Vol. VI. No. 27
In this Issue
Special Item This Week -
Goals for Our Tour to Celtic Lands:
Thoughts on St. David's 50th Anniversary
Pilgrimage to Special Sacred Places in
Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England,
April 26th - May 10th, 2011
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Colleague Contributions:
Jim Taylor
Clint Mooney
Brian Rude
Ken Kuhl
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Net Notes:
Disaster in Japan
Olive Patricia Dickason Dies
Canadian Baby Goes to St. Louis
Ontario Taxi Driver Goes to Court
Secular Power - in Swedish Schools
Korean Protestants End Association
Indonesian Muslims Support Christians
Time for Inspired Leadership and Action
Who Goes to Hell Not Most Important Issue
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Global Faith Potpourri:
Seventeen ENI stories this week
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Quotes of the Week:
Margaret Fuller
Louisa May Alcott
Cesar Chavez
Dorothy Day
Daniel Berrigan
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On This Day: (March 16th - March 18th)
March 16, 1968 - My Lai Massacre by US Troops
March 17, 1942 - MacArthur Commands Pacific Allies
March 18, 1965 - First spacewalk by Soviet Cosmonaut
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Closing Thought - A Little Wisdom for Today
(end)
*****
Dear Friends:
With five weeks to go before departure, I
have begun a reflection process on why I
think we should be engaged in "spiritual
travel." I wanted to share this with you.
My thoughts are entitled:
"Goals for the Tour to Celtic Lands"
Thoughts on St. David's 50th Anniversary
Pilgrimage to Special Sacred Places in
Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England,
April 26th - May 10th, 2011
___
Colleague Contributions:
This week, Jim Taylor (writer, Okanagan, BC)
Clint Mooney (minister, Calgary, AB) Brian Rude
(missionary, El Salvador) and Ken Kuhl (social
worker, London, ON) send their thoughts and
discoveries for your edification.
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Net Notes:
"Disaster in Japan" - a series of sources and
stories, most with a religious aspect to them,
are provided to add to your understanding
(ENI, Ucan News, CBC)
"Olive Patricia Dickason Dies" - a mentor of
mine, a former professor at the University of
Alberta, Olive Dickason was a trend-setter in
many ways - particularly in Native Studies
(Toronto Star)
"Canadian Baby Goes to St. Louis" - thanks
to Canadian priests, a baby on a ventilator -
who might otherwise have died - is getting a
second chance at a US hospital. Great!
(Lifesite News)
"Montreal Taxi Driver Goes to Court" - a
taxi driver was fined for having religious
symbols in his "public vehicle" but he is
fighting the case in a Quebec court
(ChristianWeek.org)
"Secular Power - in Swedish Schools" -
Sweden is one of Europe's - and the world's -
most secularized countries. Here is a story
that anticipates similar developments elsewhere
- Canada, for instance (Sightings)
"Korean Protestants End Association" - from
a country with a lot of new, enthusiastic
Christians - comes the story of a scandal
(Ucan News)
"Indonesian Muslims Support Christians" -
people in the West who think that Muslims
are always "the enemy" should think again
(Ucan News)
"Time for Inspired Leadership and Action" -
an election in Canada seems imminent and
we citizens need to think beyond politics
(Citizens for Public Justice)
"Who Goes to Hell Not Most Important Issue" -
last week we brought you comments on a new book
by an emergent church pastor who questions the
existence of hell. Martin Marty tipped us off!
Now, some other feedback to this story.
(The Christian Century)
_____
Global Faith Potpourri:
Seventeen ENI stories are presented this week.
_____
Quotes of the Week:
Provided courtesy of Sojourners.online:
Margaret Fuller, Louisa May Alcott, Cesar Chavez,
Dorothy Day, and Daniel Berrigan offer thoughts.
_____
On This Day: (March 16th - March 18th)
Provided courtesy of the archives
of the New York Times:
My Lai Massacre by US Troops (1968)
MacArthur Commands Pacific Allies (1942)
First spacewalk by Soviet Cosmonaut (1965)
Read these stories as they actually unfolded.
___
Closing Thought - a little wisdom as we end.
Blessings on your Lenten pilgrimage this year.
