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WORCESTER, Mass. – The 5th Annual Deaf Services and Technology Expo will be held on Monday, October 21 from 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. in the Hogan Campus Center at the College of the Holy Cross. This event is sponsored by the Deaf Studies department at Holy Cross and the Massachusetts State Association of the Deaf and the Northeast Technical Assistance Center. This event is free and open to the public.

The “Deaf Expo” is a consumer trade show that provides an opportunity for open exchange of information, education, marketing and networking for Deaf and Hard of Hearing members of the community, professionals, researchers, interpreters, teachers, parents and students. This event will feature vendors of new and emerging technologies, assistive devices and educational materials, providers of community services, educational programs, recreational organizations and businesses. This event is also supported by MassRELAY.

Exhibitors include:
AT&T Relay Service
Boston Arts Academy (BAA)
Boston Center for Independent Living (BCIL)
Butte Publications
Castles Unlimited
Center for Living and Working (CLW)
Columbus Colony Elder Care
C-Print exhibit
Deaf Blind Community Access Network (DBCAN)
DEAF, Inc.
Disability Law Center
Gallaudet University Regional Center (GURC)
Hamilton Relay Service
Harris Communications
Hartling Communications
The Learning Center for Deaf Children (TLC)
Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH)
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission
Massachusetts Relay Service
Massachusetts State Association of the Deaf (MSAD)
Mount Wachusett Community College
New England ADA and Accessible IT Center
New England Cued Speech
New England Homes for the Deaf (NEHD)
Northeast Technical Assistance Center
Northern Essex Community College
Sensimetrics Corporation
Soundbytes
Sound Clarity
South Shore Mental Health
Typewell
Massachusetts Specialized Telephone Distribution Program
Waltham Committee, Inc. (WCI)
Wayside Youth and Family Support Network
Worcester Deaf Club

The following presentations will take place throughout the day:

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Progress Report from the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC)
presented by MRC’s Rehabilitation Counselors for the Deaf

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Sound and Fury (movie)
Academy Award nominated documentary about one family’s struggle over whether or not to offer two deaf children cochlear implants.

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
The Massachusetts Relay Service
presented by MassRelay Outreach Specialists

For additional information about exhibiting, presenting or attending please contact the MSAD or NETAC at NECC at 781.388.9115 (TTY), 978.556.3341 (TTY/Voice), 781.388.9114 (voice), by e-mail at netac@necc.mass.edu, MSADeaf@aol.com, or visit http://www.msad.org.

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross presents “Portraits: Yesterday and Today,” with artists Ruth Henshaw Bascom, Laura Chasman, Eliza Goodridge, Sarah Goodridge and Barry Hazard, from November 13 through December 18, 2002. An opening reception for this exhibition will be held, Wednesday, November 13 from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at the Cantor Art Gallery.

“Portraits: Yesterday and Today,” brings together the work of contemporary portrait artists Laura Chasman and Barry Hazard with mid-19th century portrait artists Ruth Henshaw Bascom and sisters Eliza and Sarah Goodridge. Although divided by over 150 years and vast amounts of technology, these five Massachusetts artists all share a similar approach to creating a portrait: the careful hand painted or drawn depiction of people they love and care about, their family members, friends and neighbors. Each of these five individuals make paintings or drawings that tell visual stories of their subjects in very different ways.

A series of public lectures in conjunction with the exhibition will be held at the Cantor Art Gallery:

• Boston area artist, Laura Chasman will speak and show images of her ongoing series of portraits on Wednesday, November 13 from 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• New Jersey art historian Mary Eileen Fouratt will give a talk titled “Ruth Henshaw Bascom: A mid-19th Century Portrait Sketcher” on Tuesday, November 19 from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. and from 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• Artist Barry Hazard, also based in Boston, will speak and show slides about his recent series of portrait paintings of his family, friends, and his students from an inner city job training program on Wednesday, November 20 from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

“Portraits: Yesterday and Today/ Ruth Henshaw Bascom, Laura Chasman, Eliza Goodridge, Sarah Goodridge, Barry Hazard” is part of “Portraits!,” a series of exhibitions, programs and events presented by Worcester cultural Coalition Members from September 2002- January 2003.

