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Chapel Talk, 2005 January 12: Remembering / Will Speers

2005
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Given shortly after the Christmas Eve 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia, this talk reflects on the concerns and acts of kindness displayed after any catastrophe, and then the inevitable moving on toward our own affairs and living our everyday lives...

Chapel Talk, 2005 November 20 / Tad Roach

2005
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Headmaster Tad Roach addresses visitors from St. Anne's Church, calling the Episcopal Church to action in this ever-changing political climate of the world. Roach praises the goals set by the current St...

Chapel Talk, 2005 December 7: Parenting / Will Speers

2005
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Reflections on parenting: "We believe that we, the artists, are judged on you, our creation. We forget that now we have to co-create, and then we have to give the creating over to you, letting you become the artist of your own life."

Chapel Talk, 2005 May 22 / Tad Roach

2005
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During the spring Old St. Anne's service, Headmaster Tad Roach acknowledges Jay Hutchinson and Dave DeSalvo for their spiritual guidance and leading us through the rituals of religious life at the school...

Chapel Talk, 2004 October 27 / Ann McTaggart

2004
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In using text from "The Laramie Project", Theatre Arts teacher and director Ann McTaggart asks her audience to explore the magnitude of hatred and fear people can be subjected to simply in being themselves.

Chapel Talk, 2004 October / Peter Caldwell

2004
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Assistant Headmaster Peter Caldwell reflects on the power of language. " Clearly, we need to be extremely careful about how we use language because it can quickly lead to misunderstanding and hurt...

Chapel Talk, 2004 May 9: Remarks on Iraq / Tad Roach

2004
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Headmaster Tad Roach's talk, given on Mothers Day 2004, is a reaction to the revelation of the abuses and torture imposed on the detainees of the Iraq War at Abu Ghraib. Reporters Seymour Hersh, Thomas Friedman, Philip Kennicott are quoted.

Chapel Talk, 2004 January 7: Woody Guthrie / Mark Hammond

2004
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Through examining the works of Woody Guthrie, Physics teacher Mark Hammond discusses why the singer-songwriter is his hero "[H]e wrote songs to give hope and support to those whose lives were being turned upside down by hurtful people who supposed t..

Chapel Talk, 2003 October: Unanswered Prayers / Al Wood

2003
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In recounting the difficulties he and his wife faced during Shara's pregnancy with triplets, Al Wood, the School's Athletic Trainer, talks of his transformation during that pregnancy - of praying for one thing, and of his gratification that certain..

Chapel Talk, 2003 February 5 / Tad Roach

2003
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Headmaster Tad Roach discusses student responsibility for academic and intellectual engagement. "We all have a responsibility for respecting, protecting, developing and transforming the intellectual culture of St...

Chapel Talk, 2003 March 24 / Tad Roach

2003
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Headmaster Tad Roach gave this talk 2 days after the invasion of Iraq by American forces in 2003. It explores reaction to and reasons behind the pre-emptive war...

Chapel Talk, 2003 April 2 / Tad Roach

2003
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Headmaster Tad Roach gave this talk 2 weeks after the invasion of Iraq by American forces in March 2003. The talk explores the situation in Iraq as reported to the American people by the George W. Bush Administration and by the media...

Chapel Talk, 2003 May 2: Three Teachers / Will Speers

2003
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In this talk, Will talks of three inspirational teachers and what they have taught him -- his fourth grade teacher, Sara S. Westcott; 9th grade history teacher Mr. Burns; and St. Andrew's teacher, Nan Mein.

Chapel Talk, 2003 September 11 / Tad Roach

2003
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Headmaster Tad Roach commemorates the events of September 11, 2001. This Chapel Talk discusses American involvement and response to the War on Terror, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...