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[email protected] Friday, November 20, 2015 Lessons in Community offers up prayers for Paris the leaves ST. JOSEPH CHURCH All my life, I’ve been used to raking my HOLDS VIGIL IN WAKE OF yard. I would go around with my brother and father, creating piles of leaves, some bigger TERROR ATTACKS than others depending on the spot in the yard, BY JASON BLEAU sibility for the attacks. manually moving my rake back and forth in NEWS STAFF WRITER Here in the Quiet a steady motion. I had it down to a science. I THOMPSON — On Corner, several organi- could go for hours. Nov. 13, the world was zations have unveiled I would use either an old bed sheet or a tarp rocked by a series of ter- plans to hold candlelight to collect my bounties. Once collected, I would rorist attacks in Paris, vigils and events asking fold up the corners and drag the collection France, that took the for peace in the world device to the bottom of the yard where the leaf lives of 129 people peo- in the wake of the trag- pile was. It was oddly satisfying to see a rela- ple and injured hun- edies. One of the earli- tively clean looking yard after a day of raking, Jason Bleau photos dreds more, inspiring est to hold such an event almost like the feeling I get when after running reactions of support for was St.