Nothing Is Safe With All This Snow, Not Even Lent
The more than 90 inches of snow in Boston have taken another victim: Lent. Andover Newton Theological School announced in a tongue-in-cheek statement today that it will be postponing the celebration until next week after having to cancel six days of classes due to the snow.
“Having conferred with our faculty, I have determined we have suffered enough,’’ said Sarah Drummond, Andover Newton’s Dean of the Faculty.
President Martin Copenhaver added: “Part of our mission as a school is to be ‘radically open to what God is doing now.’ Well, we have no idea what God is doing now, except this: Snow. Lots of snow … Might it be controversial? Yes, but we are not only the oldest, we are also the boldest seminary in the country. Here we stand. We can do no other.’’
The turkeys living on the school’s Newton campus were not available for comment, according to the statement.
No decision has been made about the status of Easter, which is scheduled for six-and-a-half weeks after the start of the Lent.
“It all depends,’’ Copenhaver said. “We can only respond to what God is doing now. What God will be doing six weeks from now is another matter. We’ll see when we get there.’’
In all seriousness, Andover Newton is having an Ash Wednesday service this afternoon to begin the celebration of Lent, and it’s scheduled plans for “Party Gras’’ next week, a riff on the more traditional Mardi Gras, according to Communications Associate Jason Tippitt. Those theologians are just having way more fun with all of this snow than the rest of us.
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