Note: This exhibit will be closed from November 27 through December 1 for the Thanksgiving holiday

The hours for the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m.-5 p.m. The gallery will also be open from 12 noon – 5 p.m. on Saturday, October 19 and from 12 noon – 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 20. It is located in O’Kane Hall at the College of the Holy Cross, 1 College Street, Worcester, Mass., 01610. Admission to the gallery is free.

WORCESTER, Mass. – On Monday, October 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rehm Library Vatican reporters Robert Blair Kaiser and John Allen will present “From Vatican II to the Next Papacy,” a joint lecture addressing the coverage of news stories in the Vatican and the issues surrounding the next conclave. The lecture is free and open to the public. Kaiser and Allen will be available to sign copies of their books.

Acclaimed for his Time magazine coverage of Vatican II, Robert Blair Kaiser spent ten years in the Society of Jesus before pursuing a career in journalism. He is the author of numerous magazine articles and eight books, including Clerical Error: A True Story (Continuum, 2002), a memoir which chronicles his years as a correspondent during Vatican II. Kaiser resides in Rome where he works as a contributing editor for Newsweek magazine.

John Allen currently serves as Rome bureau chief for the National Catholic Reporter. His written work has appeared in publications around the world. His weekly internet column “The World from Rome” is considered one of the best sources of insight into current Vatican affairs in the world. His most recent book is titled Conclave: The Politics, Personalities and Process of the Next Papal Election (Doubleday, May 2002). Allen has appeared on numerous television programs and will be the lead analyst for the Fox News network during the next papal conclave.

This lecture, on the 40th anniversary of Vatican II, is sponsored by the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture at the College of the Holy Cross.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Phillip Berrigan’s lecture, “Killing is the Cancer of Spirit,” scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 8:00 p.m. has been cancelled due to illness.

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross and Midstate Youth Hockey will be offering the DEAFinitely Skate Hockey Program for deaf children over the age of four at the Hart Recreation Center ice rink. Skaters of all levels are invited. Instruction will be in American Sign Language (ASL).

The program will feature instruction by former deaf Canadian women’s hockey player Christine Whitney and former deaf Olympic hockey player Josh Tripi. Holy Cross hockey players, students and community volunteers will also provide instruction.

Lessons will be on Saturdays from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. The first session begins on Oct. 26 and runs until Dec. 21.

Registration will take place on October 26, at 8:30 a.m. in the Hart Recreation Center ice rink. The cost of the program is $65. Financial aid is available.

WORCESTER, Mass. – On Saturday, October 26 from 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. in the Rehm Library, the College of the Holy Cross will host a workshop titled “Music That Is Seen: A Spiritual Interpretation.” This event is open to the public for a fee of $26. Registration deadline is October 16.

The workshop is designed to show how an ASL interpreter can bring a meaningful and spiritual interpretation of a variety of today’s music styles to the deaf. Information on the role of the interpreter and on the various musical materials that can be interpreted will be provided. There will also be time set aside for participants to practice interpreting various selections.

Rev. William F. Ross III will be facilitating the workshop. He has been interpreting for over 16 years and holds dual certification from the Registry of Interpreters of the Deaf. Rev. Ross is currently employed as a staff/community interpreter with the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. He has presented nationwide and has several publications to his credit.

Made possible by a generous grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc., this event is part five in a series of workshops related to religion in the deaf community. It will be presented in spoken English. Please make requests for ASL interpretation by October 16.

This event is co-sponsored by the Holy Cross deaf studies program, Holyoke Community College and the Northeastern University Interpreter Education Project.

To register for the workshop contact Judy Fask at jfask@holycross.edu or 508.793.3344 or (tty) 508.793.3038.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Professor Karen Gottschang Turner of the history department has been named the Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J. Professor in the Humanities. This rotating professorship is awarded to Holy Cross faculty for a term of three years.

Turner is the first woman faculty member in Holy Cross history to hold an endowed chair. She has been an active scholar, committed teacher and involved member of the Holy Cross community since 1983.

