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A holiday tradition since 1978, the Office of the College Chaplains and the College Choir at Holy Cross host an annual Festival of Lessons and Carols for Advent in St. Joseph Chapel.

Rev. Paul Harman, S.J., vice president for mission, gives a reading.

Michelizabeth Sainvill ’14 delivers a reading.

Guest conductor Christopher Shepard leads the College Choir.

Michelle Sterk Barrett, director of Community-Based Learning, gives a reading.

Paul Melley, assistant chaplain and director of liturgical music, delivers a reading.

Marybeth Kearns-Barrett, director of the Office of the College Chaplains, presides at the event. Servers are, from left, Matthew Boni ’15 and Joseph Seebode ’15.

From left, Suzanne Crifo ’13, Ariel Jiminez ’13, Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J., president, Tracy Barlok, vice president for development and alumni relations, and Eileen Dombrowski, receptionist in the Office of the College Chaplains.

Fr. Boroughs gives a reading.
Photography by John Buckingham

A Leap Day snowstorm dumped about half a foot of heavy, wet snow on the Holy Cross campus.

The Fenwick steeples as seen through snow-covered branches.

A snow-covered tree in front of Hanselman Hall.

Photography by Chris Ryan, S.J.

Kevin Blanchard of Physical Plant decorates the Nativity scene on the Dinand Library steps.

Photograph by Nick Markantonatos

An inflatable Snoopy clad in a Santa hat decorates a window on Alumni Hall.

Photography by J Kevin Crowley ’12

Snow arrived early this year; weeks before trees had a chance to shed their leaves, in fact. Nearly 15 inches of snow fell in the area, leaving thousands of local residents without electricity following downed tree and power lines. The Holy Cross campus, which was playing host to hundreds of families for Family Weekend, was largely unaffected by the storm except for downed tree limbs.

The red leaves on the Fenwick Hall vines are covered with a powder of snow.

O’Kane Hall seen through tree limbs weighed down by heavy snow.

Photograph by Chris Ryan, S.J.

March didn’t exactly go out like a lamb. Several inches of snow fell overnight from March 31 to April 1. But with temperatures reaching above freezing, much of the snow melted by the afternoon.

Photography by Tina Sato ’11

The 15-foot high monument of the Crucifixion scene, which overlooks the Jesuit cemetery, south of St. Joseph Chapel, as seen on a clear, cold day.

Photograph by Tricia Dunn ’12

A front-end loader removes large mounds of snow in the parking lot behind the Hogan Campus Center following a nearly two-foot snowfall last week.  The excess snow is deposited behind Freshman Field.

Photography by Nick Markantonatos

A huge snowstorm dropped 21 inches of snow in Worcester, blanketing the Holy Cross campus in white stuff.

Photography by Nick Markantonatos and Christian Santillo

Students walk in front of Dinand Library during a snowstorm.

Photograph by Tim Paquette ’11