Two Boston College Graduate Students Injured in Marathon Explosions

Two Boston College graduate students were injured in the explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line, according to the Boston College Office of News and Public Affairs. 

In a news update posted on the BC website, the Office of News and Public Affairs informed the BC community that a M.B.A. student and a joint J.D./M.B.A. student, two spectators at the finish line, were hospitalized after being injured in the explosions.

No injuries were reported among the 300 BC undergrads who ran in the race, the update said.

Counseling will be available for all BC students through the university's counseling services, the update said.

A "Mass of Healing and Hope" will be held this evening at St. Ignatius Church, located on the edge of the BC campus at 28 Commonwealth Ave. in Chestnut Hill. The service starts at 5 p.m. and all members of the BC communtiy are invited. University President William P. Leahy will celebrate the Mass and a sacramental anointing for healing will follow the service.