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. . . 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
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.
Happy Birthday To . . . Saul & Barbara
January 30, 1909 Saul Alinsky "As an organizer, I start from where the world is, as it is, not as I would like it to be. That we accept the world as it is does not in any sense weaken our desire to change it into what we believe it should be - it is necessary to begin...
Happy Birthday To . . . Edward & Germaine
January 29, 1927 Edward Abbey "Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top." January 29, 1939 Germaine Greer "One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night."
Happy Birthday To . . . José & Pop
January 28, 1853 José Martí "We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering, not to profit from the people, from the work created and sustained through their spirit of political association, while refusing to contribute to the political...
Poem: “Epitaph,” by Merrit Malloy
When I die Give what’s left of me away To children And old men that wait to die. And if you need to cry, Cry for your brother Walking the street beside you. And when you need me, Put your arms Around anyone And give them What you need to give to me. I want to leave...
Happy Birthday To . . . Frederico & Clarissa
January 27, 1934 Federico Mayor Zaragoza "We must construct a new set of values and attitudes to replace the culture of war which, for centuries, has been influencing the course of civilization. Winning peace means the triumph of our pledge to establish, on a...
NEWS: Ayala: San Antonio will gift a compassion ‘how-to’ for use by nation’s cities
San Antonio Express-News, 27 January, 2023 SAN ANTONIO — Mayor Ron Nirenberg went to the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Washington, D.C., last week with a gift — or at least the promise of a gift — from San Antonio to its fellow cities. Though he’ll deliver the...
Then. Now. Now Then?
Two Places. Two Poets. At the Intersection of Our Times.
October 3, 2021 | A Global and Virtual Conversation with
Naomi Shihab Nye & Pádraig Ó’Tuama
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Find out more about the 2020 Compassionate Institute and the more than 150 compassionate fellows who are on a year-long journey to bring more compassion to our schools.
Multifaith Calendar, January, 2023
January 1: Mary, Mother of God – Catholic Christian
January 1: Feast Day of St Basil – Orthodox Christian
January 1: Shogatsu/Gantan-sai – Shinto
January 1: Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus – Orthodox Christian
January 5: Twelfth Night – Christian
January 5: Guru Gobindh Singh birthday – Sikh
January 6: Epiphany – Christian
January 6: Feast of the Epiphany (Theophany) – Orthodox Christian
January 6: Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) – Christian
January 7: Feast of the Nativity – Orthodox Christian
January 8: Feast of the Holy Family – Catholic Christian
January 13: Maghi – Sikh
January 17: Blessing of the Animals – Hispanic Catholic Christian
January 18: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – Christian
January 22: Lunar New Year – Asian faiths
January 25: Conversion of St. Paul – Christian
January 30: Mahayana New Year 3 days – Buddhism
Compassion Bead Sales are temporarily suspended (as of 1/2/2-23)