The College will honor Turner with two events on Thursday, October 17 in rooms 304 and 305 of the Hogan Campus Center. From 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. members of the community are invited to a reception and a display of scholarship by women faculty in a variety of disciplines from throughout the College. From 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. there will be a panel presentation that will address the question, “How has being a feminist influenced your scholarship and teaching?” Panel presenters include Turner and four other faculty from the College’s Women’s Studies Concentration, which celebrated its tenth anniversary last year. Both events are free and open to the public.

Turner earned her B.A. in history from Southern Illinois University, her M.A. in Asian studies from Yale University, and her Ph.D. in history from the University of Michigan. Specializing in Chinese and Vietnamese history, she has also studied at Beijing University.

At Holy Cross, Turner was instrumental in the development of the Asian Studies program. She also served as the first director of international studies and was involved with the study abroad program. In the late 1980s she led two Holy Cross groups on academic tours of China. Meanwhile, as a professor of history she has created and taught a series of new courses on women in Asia, law and human rights in Asia, and Vietnam’s American War. The recipient of several academic awards and honors, Turner was also one of the first Holy Cross faculty members to receive an O’Leary Faculty Research Award in 2001.

Turner is the author of numerous books including Even Women Must Fight: Memories of War from North Vietnam (1998). One critic stated, the book is “a scholarly work that proves the best research can have deep human interest” (S. Ming, Morning Post, June 11, 1999.) In addition, Tuner has directed a documentary film on women and war and has published articles in numerous anthologies and academic journals. She has lectured at colleges and conferences around the United States and Europe.

In addition to her role as a professor of Chinese and Vietnamese history at Holy Cross, Turner is also a Senior Research Fellow of East Asian Legal Studies at Harvard Law School. She also serves on the board of directors of the Warring States Working Group in Amherst and is an elected member of the International Council of World Affairs.

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross will hold a vespers service on Sunday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Brooks Concert Hall. The service is part of a semester long series of events addressing Catholic practices and rituals. World famous organist James David Christie will provide the music for the event.

Vespers is an ancient Christian tradition of communal evening prayer. Although the Second Vatican Council called for a renewal of the celebration of vespers in churches on Sunday nights, the service has not been reinstated as originally hoped.

The vespers service at Holy Cross will begin with the “lucinarium” (service of light), an ancient opening rite that draws on Jewish and early Christian prayer customs, and will include an incense psalm and a reading from the New Testament. Kim McElaney, director of the Chaplains’ Office, will offer a brief reflection.

James David Christie will provide the music for the service. He has been acclaimed as one of the finest organists of his generation. He received his B.A. in music from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and his M.A. and Artist’s Diploma from the New England Conservatory. He has performed in concerts throughout North America, Europe and Asia and is responsible for several organ installations in the United States and France.

Christie currently serves as Distinguished Artist in Residence and College organist at Holy Cross. He is also a member of faculties at the Boston Conservatory of Music and Wellesley College. Christie will be accompanied by one of the Holy Cross organ scholars.

This service is part of the conference “Practicing Catholic: Ritual, Body, and Contestation in Catholic Faith,” taking place October 18 – 21, 2002 at Holy Cross.

WORCESTER, Mass. – On Tuesday, October 22 at 4:00 p.m. in the Rehm Library James O’Toole, associate professor of history at Boston College, will discuss his book Passing for White: Race, Religion and the Healy Family, 1820-1920. James Augustine Healy, valedictorian of the first Holy Cross graduating class in 1849, was also the first African American to become a Roman Catholic Bishop. This event is free and open to the public.

James O’Toole is an expert on American religion and the history of American Catholicism. His book recalls the story of Irish immigrant and southern plantation owner Michael Morris Healy, his slave and wife Mary Eliza, and their ten children.

O’Toole chronicles the hardships endured by this mix-raced family as they struggle to eventual success. He stresses that many of the opportunities presented to the Healy family would not have been possible had the children not been able to “pass” for white.

Although it was not legal for slaves to be educated, many of the Healy children attended Holy Cross as “white” students. James and his brother Hugh were in the first graduating class of 1849, of which James was the valedictorian. Younger brothers Patrick, Sherwood and Michael also attended Holy Cross.