Wayne
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SPECIAL ST. DAVID'S LINKS
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Listen to audio recordings of Sunday services -
http://sduc.ca/services.htm
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ST DAVID'S ACTS WEB PAGE
Created and maintained by Colleague
Jock McTavish
http://stdavidscalgary.net/
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INTRODUCING OUR
ST.DAVID'S WINTER STUDY FOR 2011
Books Considered:
"An Altar in the World"
by Barbara Brown Taylor
(and)
"I Shall Not Hate -
A Gaza Doctor's Journey"
by Izzeldin Abuelaish
More study and website particulars will
be posted as they become available.
Classes are well underway!
Here is the link to the session design:
http://tinyurl.com/46eyn5j
Here is a TV Ontario Interview with
Dr. Abuelaish provided by Bookbrowse.com:
http://tinyurl.com/4nbdreg
*****
INTRODUCING MY UNIVERSITY
WINTER COURSE FOR 2011
GOD, ATHEISM, AND MORALITY
We continue our investigation of the
New Atheists and consider the question:
"Can we be good without God?"
Text for the course will be Sam Harris'
new book:
"The Moral Landscape:
How Science Can Determine Human Values"
(Free Press, October, 2010)
Supplementary text:
"Godless Morality" by Richard Holloway
(Canongate (new edition) 2009)
Course description and registration
information:
http://tinyurl.com/2fc7xr4
Classes going well. A great group
representing a gamut of believers
through atheists. I hope to learn
much from them and will post insights
as they emerge.
*****
UNIVERSITY LENTEN STUDY FOR 2011
A Joint Project of the Multi-Faith
Chaplains and St. David's ACTS Ministry
This Year's Subject:
"Community and Growth" by Jean Vanier.
The book first appeared in 1989 and
continues to be widely read.
Learn from Vanier's years of experience
in L'Arche communities around the world.
This book will be of interest to those
who seek insights for living and
working together in a pluralistic
society such as our own.
This study is for university faculty,
staff and interested students. It runs
for six weeks.
Time: Thursdays, 12 noon to 1:00PM
March 3rd through April 7th, 2011
Cost: Free. Copies of the book available
for purchase, courtesy of the
Christian Reformed Chaplaincy
and thanks to Paul Verhoef
Location: Small Board Room, Native Centre,
McEwan Student Centre.
Vanier book study link:
http://tinyurl.com/4hkv66x
*****
REMINDER:
ST. DAVID'S 50th ANNIVERSARY
TOUR OF CELTIC LANDS - 2011
We plan a 15-day tour of special Celtic sites
in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England -
April 26th - May 10th, 2011.
A highlight of the tour will be a visit to
St. David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire. Choir
members from our group will sing at various
informal cathedral events through the day
and at Evening Prayers on Saturday, May 7th!
We have 25 choristers signed up as part of
the tour group. This special choir began
rehearsals in late January - led by our
congregation's music director, Brent Tucker.
Details have been finalized with St. David's
Cathedral dean, Fr. Jonathan Lean. We are
being warmly welcomed!
We are also planning to sing while visiting
other locations on our tour. More details
to follow.
36 PLACES HAVE BEEN FULLY REGISTERED AND
PAID, AN IDEAL SIZE FOR THE TOUR
January 26th was the deadline for all
trip payments - 90 days before departure.
We have started an interest list for other,
future tours!
Let me know if you are interested in learning
more about exciting, spiritual tourism! This
is a cutting edge ministry at St. David's.
We hope to do many more of these tours in future!
Take a look at the St. David's, Wales Sacred Site:
http://tinyurl.com/4gbg35t
*****
STUDY ARCHIVES
A collection of twenty-five+ studies conducted
since 2000 can quickly be found at:
http://bookstudies.stdavidscalgary.net/
This collection of study resources represents
a decade of Monday Night Studies at St. David's,
plus extra courses too!
You are welcome to use our course outlines,
class notes and resource pages in your personal
and group reflections.
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SPECIAL ITEM
GOALS FOR THE TOUR TO CELTIC LANDS
Thoughts on the St. David's, Calgary
50th Anniversary Pilgrimage to Sacred Places
in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England
April 26th - May 10th, 2011
With about five weeks to go before departure
for the United Kingdom and Ireland, I would
like to share some of the goals and dreams
I have for this unique tour. 36 members and
friends of St. David's United Church Calgary
will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the
congregation's founding with a pilgrimage to
sacred places in the 'old countries.'
