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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.
Poem: “Advice to Myself,” by Louise Erdrich
Leave the dishes. Let the celery rot in the bottom drawer of the refrigerator and an earthen scum harden on the kitchen floor. Leave the black crumbs in the bottom of the toaster. Throw the cracked bowl out and don't patch the cup. Don't patch anything. Don't mend....
Happy Birthday To . . . Michel & Wilfred
February 28, 1533 Michel de Montaigne "A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears." February 28, 1865 Wilfred Grenfell "The service we render others is the rent we pay for our room on earth."
Happy Birthday To . . . Rudolf & Hugo
February 27, 1861 Rudolf Steiner "A healthy social life is found only when, in the mirror of each soul, the whole community finds its reflection, and when, in the whole community, the virtue of each one is living." February 27, 1886 Hugo Black "A union of government...
Happy Birthday To . . . Rudolph & Ralph
February 27, 1861 Rudolf Steiner "A healthy social life is found only when, in the mirror of each soul, the whole community finds its reflection, and when, in the whole community, the virtue of each one is living." February 27, 1934 Ralph Nader "A society that has...
Happy Birthday to . . . . Hugo & Marian
February 27, 1886 Hugo Black "There can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a man gets depends on the amount of money he has." February 27, 1897 Marian Anderson "As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it...
Happy Birthday To . . . Carmen & Victor
February 25, 1963 Carmen Yulin Cruz "You cannot make life better if you are in a helicopter. You can't make life better for them if you can't touch them." February 26, 1802 Victor Hugo "He who opens a school door, closes a prison."
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
WATCH THE ARCCHIVED VIDEO HERE
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: June, 2023
June 4: Trinity Sunday – Christianity
June 9: St. Columba of Iona – Celtic Christian
June 16: Guru Arjan martyrdom – Sikh
June 16: Feast of the Sacred Heart – Christianity [Roman Catholic]
June 19: New Church Day – Swedenborgian Christian
June 19: Enlightenment of Kwan Yin Bodhisattva – Buddhism [Mahāyāna Pure Land tradition]
June 22: First Nations Day – Canadian Native People
June 22: Litha Summer Solstice – Wicca/Neo Pagan
June 24: Saint John the Baptist – Christian
June 26: Sundown, Hajj begins – Islam
June 27: Sundown, Waqf al Arafa (Day of Arafat) – Islam
June 27: Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Joseph Smith – Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
June 28: Sundown, Eid al-Adha – Islam
June 19: Ghambar Maidyoshem begins – Zoroastrianism
June 29: Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul – Christian
Compassion Bead Sales are temporarily suspended (as of 1/2/2-23)
