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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Good morning, Andre,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Blessings on your day!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Thank you for this inquiry. Offering Sacraments to folks who don’t have a direct connection to MIT is possible, with a caveat. I only have authority to celebrate the Sacraments with
MIT students, faculty, staff, or alumni. However, a person’s local pastor can grant permission for me to celebrate a Sacrament in our chapel for his parishioner. This is a simple request made to the pastor and happens with good frequency. If fact, we had
such a baptism last Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">I understand your niece hasn’t had a chance to make a connection with her local Catholic parish; this isn’t an obstacle. The time of having a child and seeking baptism is a most nature
moment to make a connection. Where does your niece live? Given your family’s connection with MIT, I believe a local pastor would be most understanding, happy that your niece wants her baby to be baptized, and grant permission for the baptism to take place
in the MIT chapel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Andre, I hope the above information is helpful. If I can offer any further clarification or assistance, pls let me know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Fr Michael</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Palatino"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Reverend Michael B. Medas, MSW</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Palatino"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Catholic Chaplain | Director of Catholic Ministry</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Palatino"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Palatino"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Palatino">40 Massachusetts Ave.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Palatino"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Cambridge, MA 02139</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Palatino"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Palatino">“Jesus loves you always, even when you don’t feel worthy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Palatino">When not accepted by others, even by yourself sometimes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Palatino">He is the one who always accepts you. Only believe, you are precious to Him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Bring all you are suffering to His feet, only open your heart to be loved by Him as you are.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Palatino">He will do the rest.” Saint Mother Teresa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Andrea Fabre <fabreandrea@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 21:30<br>
<b>To: </b>Michael Medas <mmedas@mit.edu>, tcc <tcc@mit.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>MIT Chapel Baptism<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Dear Chaplain Fr. Michael Medas, M.S.W.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">My name is Andrea Fabre and I graduated from MIT in 2012. I used to go to mass on Sundays and once joined the TCC retreat in Maine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Two of my 3 sisters went to MIT too and one of them just got married at the Chapel this past November. MIT is a very important part of our lives. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">I have a niece from another sister, and since we are Roman Catholic, she wants to baptise the little girl; however, we do not have an official church we go to mass to and I wanted
to see if it would be possible to baptise the baby girl at MIT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">I am not sure if you are the person I should contact for this, but if not, could you please direct me to the right person?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Thank you so much.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Andrea <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Andrea Fabre</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:fabreandrea@gmail.com" target="_blank">fabreandrea@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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