#compassionateSA Local nonprofits lend helping hand to women impacted by COVID-19 pandemic https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2020/09/15/local-nonprofits-lend-helping-hand-to-women-impacted-by-covid-19-pandemic/ Nonprofits are offering help with resumes, giving professional attire and connecting people to different resources available. @dressforsuccess @SalvationArmyUS
. . . 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
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.
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: “When Great Trees Fall,” by Maya Angelou
When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great souls die, the air around...
NEWS: Ayala: San Antonio becomes first city to develop ‘compassionistas’
Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, September 12, 2020 A hint of fall this week gave us a reprieve, however temporary, from a summer that was long and hot and steeped in shared stress. No one in the United States was spared the effects of a mismanaged pandemic, a...
POEM: “Let This Darkness Be A Bell Tower,” by Rainer Maria Rilke
Quiet friend who has come so far, feel how your breathing makes more space around you. Let this darkness be a bell tower and you the bell. As you ring, what batters you becomes your strength. Move back and forth into the change. What is it like, such intensity of...
Happy Birthday To . . . Paul & Phyllis
August 3, 1858 Paul Sabatier "Theories cannot claim to be indestructible. They are only the plough which the ploughman uses to draw his furrow and which he has every right to discard for another one, of improved design, after the harvest." August 3, 1920 P.D. James...
POEM: “I Confess,” by Alison Luterman
I stalked her in the grocery store: her crown of snowy braids held in place by a great silver clip, her erect bearing, radiating tenderness,watching the way she placed yogurt and avocados in her basket, beaming peace like the North Star. I wanted to ask, "What aisle...
Immigrant Children and Families Need Shelter and Basics Today
Recent court decision ordered the release of children held in immigration custody due to risk of COVID. Several families are being released this weekend including pregnant women. They need to stay in SA for a short period of time before making the final leg of their...
Interfaith Calendar, August 2020
August 1: Lammas – Christian
August 1: Lughnassad – Imbolc – Wicca/Pagan Northern & Southern hemispheres
August 1: Fast in Honor of Holy Mother of Jesus – Orthodox Christian
August 3: Raksha Bandhan – Hindu
August 6: Transfiguration of the Lord – Orthodox Christian
August 10: Waqf al Arafa – Islam
August 12: Krishna Janmashtami – Hindu
August 13-15: Obon (Ulambana) – Buddhist/Shinto ?
August 15: Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary – Catholic Christian
August 15: Dormition of the Theotokos – Orthodox Christian
August 20: Hijra – New Year – Islam
August 22: Ganesh Chaturthi – Hindu
August 29: Beheading of St. John the Baptist – Christian
August 29: Ashura – Islam
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