Undergraduate
Saint Michael's Spanish professor & her students commemorate Day of the Dead, Nov. 2
Mass in Spanish also
Contact Information:
Buff Lindau, Public Relations
802.654.2536
blindau@smcvt.edu
"On the Day of the Dead, God provided freedom of the dead to come back," explained Dr. Marta Umanzor, Saint Michael's College associate professor of modern languages. "That's why we provide food and drink for them," she said. Provisions are also supplied for babies who have died and make a visit, she said; traditionally we would have lots of milk and even diapers.
The professor and her students are collecting photographs and artifacts honoring deceased family members of students, faculty and staff of Saint Michael's College. They will use these items to create a Day of the Dead shrine to the deceased to be displayed on Monday, Nov. 2, in the Alliot Student Center lobby till Nov. 4.
Members of the Spanish class will be present on Monday, Nov. 2 from 11:45 a.m. till 12:15 p.m. to explain Day of the Dead customs. On Nov. 4th, from 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., the International Coffee Hour will celebrate the Day of the Dead altar. The display will be dismantled at 5 p.m. on Nov. 4.
There will be a Mass in Spanish on Monday, Nov. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Saint Michael the Archangel, celebrated by the Rev. Marcel Rainville, SSE.
The public is invited to view the Day of the Dead display and to celebrate Mass on campus.
At Saint Michael's College, Learn What Matters. Saint Michael's is a distinctive Catholic liberal arts college that provides education with a social conscience, producing graduates with the intellectual tools to lead a successful, purposeful life that will contribute to peace and justice in our world. Founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, Saint Michael's is identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nation's Best 371 Colleges. It is one of 270 colleges and universities nationwide, and one of only 20 Catholic colleges, with a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Saint Michael's has 1,900 undergraduate students, some 500 graduate students and 100 international students. Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Pickering, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other grants. The college is one of the nation's Best Liberal Arts Colleges as listed in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report rankings. Saint Michael's is located just outside Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns.
Buff Lindau, Public Relations
802.654.2536
blindau@smcvt.edu
"On the Day of the Dead, God provided freedom of the dead to come back," explained Dr. Marta Umanzor, Saint Michael's College associate professor of modern languages. "That's why we provide food and drink for them," she said. Provisions are also supplied for babies who have died and make a visit, she said; traditionally we would have lots of milk and even diapers.The professor and her students are collecting photographs and artifacts honoring deceased family members of students, faculty and staff of Saint Michael's College. They will use these items to create a Day of the Dead shrine to the deceased to be displayed on Monday, Nov. 2, in the Alliot Student Center lobby till Nov. 4.
Members of the Spanish class will be present on Monday, Nov. 2 from 11:45 a.m. till 12:15 p.m. to explain Day of the Dead customs. On Nov. 4th, from 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., the International Coffee Hour will celebrate the Day of the Dead altar. The display will be dismantled at 5 p.m. on Nov. 4.
There will be a Mass in Spanish on Monday, Nov. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Saint Michael the Archangel, celebrated by the Rev. Marcel Rainville, SSE.
The public is invited to view the Day of the Dead display and to celebrate Mass on campus.
At Saint Michael's College, Learn What Matters. Saint Michael's is a distinctive Catholic liberal arts college that provides education with a social conscience, producing graduates with the intellectual tools to lead a successful, purposeful life that will contribute to peace and justice in our world. Founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, Saint Michael's is identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nation's Best 371 Colleges. It is one of 270 colleges and universities nationwide, and one of only 20 Catholic colleges, with a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Saint Michael's has 1,900 undergraduate students, some 500 graduate students and 100 international students. Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Pickering, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other grants. The college is one of the nation's Best Liberal Arts Colleges as listed in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report rankings. Saint Michael's is located just outside Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns.
