the context of being a father, and how the perception of what that means has changed and evolved over recent decades.

Assistant Headmaster and Spanish teacher Ana Ramirez reflects on the 2012 Commencement Address by Trustee Betsy Cahill who evoked the image of St...

In discussing Jane Austen's character Emma, English teacher Elizabeth Roach explores the meaning of "a mind lively and at ease." The understanding of that phrase perhaps first became clear to her through her friend and colleague Monica Matouk's moth..