[Magdalen] Today we are his family

[Jay Weigel]

This is also done in Detroit by students at one of the Catholic boys' high
schools. I can't remember which one, but that's where I first heard of it.

On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 4:35 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't know, I wonder if perhaps the master of Roxbury Latin Boys' School
> must have spent one day too many lamenting a boy who died from driving too
> fast, or who took his own life, or just plain didn't see a connection with
> life.
> He decided to do something about it, at least for some of the boys in his
> school.
> Now, when there is a death locally without family, and no one steps
> forward, students at this school stand in as pallbearers, and they stand in
> as people who care about this person who died alone.
> A wonderful idea for making boys think more deeply about their place in
> this world.
>
> The link is very long, so I have just placed a tinyurl link below.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/jgva6fk
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>