Seniors Attend Baccalaureate Service at St. Dunstan's

The following was provided by Patty Gallagher.

Tuesday night was the Dover-Sherborn Baccalaureate service hosted this year by St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in Dover.

Clergy from every church in both Dover and Sherborn attended the service along with about 60 Dover-Sherborn seniors, Superintendent Valerie Spriggs and High School Headmaster Denise Lonergan.

A Baccalaureate service is a religious and spiritual event that marks the close of the high school years and reflects the breadth of faith traditions represented in the community for the graduating class.

The ritual provides an occasion to honor and ask blessings for the graduates, and to give thanks for the gift they have been to family, friends and the community.

Each of the clergy spoke along with youth leaders Craig Dressler from St. Dunstan's and Regina O'Connor from Most Precious Blood Church.

Dover-Sherborn English teacher and SADD adviser, Kelly Sullivan was chosen by the Senior class to speak and their behalf and Kathy Volpe, of Dover, spoke as the parent representative.

Two students read from the Bible; Harry Stone and Frank Gallagher.

Music was performed by the Dover-Sherborn Choral and A Cappella groups along with band director Tom Duprey on the trumpet.