Had an interesting day at work - we inaugurated our fourth president, which is something given that we've been around for 102 years (in its earliest days Wentworth was more or less a trade school that had a principal). Pretty good crowd of dignitaries, including Mayor Menino, state senate president Robert Travaligni, and the lieutenant governor. Natalie Jacobsen was emcee, fitting as all of her grandparents came to the US from Serbia, as did our president.

Earlier in the day at a breakfast we heard that an alum was donating $1 million, and he spoke briefly about how he used everything he learned at Wentworth in building his businesses. He was very genuine in his love for the school and the role it played in his success, which was nice to hear. Given that he is a 1937 graduate, it was also nice to actually have him there in person.

The only interesting personal note is that the recessional music for the ceremony was the same recessional music the wife and I used for our wedding. They followed that up with something sound like the Liberty Bell March, which would have been pretty funny given how most people are familiar with it.

And as we celebrated a president of a school that educates builders and other tradespeople, we might as well keep the theme going.

Lentorama 2006 Saint of the Day: St. Vincent Ferrer

A scholar and preacher, Vincent Ferrer spent most of his life trying to bring new people into the fold. He refused a variety of offices while asking to be given a missionary role, and once he got it he didn't let the dust settle. He preached from Ireland to Germany and pretty much everywhere in between, including Grenada - while it was still in the Islamic camp. He also worked hard to end the schism that saw the pope move to Avignon and the occasional seating of two popes (or pope and anti-pope, I suppose). It ended shortly before his death in 1419.

The connection to the above is that Ferrer is the patron saint of builders and other tradespeople given what he did to "build" the church.