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<\/a>Annual Memorial Service and Tree Planting<\/h2>\n\n\n
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After Convocation, on the Historic Quad, we remember faculty, staff, and students who have died during the previous year.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>Candles & Carols<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This beloved annual service includes readings offered by students, faculty and staff, and performances from the Small Ensembles Club and the Bates a cappella groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MLK Interfaith Service<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, January 18th, 7:00pm, Peter J. Gomes Chapel<\/h4>\n\n\n
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\"Poster<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
A Higher Plane of Dignity: Interfaith Reflections on Human Dignity<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
With Music by the Middle Eastern Music Trio featuring Eric LaPerna (darbouka), Nathan Kolosko (oud), and Mary Hunter (violin) <\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Join leaders and scholars from Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity as they reflect on two vital questions: 1) What are the sources of human dignity within your tradition, and 2) how are the sources of human dignity reflected in the practices of your tradition? Music and a reflective (and easy) arts practice will round out the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>Alumni Memorial Service<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, June 14, 2026, 10:00am, Peter J. Gomes Chapel<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Every year, the Multifaith Chaplaincy collaborates with the Office of Advancement to offer an Alumni Memorial Service during Reunion. We gather in the Peter J. Gomes Chapel to celebrate, remember, and give thanks for the lives of alumni who have died during the year and the friendships formed at Bates that continue to be present in our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>Veterans Day Observance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.” -Arthur Ashe<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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The Multifaith Chaplaincy offers an annual service of gratitude and reflection on Veteran’s Day. People of any spiritual or secular tradition, veterans<\/span>, and friends and family of veterans<\/span>, are welcome to attend the service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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