James went on to attend seminary school in both Montreal and Paris and became the first African-American to be ordained a Roman Catholic Priest. It was in his honor that Holy Cross established the Bishop Healy Committee in 1979. The committee works to assist the Admissions Office in recruiting and retaining a diverse population of students at Holy Cross.

This event is sponsored by the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture in cooperation with Africana studies and the Black Student Union.

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross’ Peace and Conflict Studies Program announces its October calendar of events. Both events are free and open to the public.

Wednesday, October 9
4:00 p.m., Rehm Library, Smith Hall
Civil rights activist Dr. Bernard LaFayette will deliver a lecture. Dr. LaFayette is a national authority on nonviolence education . He currently serves as Distinguished-Scholar-In-Residence and director of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island.

Thursday, October 24
4:00 p.m., Rehm Library, Smith Hall
Dr. Svetlana Broz, granddaughter of former Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito, will present a lecture titled “The Fall of Yugoslavia and the War in Bosnia.” Dr. Broz is the author of Good People in an Evil Time, a book that chronicles her time spent working as a physician during the Bosnian War. This event is co-sponsored by the College’s history department.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Therese Schroeder-Sheker, creator and director of the Chalice of Repose Project, will perform “The Deathbed Vigil in Music-Thanatology” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, October 18, 2002 in the Brooks Concert Hall at the College of the Holy Cross.

An accomplished harpist, singer and educator, Schroeder-Sheker currently serves as academic dean and professor at the School of Music-Thanatology in Missoula, Mont. She developed the medical field of music-thanatology after researching the monastic medical practices of 11th century Cluny, France. Music-thanatology involves the use of music, specifically the harp and voice, delivered at the bedside of dying patients to produce feelings of deep relaxation and alleviation of physiological and emotional pain.

In 1972, Schroeder-Sheker pioneered the Chalice of Repose Project which aims to lovingly serve the physical and spiritual needs of the dying with the delivery of live prescriptive music.

Schroeder-Sheker has written articles that appear in over 100 scholarly publications. Her work has earned her numerous awards, grants and fellowships including an Emmy and a gold record. A 1997 documentary of her work titled The Gift, shown on ABC News’ Nightline, won the esteemed Christopher Award, presented each year to works that “affirm the highest value of the human spirit.” In addition, Schroeder-Sheker’s life work has been featured in Life magazine and on NBC News’ Dateline.

This presentation is part of the conference “Practicing Catholic: Ritual, Body, and Contestation in Catholic Faith,” taking place October 18 – 21, 2002 at Holy Cross.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Civil rights activist Dr. Bernard LaFayette will give a lecture on Wednesday, October 9 at 4:00 p.m. in the Rehm Library at the College of the Holy Cross. The lecture is free and open to the public.

National authority on nonviolence education and former civil rights activist, Dr. LaFayette earned his B.A. from the American Baptist Theological Seminary and his Ed.M and Ed.D. from Harvard University. He has served on the faculties of many colleges and universities including Alabama State University, where he was Dean of the graduate school.

An ordained minister, Dr. LaFayette is pastor emeritus of the Progressive Baptist Church in Nashville, Tenn. He is a former president of the American Baptist College at the American Baptist Theological Seminary and a scholar in residence at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, Ga.

Dr. LaFayette founded and directed numerous civil rights organizations including the Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee in 1960 and the Alabama Voter Registration Project in 1962. He was appointed National Program Administrator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and National Coordinator of the 1968 Poor Peoples’ campaign by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dr. LaFayette currently serves as a Distinguished-Scholar-in-Residence and director of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island.

This event is sponsored by the peace studies program at the College of the Holy Cross.

WORCESTER, Mass. – On Tuesday, October 8 from 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. in the Rehm Library there will be a forum titled “Forging New Perspectives in the Sex Abuse Crisis.” Speakers will include William D. Fortier, D. Min.; Rabbi Seth L. Bernstein, D. Min.; and Rev. Dr. Barbara Merritt. This event is free and open to the public.

Dr. William Fortier is the Director of Education at the Worcester Pastoral Counseling Center. He teaches and supervises at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis.

