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NEWS – Ayala: San Antonio blessed with a peace laureate that feeds the hungry

NEWS – Ayala: San Antonio blessed with a peace laureate that feeds the hungry

by Susan | Jan 31, 2022 | inspiration, News Stories

Sunday’s Blessing of the Peacemakers began with a review of peace initiatives by a San Antonian long involved in those efforts. The Rev. Ann Helmke didn’t speak long but she ticked off a timeline that I wanted to slow down. t was history deserving of its own award....
OP-Ed- “Plant and nurture the seeds of peace”

OP-Ed- “Plant and nurture the seeds of peace”

by Susan | Jan 24, 2021 | inspiration, News Stories

by Rosalyn Falcon Collier Express-News, 23 January, 2021 Since 2006, the peaceCENTER has celebrated San Antonio’s peacemakers with a Blessing of the Peacemakers, held the last Sunday of January to dovetail with the start of the internationally recognized Season for...
NEWS: Commentary: How we can harness, share compassion

NEWS: Commentary: How we can harness, share compassion

by Susan | Nov 26, 2020 | inspiration, News Stories

From the San Antonio Express-News, 26 November, 2020 By Dennis Slattery The word “compassion” entered the fringes of social discourse years ago and has now moved closer to the center of discussion for many. Etymologically, its history reaches back to ancient periods....
NEWS: Ayala: San Antonio becomes first city to develop ‘compassionistas’

NEWS: Ayala: San Antonio becomes first city to develop ‘compassionistas’

by Susan | Sep 13, 2020 | inspiration, News Stories

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...
NEWS: Essential services — Worship has evolved amid the disruption of COVID-19, minister says

NEWS: Essential services — Worship has evolved amid the disruption of COVID-19, minister says

by Susan | May 10, 2020 | News Stories

By Peggy O’Hare STAFF WRITER San Antonio Express-News, 10 May, 2020, page H1 The Rev. Ann Helmke, a Lutheran minister who serves as the city’s liaison to its faith-based communities, discusses how churches and temples can best meet the needs of their congregations and...
COMMENTARY: On other side of this crisis, what will humanity be?

COMMENTARY: On other side of this crisis, what will humanity be?

by Susan | May 9, 2020 | inspiration, News Stories

By Ann Helmke FOR THE EXPRESS-NEWS May 9, 2020 page A13 Who are we in the midst of COVID-19? Sometimes I find myself imagining the God’s eye view of our human movement during these surreal times. The image is daunting and more than the eye of my heart can take in...
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