Images depicting "The Monastic Life" are on display in Bapst Library's Gargan Hall through Saturday. The exhibit features large-scale photographs that were taken by the award-winning Romanian photographer Dragos Lumpan at the Sihastria Putnei Monastery. Lumpan shoots photos regularly for National Geographic Magazine and has been featured in many other publications. The exhibit was co-organized by BC student Brian Jacek, A&S '10, for the Honorary Romanian Consulate in Boston. "The Monastic Life" was launched on Oct. 5 and is published with the support of the Institute of Romanian Culture.
ON CAMPUS Community of Sant'Egidio president speaks in C21 series For the first lecture in the Church in the 21st Century series "Building up the Body of Christ: What does it take to create a great Catholic community?" Marco Impagliazzo, the president of the Community of Sant'Egido, gave a lecture at Boston College on Oct. 4, entitled "A Church of All, Especially a Church of the Poor." "The poor have become our fellow travelers, our friends," said Impagliazzo on the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi. "They are the limbs of Christ in need of help." More than 200 students and professors, Sant'Egidio members, and others gathered in Gasson Hall to hear Impagliazzo talk and hear Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley's response.
LOCAL Father turns in gun and list of names found in son's bedroom Two 16-year-old boys were arraigned on Tuesday on charges of possessing a handgun after the father of the boys turned in the weapon and a list of names that they had allegedly drafted, according to police. This list consisted mainly of adults at Leominster High School, said Leominster Police Chief Peter Roddy. He did not refer to the names as a hit list. "We haven't gotten to that point," Roddy said. "But we have interviewed all of the people on the list, and we want everyone to know that there's no risk at this time. Whether there was potential risk is still being investigated."
UNDER REPORTED Man rams car into freight train after texting while driving Robert Gillespie, 38, drove his car into the side of a freight train after texting while he was driving at about 2 a.m. Tuesday morning. Officers arrived on the scene to find Gillespie trapped in the car, but alert and talking. They learned about his texting as they were rescuing him. According to police spokeswoman Kerry Delf, Gillespie was charged with both drunken driving and careless driving. His injuries were described as not life threatening, and no members of the train crew were hurt. Delf said that, according to police officers, he was not only using his cell phone while driving, but also driving over the 35 mph speed limit.
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