Marlene and I are hosts for this trip, which was
arranged by Rostad Tours of Calgary. Lutheran
pastor Ed Rostad - still living and in his 80's -
founded the company bearing his name 30 years
ago. Many members of his family continue to be
part of this travel agency and we have found
them to be most helpful and efficient partners.
They have a lot of experience with people who
are interested in 'spiritual travel' but we
are adding some special aspects to this trip
as well.
We have given our tour group the opportunity
to focus on Celtic spirituality during fall and
winter study sessions and many have taken advantage
of this extra benefit.
We will be visiting key Celtic centres like
Lindisfarne, Iona, Armagh/Downpatrick, Dublin and
Wales. We will spend a full day as guests of the
dean and people of St. David's Cathedral - the
church after which the Calgary congregation was
named.
We will spend time at New Grange/Knowth (Ireland)
and Stonehenge (England) - World Heritage Sites
that predate the Celts. New Lanark and Sterling
(Scotland), Tintern Abbey (Wales) and Bath
(England) will also be visited. We will be
busy but we hope to have times for rest and
reflection as well.
Teaching colleague Jock McTavish and I have
created an added set of "spiritual reflection
pages" to the basic tour book of sites visited
that Rostad creates. Start and end-of-trip time
for private devotional writing will be provided,
as well as special meditations for six special
locations along the way. We encourage our
fellow-travelers to bring favourite poetry
and other writings with them to share at
memorable locations.
A group of 24 persons from the tour have
formed a chorister group and they have been
busy rehearsing Celtic and Canadian hymns
as well as other selections to present at
formal and informal venues along the way.
We look forward to contribute to Evening
Prayer at St. David's Cathedral, as well
as at other venues along the way.
36 persons have registered and paid their fare
for this tour. We will be provided with good
accommodation and travel support, as well as
local guides while en route. Our tasks as hosts
are to represent our fellow-travelers and
Rostad Tours while overseas and to do what we
can to help people enjoy themselves.
---
As part of our preparation for this trip, I have
developed and elaborated on five goals which may
guide our experience. These goals are open-ended.
ONE
To do everything possible to make this a most
memorable experience for all participants.
Those on tour have already invested much of
themselves in preparation. We want to make
sure to do all that is humanly possible to
assure everyone an unforgettable travel
experience they can look back upon with much
satisfaction.
TWO
To make the best use of the time, spiritual/
physical energy and financial outlay that
we will be investing in this pilgrimage.
Participants have known from the beginning
that this will be a 'busy' adventure - not
focused on taking in things slowly. That
being said, we want people to feel that they
have been able to concentrate on good things.
In some respects, the trip will whet people's
appetite to 'go deeper' and 'experience more' on
subsequent travels they may wish to undertake.
THREE
To help everyone connect with the universal,
spiritual meanings of the places visited.
Some will find direct connections because of
ties due to ancestry and place. Others may
find a lot of this new. All can come into
contact with meanings they might not have
otherwise thought possible. We are visiting
particular settings, but what these places
represent hold timeless and universal value -
no matter what one's heritage might be.
FOUR
To encourage and enable everyone to have fun!
While there are serious aspects to this trip
there is also an opportunity for those involved
to get to know and enjoy each other's company
in ways that are not possible in congregational
life. A benefit of this trip is that most of
the participants know each other previously.
We hope that those who are less familiar with
the group will discover many new friends along
the way. Travel on a bus can be disconcerting.
It can also be very satisfying. Much benefit
can be derived from individual contributions
to our "Celtic Tour Community" - before, during
and following the trip itself.
FIVE
To invest in the idea that ongoing spiritual
travel can be a most meaningful and satisfying
growth experience for everyone.
Depending on what we learn this time, it may
be possible to offer other tours to the same
regions - and also to many other 'spiritual
locations' - on the continent and around the
world. Christians need to learn about their
history because it can enrich their faith.
They can also learn from other people of
faith. The world is full of places where we
can gain a rich exposure to ever-expanding
cultural experiences. In our rapidly changing
globe, to become more aware of human diversity
and similarity is no longer a luxury. It is
becoming a necessity.
