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The Student-Run Newspaper of Williams College Since 1887

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The Student-Run Newspaper of Williams College Since 1887

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Bridget Power

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Chaplains’ Corner: Taking the risk of sharing time

Chaplains’ Corner: Taking the risk of sharing time

Bridget Power April 16, 2024
In this week's Chaplain's Corner, the College's Catholic Chaplain shares lessons learned from the L'Arche community.
Chaplain’s Corner: Showing up for each other as we experience grief

Chaplain’s Corner: Showing up for each other as we experience grief

In this week's edition of Chaplain's Corner, the chaplains reflect on dealing with grief.
Chaplain’s Corner: Moving towards freedom this Lent

Chaplain’s Corner: Moving towards freedom this Lent

Bridget Power February 14, 2024
In this week's Chaplain's Corner, Bridget Power, the College's Catholic Chaplain, explores the idea of freedom —from hopelessness, unhealthy attachments, and imposed captivity— through a reflection on the Catholic season of Lent.
Chaplains’ Corner: Reaffirming our need for compassion and care

Chaplains’ Corner: Reaffirming our need for compassion and care

Bridget Power, Seth Wax, Sidra Mahmood, and Valerie Bailey October 31, 2023
In an op-ed, the College's chaplains reaffirm their commitment to helping students through tough times.
Chaplains’ Corner: Recognizing shared humanity in Israel and Gaza

Chaplains’ Corner: Recognizing shared humanity in Israel and Gaza

Bridget Power October 17, 2023

I wake up here in Williamstown as the sun glimmers over the mountains and the yellow leaves grow brighter. All the while in Gaza, people like Mosab Abu Toha are preparing for a ground invasion. I met Mosab...

Chaplain’s Corner: Corner of the sky...

Chaplain’s Corner: Corner of the sky…

Bridget Power April 25, 2023
In an op-ed, Catholic Chaplain Bridget Power reflects on Pippin and its spiritual lessons for all of us.
Chaplain’s Corner: An Opportunity to Begin Anew in Lent

Chaplain’s Corner: An Opportunity to Begin Anew in Lent

Bridget Power March 1, 2023
In an op-ed, Catholic Chaplain Bridget Power reflects on the busyness of modern life, and encourages us to slow down and embrace the principles of Lent.
Chaplain’s Corner: a window and a statue

Chaplain’s Corner: a window and a statue

Bridget Power October 18, 2022
In this installment of Chaplains’ Corner, Catholic Chaplain Bridget Power discusses two campus memorials and the questions that they raise about suffering.
Chaplain's Corner: Trust in the slow work of God

Chaplain’s Corner: Trust in the slow work of God

Bridget Power September 20, 2022
Bridget Power, the College's Catholic chaplain, discusses the importance of faith as we enter the academic year.
Chaplains' Corner: Staying authentic together

Chaplains’ Corner: Staying authentic together

Bridget Power September 28, 2021
Catholic Chaplain Bridget Power urges members of the Williams community to not be afraid of staying authentic to themselves while adjusting to a new, post-pandemic state of togetherness.
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