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Tag: Rev. Peter J. Gomes
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Lifted up into history
A portrait of the late Rev. Peter J. Gomes, the Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church for almost 40 years, was unveiled at the Faculty Room in University Hall. It is the first portrait of a non-white person in the iconic, stately room.
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The Memorial Church community
Harvard’s Memorial Church has served the community for more than 80 years. More than a beautiful Georgian Revival building, it is a diverse community of students, staff, congregants, and friends.
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Fresh year, new minister
The Rev. Jonathan L. Walton debuts as Pusey Minister of Harvard’s Memorial Church, telling his listeners to take actions that make a difference, based on their faith.
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‘Finish your own sentences’
Invoking the legacy of the late Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Harvard President Drew Faust’s Baccalaureate Address urged graduates to veer from scripts and write their own post-college endings.
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A moving tribute
Friends and colleagues offered heartfelt remembrances during a memorial service for the Rev. Peter J. Gomes.
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Acting minister appointed
Wendel W. “Tad” Meyer, who joined the Memorial Church at Harvard University as associate minister for administration in December, will become acting Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church while the University seeks a permanent successor to the late Rev. Peter J. Gomes.
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Rev. Peter J. Gomes dies at 68
The Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church at Harvard University, died from complications arising from a stroke on Feb. 28. He was 68 years old.
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A message of inclusion
Harvard President Drew Faust opened the first Morning Prayers of the new school year with a message of inclusion for both the University and its students.
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Morning glories
Pomp and circumstance abound as Harvard celebrates its 359th Commencement.
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Embracing the unscripted life
In her Baccalaureate Address, Harvard President Drew Faust encouraged seniors to embrace having unscripted lives.
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Easter at Memorial Church
The Great Vigil of Easter at the Memorial Church, which celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, is a time for new beginnings in the Christian faith, including baptisms. Its spiritual meanings are illuminated through the window of experience that the participants have shared.
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Sullenberger receives Harvard Foundation Humanitarian Award
For safely landing US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River and saving the lives of his passengers, the Harvard Foundation will present the Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award to skillful pilot and airline safety expert Chesley Sullenberger on Nov. 11 at Memorial Church at 6 p.m.
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Distinguished Harvard Professor Celebrates Historic Intellectual Relationship
A Harvard University professor and one of the US’s most distinguished orators yesterday delivered a far-ranging lecture about the historic relationship between Cambridge and Harvard to commemorate Cambridge’s 800th anniversary.
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Wednesday Tea
Tea time at Harvard is a longstanding tradition. The Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes remarks on drinking tea at Harvard in 1968 while drinking tea today.
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Turning a chipper 100
Harvard University Extension School, turning 100 next year, launched its multi-event centennial celebration with a Sept. 25 convocation.
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Around the Schools: Harvard Divinity School
On Sept. 10, at 4:30 p.m., a cow will cross the Yard — in celebration of the achievements of Hollis Professor of Divinity Harvey Cox, who retired in June.
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Plummer, Noble honored at Memorial Church
It was only last year that a crowded room in Salem, Mass., chuckled as the Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes of the Memorial Church remarked that the city had erected a statue of “Bewitched” actress Elizabeth Montgomery — an irony as her sole relationship to Salem was her role as a TV witch. Salem’s real…
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Spring auction to benefit local nonprofits
The Memorial Church will hold its third annual charity auction to benefit the grants committee on April 17. The event will be held at the Sheraton Commander Hotel (across from the Cambridge Common) beginning at 6:30 p.m.
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Faust offers Morning Prayers
On Monday (Sept. 17), in tiny Appleton Chapel, Drew Faust made her first address at Morning Prayers as president of Harvard University.
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Newsmakers
YWCA Boston names Gomes Racial Justice Award winner The YWCA Boston has named the Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes the recipient of its 2007 Racial Justice Award. The YWCA’s board and guests will fête Gomes, the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, at the 13th annual Women’s Leadership Gala…
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Harvard Foundation honors Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee — civil rights activist, star of stage and screen, and the surviving half of a pair who, for much of the 20th century, reigned as the first couple of African-American theater — made it to Harvard this week.
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Ruby Dee to receive Harvard Foundation Humanitarian Award
Distinguished actress, writer, producer, and civil rights leader Ruby Dee will receive the Harvard Foundation’s 2007 Humanitarian Award when she delivers the annual Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Lecture in Appleton Chapel of the Memorial Church on April 17 at 5 p.m.