---
Written to begin a reflection process -
Wayne Holst, March 18th, 2011
*****
COLLEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS
JIM TAYLOR
Okanagan, BC
Earthquakes -
Connected, Like It or Not
March 14th, 2011
http://tinyurl.com/477vect
*****
CLINT MOONEY
Calgary, AB
March 11th, 2011
Hi Wayne,
Could you advertise this event for us?
The event is on Climate Change.
It happens Saturday, March 19.
Any help you could give would be welcome.
Thanks. Blessings,
Clint.
"Stories of Climate Change:
Shaping our Future"
To Register visit www.kairos-calgary.ca or
contact (403) 243-5478 or e-mail
pwrdfcalgary@telus.net.
Registration is $25 and includes lunch
Location
Our Lady of Grace Parish
Main Hall
1714 14 Ave NE
Calgary, Alberta
(403) 276-1689
March 19, 2011 8:30-3:00
About Kairos:
Kairos unites eleven churches and
church agencies in faithful action for
justice and peace. Kairos is a web of
people and partnerships dedicated to a
faithful and decisive response to God’s
call for compassionate justice.
Kairos Members include the Anglican
Church of Canada, Christian Reformed
Church in North America, The Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Canada, The
Presbyterian Church in Canada, The
United Church of Canada, Religious Society
of Friends (Quakers), Canadian
Catholic Organization for Development
and Peace, Canadian Conference of
Catholic Bishops, Canadian Religious
Conference, Mennonite Central Committee
of Canada, and The Primates World
Relief and Development Fund.
*****
BRIAN RUDE
El Salvador
Dear friends of El Salvador and San Romero:
May God bless our Lenten time in the desert,
accompanied by Jesus, Romero and all the
saints.I welcome you to meditate on Romero's
homily for Lent I, Feb 24, 1980, one month
before his martyrdom:
http://tinyurl.com/62ugn3s
Here is the website for all Romero's homilies:
http://tinyurl.com/6gro3p7
Paz,
Brian Rude.
Pastor and missionary of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada,
still being inspired in the land of Romero,
and by the people of Romero
*****
KEN KUHL
London, ON.
Has Gay-Rights Christianity
Become Self-Righteous Subculture?
The Guardian, UK
http://tinyurl.com/62rdodn
*****
NET NOTES
THE DISASTER IN JAPAN
Ecumenical News International
14 March 2001
Religious groups mobilize to aid Japan
Washington, D.C.(ENI news) - As the extent of the
death and destruction from the massive disaster
in Japan comes into focus, religious relief
organizations are sending and supporting teams
to assess the damage. Groups such World Vision
and Baptist World Aid have teams on the ground
determining what kinds of experts and supplies
will be needed in the recovery from the
earthquake and tsunami that struck 11 March,
Religion News Service reports.
---
14 March, 2011
A Priest Dead, a Chapel 'Drowned'
http://tinyurl.com/64ge6p5
---
15th, March 2011
Japanese Look to Ancient Traditions
to Gain Strength Through Crisis
http://tinyurl.com/4ju9wrj
---
16 March 2011
Japanese churches respond to
earthquake-tsunami disaster
Tokyo (ENI news) - Churches across Japan are
responding with prayers, donations, and relief
operations to the impacts of the 11 March
earthquake and its subsequent tsunamis and
nuclear power plant accidents.
As of 16 March, more than 3,700 people were
confirmed dead, more than 7,800 missing, and
about 2,000 injured, according to the National
Police Agency. More than 400,000 people have
been evacuated from the disaster zones in
northeastern Japan. The earthquake also damaged
the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where
workers have been struggling to contain radiation
leaks.
---
17th March 2011
Japan relief efforts encounter
difficult environment
New York (ENI news) - Ecumenical relief efforts
intensified on 17 March in Japan, where the death
toll from the 11 March 9.0-magnitude (recently
raised from an estimated 8.9) earthquake and
tsunami rose to more than 5,600, according to
the National Police Agency of Japan.
