#compassionateSA City, Advocates for the #Homeless Prepare for Spread of #coronavirus https://therivardreport.com/city-advocates-for-the-homeless-prepare-for-spread-of-coronavirus/ @COSADHS is working with local support providers to set up at least four “homeless resource hubs” in SA to provide food, hand sanitizer, & other supplies. @HavenForHope
. . . is a grassroots movement that promotes, supports and celebrates San Antonio’s commitment to be a world-class compassionate city: one where the civic government, the religious and volunteer organizations, the businesses, the community and its educational institutions come together to recognize the importance and value of compassion in the life of a city and by doing so create an ethos of compassion and a safety net for its most vulnerable citizens. #compassionateSA
Congratulations to our 2020 San Antonio Peace Laureates: (left to right): Lionel Sosa, G.P. Singh and Cappy Lawton. local voices of wisdom and experience to speak for peace and justice in San Antonio.
Thanks to the magic of NOWCastSA, you can watch the January 26, 2020 Blessing of the Peacemakers online.
THE CHARTER FOR COMPASSION
. . is an international initiative to restore compassionate action to the center of religious, moral and political life. Compassion is the principled determination to put ourselves in the shoes of the other, and lies at the heart of all religious and ethical systems.
POEM: “Do Not Ask Your Children to Strive,” by William Martin
Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness. Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life. Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples and pears. Show them...
Need Unsheltered Homeless Aid
Need is immediate and critical. Shelters are at or near capacity. San Antonians experiencing homelessness turn to the street, cars, or encampments without access to food, hygiene supplies, or other critical needs. The Homeless Services' Division of San Antonio's Human...
Happy Birthday To . . . Norman & Flannery
March 25, 1914 Norman Borlaug "You can't build a peaceful world on empty stomachs and human misery." March 25, 1925 Flannery O'Connor "Conviction without experience makes for harshness."
Stay at Home Work Safe – Live Q&A session
Questions about the Stay Home Work Safe Orders to be answered tonight. WHAT Do you have questions about the Stay Home Work Safe Orders? The City of San Antonio and Bexar County will answer your questions live tonight. Residents can submit questions in advance on...
POEM: “Small Kindnesses,” by Danusha Laméris
I’ve been thinking about the way, when you walk down a crowded aisle, people pull in their legs to let you by. Or how strangers still say “bless you” when someone sneezes, a leftover from the Bubonic plague. “Don’t die,” we are saying. And sometimes, when you spill...
Happy Birthday To . . . Nikolai & Unita
March 18, 1874 Nikolai Berdyaev "Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one." March 18, 1933 Unita Blackwell "This is what I know about courage: You don't have to think about courage to have it. You don't have to feel courageous...
February 2020 Interfaith Calendar
February 2: Candlemas – Presentation of Christ in the Temple – Christian
February 2: Imbolc – Wicca/Pagan
February 2: Saint Brighid of Kildare – Celtic Christian
February 2: Four Chaplains Sunday – Interfaith
February 3: St. Blaze Day – Christian
February 3: Setsebun-sai (beginning of spring) – Shinto
February 5: Chinese New Year – Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist
February 8: Nirvana Day – Buddhism
February 9: Triodion begins – Orthodox Christian
February 12: Triodion – Orthodox Christian
February 14: St. Valentine’s Day – Christian
February 15: Nirvana Day – Buddhist – Jain
February 22: Maha Shivaratri – Hindu
February 23: Meatfare Sunday – Orthodox Christian
February 23: Transfiguration Sunday – Christian
February 25: Shrove Tuesday – Christian
February 26: Intercalary Days begin – Baha’i
February 26: Ash Wednesday – Lent begins – Christian
Compassion Here! This Week in SATXMarch 25, 2020
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Compassion Here! This Week in SATXFebruary 19, 2020
