First Things RSS Feed - Meredith Henne https://www.firstthings.com/author/meredith-henne en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:57:30 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/meredith-henne 60 William & Mary’s Chapel at a Crossroad https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2007/02/william-marys-chapel-at-a-cros https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2007/02/william-marys-chapel-at-a-cros Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0500 In October of 2006, William & Mary’s new college president, Gene R. Nichol, ordered the altar cross removed from the university’s colonial-era Wren Chapel. His goal was to make the chapel "less of a faith-specific space, and to make it more welcoming to . . . visitors of all faiths." The eighteen-inch-high brass cross, a gift from neighboring Bruton Parish Church in the 1930s, had been on display unless guests using the chapel requested its removal, according to previous policy.

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