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“The brightness that shines through the dark of a tragedy such as we have suffered here in Lewiston, our home, is what it always is in times like these: the immense capacity of our shared humanity,” said Bates President Garry W. Jenkins in his remarks during today’s Vigil for Grief and Remembrance, held at 4:30 p.m. in Gomes Chapel on the one-week anniversary of the shootings in Lewiston. Led by the Rev. Brittany Longsdorf, the college’s multifaith chaplain, the vigil gave the campus community an opportunity to come together for silence, candle lighting, poetry, and interfaith prayers, and, ultimately, to share communal grief with their Lewiston community. Welcome & Naming Grief: Brittany Longsdorf, Multifaith Chaplain and Visiting Lecturer in the Humanities Bates President Garry W. Jenkins Remarks Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline’s Remarks Invitation for Sharing: Brittany Longsdorf *Barry Music* (single floor mic, guitar output) Reading of the Names: Brittany Longsdorf and Raymond Clothier, associate multifaith chaplain •Tricia C. Asselin •Peyton Brewer-Ross •William Frank Brackett •Thomas Ryan Conrad •Michael R. Deslauriers II •Maxx A. Hathaway •Bryan M. MacFarlane •Keith D. Macneir •Ronald G. Morin •Joshua A. Seal •Arthur Fred Strout •Stephen M. Vozzella •Lucille M. Violette •Robert E. Violette •Joseph Lawrence Walker •Jason Adam Walker •William A. Young •Aaron Young *moment of silence* & closing, begin to pass candle lighting READINGS (all from Lectern mic unless noted) Aneeza Ahmad ‘25 of Sharon, Mass., and Alaina Rauf ‘25 of Yarmouth, Me., of the Bates Muslim Student Association Sophie Leight ‘26 of Easton, Md. Venerable Tenzin Dasel, ‘88 - volunteer spiritual advisor and founder of the Maine Mindfulness Project and is an active retreat leader and speaker in the International Network of Engaged Buddhists Levi Mindlin ‘24 of Portland, Ore - song (single floor mic, guitar output) Ethan Baker ‘24
Generosity, care, and kindness remind us ‘to hold onto hope’ in the wake of tragedy

Friday, November 3, 2023 10:25 am

"Generosity and care and eagerness to help, to support, to embrace...remind us of human goodness. They remind us to hold onto hope," said President Garry W. Jenkins during a Vigil for Grief and Remembrance held in Gomes Chapel on the one-week anniversary of the Lewiston shootings.

Campus Construction Update: Dec. 4, 2020

Thursday, December 3, 2020 1:05 pm

Chapel preservation award shows true colors of Nutting '76. Not to be outdone, the Bonney Science Center gets the bronze metal.

Campus Construction Update: June 26, 2020

Wednesday, June 24, 2020 12:54 pm

After a 22-month closure for exterior restoration, including 13 months behind a…

Campus Construction Update: April 10, 2020

Wednesday, April 8, 2020 7:09 am

The Gomes Chapel restoration passes a milestone with the return of stained-glass images depicting major figures in Western civilization.

Campus Construction Update: Jan. 10, 2020

Friday, January 10, 2020 12:16 pm

Little has been stirring on the outside of the Peter J. Gomes Chapel, but restoration efforts have been progressing well inside.

Campus Construction Update: Sept. 6, 2019

Thursday, September 5, 2019 2:19 pm

The weeks of clanging and sooty diesel puffs at Bates' Bonney Science Center site ended with the driving of pipe pile No. 260, the last pile driven to stabilize the marine clay underlying the site.

Campus Construction Update: Aug. 1, 2019

Wednesday, July 31, 2019 10:15 am

More cranes mean faster piledriving at the Bonney Science Center. Also: It's all over but the watering at Bates' returfed soccer field.

Campus Construction Update: July 8, 2019

Wednesday, July 3, 2019 3:10 pm

Summer's here and the time is right ... for construction projects at Bates. Campus Construction Update surveys how the major initiatives looked in early July.

Campus Construction Update: March 15, 2019

Friday, March 15, 2019 10:14 am

CCU conquers potholes and frost heaves to visit the rural studio where stained glass from Gomes Chapel is being restored.

Campus Construction Update: Nov. 30, 2018

Friday, November 30, 2018 12:01 pm

The Peter J. Gomes Chapel at Bates has begun a new round of major restoration work.

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