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In 1978, Jack became chaplain and teacher of religion and English at the Groton School. But many eyes were opened to a manifestation of the sacred, even if few would use that word to describe the effervescence with which everyone always left the Smith house. Some came to Prescott Street for the wine, others for the good company and shared political passions.

simply as вЂњPrescott Street,вЂќ home to a new, if decidedly secular, spin to the breaking of bread, passing of wine, and eating of hot dogs. This affirmation of life was known to all around B.U. In a frightening time, Jack and his then-wife Gracie turned their dining room into a sanctuary, open to everybody. While serving as Episcopal chaplain at Boston University from 1961 to 1978, he pioneered a new way of practicing the ministry, inspiring many peers and encouraging a legion of young people across several generations who found it possible to believe in God because of the way he did. He also founded and served on the board of the Boston ClergymanвЂ™s Consultation Service on Problem Pregnancy, helping women to access safe abortions when the practice was still illegal. to a standstill, Jack rallied the students in a huge demonstration of resistance that rescued the spirit of the university. When acts of arson, false fire alarms, and bomb scares brought B.U. On the first anniversary of KingвЂ™s assassination, members of a Black student organization disrupted a university ceremony by walking out to protest ongoing structures of racism, and Jack joined them, one of the few white people who did. As a chaplain at Boston University, he marched with Dr. During the 1960s and вЂ™70s, he was a leader in the civil rights movement, a committed antiwar activist, and a dedicated feminist. The defining feature of his life was an unquenched hunger for justice. Jack played important roles in the larger world before settling full-time in Wellfleet. He especially enjoyed playing on the bandвЂ™s float in the Fourth of July parade in Wellfleet. He played clarinet throughout his life, starting in the Flint Central High School marching band and continuing in Wellfleet as a member of the Lower Cape Concert Band, the Cape Community Orchestra, and several chamber groups. Jack was a wickedly gifted mimic and a talented musician.

His parents, Joseph and Agnes вЂњDaisyвЂќ Ferris Smith, had emigrated from England and Northern Ireland, respectively, and they bequeathed to him a large supply of the Irish preference for wit over disappointment. 20, 1934 in Flint, Mich., attended Flint public schools, graduated from the University of Michigan in 1956, and received a masterвЂ™s degree from the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge in 1959. He was also a significant donor to the Common Table food bank in Wellfleet. He served on the Wellfleet Historical Commission and, with others, initiated the restoration of Hamblen Park at the southern end of Uncle TimвЂ™s Bridge.

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Mac Gatch, Jack served as a priest-in-charge of the St. Together with his longtime friend the Rev. JackвЂ™s dogs, from his first - the wonderful dachshund Bismark - to his standard poodles Gandalf, Louie, Folly, and Jane, were constant companions. He and his standard poodle, Jane Austen, often sat on a bench on Main Street, Jack offering conversation and Jane a head to pet. He enjoyed being a good neighbor and regular greeter of anyone he happened to pass. He was 86 years old.ДЄfter retiring and moving to Wellfleet in 2000, Jack fully embraced his new community. James the Fisherman, died in his sleep at home in Wellfleet on Oct. John Ferris вЂњJackвЂќ Smith, well known on the Outer Cape as a longtime leader of the Episcopal Chapel of St.

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