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I'm surprised nobody has mentioned "burning the chaff." That was the ritual on "Uncle Harry Day" when people burned items from the "Old Man." Not sure if we did this every year. Wasn't the dedication of the auditorium on "burning the chaff" weekend? Wasn't there supposed to be a big ritualized burning of devilish items? I was a kid but this one stuck with me. Another one I remember from being in Family Corps was "roll away" after meals. We all had to clean up the tables while we sang that hymn.

Thanks for the welcome. I just got back from vacation. My husband was recently on a business trip that took him to the Rome City area and he took some photos of the old campus for me. It brought back some memories. I am actually working on a PhD right now and am writing my dissertation on people's experiences with The Way. But I can assure you that I am here for personal reasons and that I am not studying or using anybody's comments here in any way. I just get curious about what people are up to because I lost track of all my friends after we were sent out into "the field." I still see a lot of my parents' old Way friends, but not my own. I have seen a post on eBay for a two-night stay in the campus. I guess that some group is trying to make it into a pilgrimage site for Catholics because of a vision of the Virgin Mary a nun saw there. I remember when we lived there the kids all told a story about some crazy nun that haunted the place. I wonder if that's where that legend came from.

This forum is a bit old, but maybe somebody is still out there. I think I was in Family 10. We began as F8 but spent 3 years in the field instead of 1. Our first year was 1981-82 and then we were back in 1985-86. I was in the 5th grade in 85-86. My older sister was teen corps and went LEAD.