Rabbi Seth Bernstein is the president of the Worcester Pastoral Counseling Center and the vice president of Jewish Family Services. He has been the spiritual leader of Temple Sinai in Worcester since 1987. He teaches at Assumption College and the Solomon Schechter Day School.

Rev. Dr. Barbara Merritt has served as the senior minister at the First Unitarian Church of Worcester for the past 20 years.

This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture at the College of the Holy Cross and the Worcester Pastoral Counseling Center.

WORCESTER, Mass. – On Monday, October 7 at 7:00 p.m. in 103 Haberlin Hall, men’s studies scholar Michael Kimmel will offer a lecture titled “Mars and Venus, or Planet Earth: Men and Women in a New Millennium.” The lecture is free and open to the public.

Michael Kimmel, professor of sociology at SUNY Stony Brook, has received international recognition for his work on men and masculinity. His written work has appeared in dozens of magazines and scholarly journals. He has also published numerous books, including Manhood in America: A Cultural History (Free Press, 1996), The Politics of Manhood (Temple University Press, 1996) and The Gendered Society (Oxford University Press, 2000), which has been hailed as the touchstone work for courses in gender studies.

One of the most distinguished men’s studies scholars and educators in the United States, Kimmel’s sociology of masculinity course is one of the few college courses in the nation that examines men’s lives from a pro-feminist perspective. His teaching has been featured in numerous newspaper and magazine articles, and on television shows such as The Today Show, CNN, Smithsonian World and Crossfire.

As the spokesperson for the National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS), Kimmel has lectured at over 200 colleges and universities. He has run numerous workshops for campus groups on preventing sexual harassment and implementing gender equity, date and acquaintance rape, sexual assault, and the changing relations between women and men.

This event is co-sponsored by the sociology and anthropology department, the women’s studies program, the Women’s Forum, the Center for Interdisciplinary and Special Studies, the Dean of the College, and the Dean of Students.

WORCESTER, Mass. – As part of events to commemorate the tragedy of September 11, 2001, the Holy Cross community will be sponsoring the second annual Relay For Disaster Relief, “Continuing to Care – Continuing to Heal,” on September 13, 2002 at the Hart Center Track.

Proceeds from the relay will be donated to the Holy Cross September 11th Scholarship Fund, which provides a Holy Cross education to financially needy surviving children of alumni/ae, firefighters, police and rescue workers killed or permanently disabled due to terrorist attacks or during the rescue activities relating to those attacks. Last year more than 300 people took part in this event, raising over $9,000 for the scholarship fund.

* 7:00 p.m. – Registration
* 7:45 p.m. – Opening Ceremony
* 8:00 p.m. – Race

WORCESTER, Mass. – The annual Fall Convocation was held at Holy Cross on Tuesday, Sept. 17. The event honored the recipient of the 2002 Holy Cross Distinguished Teaching Award and the recipients of the Rev. Raymond J. Swords, S.J., Faculty Medal.

Worcester resident Rev. Anthony J. Kuzniewski, S.J., of the history department was this year’s distinguished teacher.

A member of the Holy Cross faculty since 1974, Fr. Kuzniewski served as the chair of the history department from 1990 – 1992. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Marquette University, a master’s and a Ph.D. from Harvard, and a master’s of divinity from the Jesuit School of Theology in Chicago (Loyola University).

The first Jesuit to receive this award, Fr. Kuzniewski is the author of The College of the Holy Cross: One Hundred Fifty Years (1993) and Thy Honored Name: A History of The College of the Holy Cross, 1843 – 1994 (1999). He is also the author of Faith and Fatherland: The Polish Church War in Wisconsin, 1896 – 1918 (1981).

The Distinguished Teaching Award was established to recognize the dedicated faculty members at the College and carries with it a $1,000 honorarium.

The Rev. Raymond J. Swords, S.J., Faculty Medal, named after the 28th president of the College, was designed to honor members of the faculty who have served at Holy Cross for 25 years. Nine members of the Holy Cross faculty were recognized: Robert Cording of the English department, Robert Garvey of the physics department, Shirish Korde of the music department, Richard Matlak of the Center for Interdisciplinary and Special Studies, Rev. William Reiser, S.J., of the religious studies department, William Rynders of the theatre department, Nicolas Sanchez of the economics department, and Royce Singleton and Edward Thompson, both of the sociology and anthropology department.