*****
Other News Sources:
Asia Steps Up Response to Japan Quake
Ucan News
March 14th, 2011
http://tinyurl.com/6hp3ogh
---
Other Asians Know Japan's 'Tsunami Pain'
Ucan News
March 18th, 2011
http://tinyurl.com/4dwonqz
---
Calgary Students Raise Money
for Fellows in Japan
CBC News
Mar. 14th, 2011
http://tinyurl.com/6ah3w44
*****
OLIVE PATRICIA DICKASON DIES
Author Chronicled Native Contribution
Toronto Star
March 12th, 2011
http://tinyurl.com/4j7nrws
*****
CANADIAN BABY AIRLIFTED TO USA
Priests Support Infant on Ventilator
Lifesite News
March 24th, 2011
http://tinyurl.com/4r2kphd
*****
TAXI DRIVER HEADS TO COURT
Montreal Man Wants to Protect
Religious Symbols in His Car
ChristianWeek.org
March 11th, 2011
http://tinyurl.com/47edugo
*****
SECULAR POWER IN SWEDISH SCHOOLS
Sightings 3/17/2011
by Joseph Ballan
http://tinyurl.com/4v9hggf
*****
PROTESTANTS CALL FOR END TO
KOREAN CHURCH ASSOCIATION
Vote-Buying Scandal the Cause
Ucan
March 17th, 2011
http://tinyurl.com/4u457rv
*****
INDONESIAN MUSLIMS DEMONSTRATE
ON BEHALF OF CHRISTIANS
Government Slow to Protect Worship Sites
Ucan News
March 14th, 2011
http://tinyurl.com/4lxv25d
---
"Don't Overstate a Good Case"
Our Criticism Can Make Things Worse
for Many Islamic Countries
Tablet (UK) Editorial
March 19th, 2011
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/16038
*****
A TIME FOR INSPIRED
LEADERSHIP AND ACTION
Interfaith Group Meets in Ottawa in
Anticipation of a Canadian Election
Citizens for Public Justice
March 10th, 2011
http://tinyurl.com/4642phz
---
Oda Apologizes for 'Confusion'
More on the Kairos Funding Fiasco
Anglican Journal News
March 18th, 2011
http://tinyurl.com/4kxd8o7
*****
WHO GOES TO HELL IS NOT
THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION
(by Kiran Thadhani, Sojourners)
The Christian Century
Reproduced from Sojourners
March 16th, 2011
http://tinyurl.com/46pzcud
*****
GLOBAL FAITH POTPOURRI
Ecumenical News International
News Highlights
14th March, 2011
Interfaith water project launched in Kenya
Mombasa, Kenya (ENI news) - Religious leaders
from Africa inaugurated an interfaith-
sponsored water project here on 12 March,
with women singing, dancing and ululating
to welcome it.
"This water should be source of unity for
you. The project is yours. It is a symbol of
your unity and development. You should refuse
to be divided in religious lines because of
this water," the Rev. Ishmael Noko, President
of the Interfaith Action for Peace in Africa
(IFAPA) told the launch of the Mbegani Water
Project in the Mazumalume village.
_____
Under new "ordinariate," Anglicans take steps
to become Roman Catholic
London (ENI news) - More than 900 adults formally
expressed a desire to join the Roman Catholic
Church at two special services held at Westminster
Cathedral 12-13 March – including the first
Anglicans to take advantage of a new structure
designed to receive those leaving the Church of
England for Rome.
*****
15 March 2011
U.S. Lenten campaign seeks to
bolster dialogue about poverty
New York (ENI news) - U.S. anti-poverty advocates
have launched a 40-day Lenten campaign to put the
issue of global poverty into sharper focus. The
campaign, organized by Yale Divinity School under
the banner "Mobilizing Faith, Fighting Poverty,"
is intended to bolster public dialogue about
poverty and ways to fight it.
*****
16 March, 2011
International Ecumenical Peace Convocation
launched in Jamaica
Kingston, Jamaica (ENI news) - Jamaican church
leaders and guests gathered on 15 March to call
attention to the upcoming International
Ecumenical Peace Convocation, which will take
place from 17 to 25 May at the University of
the West Indies in Kingston and will highlight
the successes and challenges of work to
overcome violence.
_____
Anglican priest arrested on marriage charges
London (ENI news) - A Church of England vicar
has been arrested in Britain's second major
police investigation in as many years into
bogus marriages staged to help immigrants win
residents' visas. The church immediately
suspended the Rev. Canon Patrick Magumba
amid claims he was involved in scores of
sham weddings at three churches in northeast
England, Religion News Service reports.
