Ash Wednesday: Saying They've Suffered Enough, Theological School in Massachusetts Postpones Lent Due to Unprecedented Snow, Cold

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CALLING THEMSELVES THE OLDEST AND BOLDEST RELIGIOUS SCHOOL IN THE
COUNTRY,  ANDOVER NEWTON  THEOLOGICAL TODAY MADE A LIGHT-HEARTED LENTEN ANNOUNCEMENT:

The school is postponing Lent for a week.

CBS Boston explains:

“Part of our mission as a school is to be ‘radically open to what God is doing now.’ Well, we have no idea what God is doing now, except this: Snow. Lots of snow,”  President Martin Copenhaver joked.

“We have had to cancel classes on six days already — that’s already a whole week (minus Sunday, of course). In other words, we are already a full week behind. Therefore, we feel obliged to respond. Moving Lent seemed the least we could do. Is it controversial? Yes, but we are not only the oldest, we are also the boldest seminary in the country. Here we stand. We can do no other.”

In the press release, Dean of the Faculty Sarah Drummond said that after meeting with staff on campus “I have determined we have suffered enough.”

The school was founded in 1807.

Lent, begins today, Ash Wednesday, February 18 and lasts until April 2.