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Rewired When Headmaster David Dini announced the first new schedule in more than 30 years, it was met with apprehension. But with its implementation six months away, The ReMarker has tackled the questions that face the community as students have to be rewired to the different challenges that come with the schedule. See story, pages 4-7 STORY Robert Pou, Henry McElhaney, Cristian Pereira, Alam Alidina ADDITIONAL REPORTING Colin Campbell, Ishan Gupta PHOTO Charlie Rose PHOTO ILLUSTRATION Jamie Mahowald
Former chaplain, Rev. Michael Dangelo, invited back as Commencement speaker for Class of 2020 by Aaron Thorne fter being recommended to the administration by Senior Class officers, Rev. Michael Dangelo, former chaplain at 10600 Preston Road, will return to campus as the Commencement speaker on May 22, 2020. For Colin Campbell, senior class president, and the other officers, the selection process to find the 2020 commencement speaker initiated as the school year launched. “Starting in August, we identified a couple of speakers who we thought could be good,” Campbell said. “After talking with Mr. Dini and [class sponsors] Dr. Balog and Mrs. Vaughan, we prioritized Father Dangelo from that list.”
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Since leaving after the 2013-2014 school year, Dangelo has been living in Chestnut Hill, MA, serving as the rector for the Church of the Redeemer. From the time of Dangelo’s departure, Headmaster David Dini has kept in touch, but one day, Dini had a specific request for the former chaplain. “I told him that I R e v . M i c h a e l actually had a specific Dangelo reason for the call that day,” Dini said. “I said, ‘I wanted to let you know that the senior class has decided they would like to extend an invitation to
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you to be the commencement speaker this year.’ On the other end, there was dead silence. He said he was so stunned and so excited.” As Dini said, Dangelo was immediately surprised. “I was just so humbled that you guys wanted me to come back and speak at commencement,” Dangelo said. “There really isn’t a day that goes by without the wonderful memory of St. Mark’s.” According to Dangelo, one of the greatest joys about being the chaplain here was always trying to put himself in the shoes of the students. “I would try to go back in time to the best of my ability and remember what it
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is you guys are going through,” Dangelo said. “I remember the pressures that you guys are under. For me, that was the best part about being Chaplain.” For the seniors, it was important to invite a com- The Dangelo file mencement speaker that • Graduate, Yale Divinity School the majority of the class • Rector, Church could connect to. of the Redeemer, “Everybody who was Chestnut Hill, MA here for Father Dangelo • Chaplain here, 2012-2014. knows how impactful and relatable he was as a speaker,” Campbell said. “And, for those who don’t know him, I think they’re going to see pretty quickly why we chose him.”
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