*****
17th March, 2011
Average Norwegian goes to church once a year,
statistics show
Oslo, Norway (ENI news) - The average Church of
Norway member went to church once a year in 2010,
Statistics Norway reported on 15 March in the
annual statistical report it sends to the church.
Although church attendance has remained the same
since 2000, other indicators show dwindling
participation in the Lutheran state church in
the past decade.
_____
Churches urge NATO to remove all nuclear
weapons from Europe
New York (ENI news) - Ecumenical organizations on
both sides of the Atlantic are urging NATO to
remove all U.S. nuclear weapons still based in
Europe and end their role in the alliance's policy.
_____
Pakistan's Bhatti remembered at
London memorial service
London (ENI news) - Pakistani Christian leader
Shahbaz Bhatti was remembered as a fearless
champion of religious minorities at a memorial
service on 17 March that was attended by
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams,
Bishop of Lahore Alexander Malik and former
Bishop of Peshawar Mano Rumalshah.
_____
Russian patriarch and Catholic cardinal
meet in Moscow
Moscow (ENI news) - A meeting between the
Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church and
the Pope is "not yet on the agenda," Cardinal
Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council
on Promoting Christian Unity, told a Russian
news agency after his first visit to Moscow,
but the two churches can multiply the impact
of their witness by promoting jointly their
moral and ethical values to the secular world.
*****
18 March 2011
Japanese churches continue searching
for disaster victims
Tokyo (ENI news) - Churches are among those who
keep searching for missing people, including
clergy, members and their families, as the
death toll after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake
and tsunami has reached the highest in the
history of natural disasters in postwar Japan.
_____
Declining ratio of women in India a challenge,
church leader says
Bangalore, India (ENI news) - Responding to a recent
prediction that gender prejudice and sex-selective
abortion in India will result in 20 percent more men
than women by 2030, a prominent church woman leader
says the church should address these issues.
_____
Obama taps U.S. campuses
for interfaith service projects
Washington, D.C. (ENI news) - The White House
is hoping to recruit America's college and
seminary students in a nationwide interfaith
service campaign that was launched on 17
March. In the next month, the Obama
administration will solicit plans submitted
by colleges, universities, seminaries and
rabbinical schools for year-long community
service projects such as food drives,
house building or mentoring, Religion
News Service reports.
*****
QUOTES OF THE WEEK
Provided courtesy of Sojouners.online:
March 14th, 2011
"If you have knowledge, let others light
their candles in it."
- Margaret Fuller
---
March 15th, 2011
"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest
aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can
look up and see their beauty, believe in them,
and try to follow where they lead."
- Louisa May Alcott
---
March 16th, 2011
"When you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice.
It's an extremely powerful weapon."
- Cesar Chavez
---
March 17th, 2011
"What we do is so little that we may seem to be
constantly failing. But so did [Christ] fail.
He met with apparent failure on the Cross.
But unless the seeds fall into the earth and
die, there is no harvest."
- Dorothy Day
---
March 18th, 2011
"We have longed to taste the resurrection.
We have longed to welcome its thunders and
quakes, and to echo its great gifts. We want
to test the resurrection in our bones. We want
to see if we might live in hope instead of in
the ... twilight thicket of cultural despair,
in which standing implies many are lost."
- Daniel Berrigan
*****
ON THIS DAY
Provided courtesy of the archives
of the New York Times:
March 16, 1968 - during the Vietnam War, the
My Lai Massacre was carried out by United States
troops under the command of Lt. William L.
Calley Jr.
http://tinyurl.com/ycyo8gd
_____
March 17, 1942 - Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived
in Australia to become supreme commander of Allied
forces in the southwest Pacific theater during
World War II.
http://tinyurl.com/46jhsdl
_____
March 18, 1965 - the first spacewalk took place
as Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov left his
Voskhod 2 capsule and remained outside the
spacecraft for 20 minutes, secured by a tether.
http://tinyurl.com/4ou72pg
*****
CONCLUDING THOUGHT
"Blessed are you when you have small stumbles.
Handled well, they can prevent big falls."
(end)
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