WORCESTER, Mass. – On Monday, September 23 from 4:30-5:30 p.m., Rev. Francis X. Clooney, S.J. will give a lecture titled “Hindu Goddesses and Mary the Mother of God” at the Rehm Library in Smith Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Fr. Clooney, professor of comparative theology at Boston College, is one of the world’s leading Catholic theologians on issues of interreligious dialogue. He is the author of six books and over 70 articles that consider how the Hindu and Catholic traditions can enrich each other’s theological discourse. His most recent book is titled Hindu Wisdom for all God’s Children (Orbis, 1998).

Fr. Clooney’s lecture will consider the theological implications of comparing Catholic Mariology with Hindu conceptions of the divine as feminine.

The lecture is co-sponsored by the Deitchman Family Lectures in Religion and Modernity, the Asian Studies program, and the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture.

WORCESTER, Mass. – The constant bombardment of news regarding the scandal in the Catholic Church has, in recent months, tried the faith of Catholics everywhere. Indeed, recent allegations of the sexual abuse of children by priests have left many to question Catholicism and its practices. In the midst of this crisis in the Church, the College of the Holy Cross plans to hold a conference that will attempt to answer such questions as: How do Catholics share and negotiate power – divine and human, religious and political? How does Catholicism function on a personal level – and how do an individual’s personal religious experiences relate to the larger religious experiences of society? What is the current role of the laity within the church and how has that role changed over time? How can and will Roman Catholics practice their faith in the 21st century?

These issues and more will be addressed in a conference titled “Practicing Catholic: Ritual, Body, and Contestation in Catholic Faith” to be held at Holy Cross from Friday, October 18 through Monday, October 21, 2002. The conference will examine Catholicism as a living tradition in different time periods and social worlds throughout history.

“Practicing Catholic” will include scholarly presentations, liturgies and live performances by Holy Cross faculty and other internationally distinguished historians, cultural anthropologists, artists and theologians. Academic papers will explore topics ranging from healing and dying to social and political transformation.

Ritual performances will include a Ritual Mass of Anointing, complete with a series of choreographed processions; the “Chalice of Repose” project, a palliative, pastoral service to the dying integrating historical scholarship, musical performance, spirituality and medical treatment; a musical presentation of the “sound” of Hildegaard of Bingen’s mysticism; and a sung Vespers service.

The conference is just a part of a semester-long series of events addressing Catholic practices and rituals. Student participation will include the integration of at least a dozen fall courses with the work of the conference. Four students will have the opportunity to respond formally to academic papers during the conference. Faculty development occurred during a summer seminar where Holy Cross faculty from the philosophy, religious studies, Spanish, sociology and anthropology, visual arts and psychology departments developed and shared pedagogy.

This event is sponsored by Holy Cross’ Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture and is being held in conjunction with an installation by Lewis deSoto, at the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, O’Kane Hall. Gallery Hours: Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.; and Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Thursday, October 17th, the artist will give a gallery talk, open to the public, at 5:15 p.m. For further information, contact the Cantor Art Gallery, 508-793-3356.

WORCESTER, Mass. – On Saturday, September 14 at 1:00 p.m. the College of the Holy Cross will hold a volleyball tournament to benefit the Leary Firefighters Foundation. The tournament will take place in the College’s fieldhouse.

Teams of 5 students will be matched with a Worcester Police officer and/or firefighter and compete in a single elimination tournament. The winning team will receive tickets to a celebrity hockey game at the Centrum and the chance to meet Denis Leary.

There is a $25 registration fee per team. All proceeds will go to the Leary Firefighter Foundation, which was established by actor Denis Leary after the Worcester warehouse fire in December, 1999. Leary’s cousin, Jeremiah Lucey, was one of the six firefighters lost in the blaze. The foundation was created to give Worcester and Central Massachusetts fire departments adequate resources to obtain equipment, technology and training.