Eiji Oyamatsu, an 88-year-old Catholic Japanese sculptor, has completed 40 years of work on the world's tallest wooden statue of the Virgin Mary. The statue will be placed in Nagasaki in memory of the Catholic peasants of the Shimabara rebellion.
So excited for @JazminWillimas she plays so hard and is definitely one of those "plays for" her teammates kids @JUTNWBB and @JUCoachLawhon isn't playing games with all the local talent he is bringing in. We are so excited for Jaz!!
Later I worked in the lunch room cleaning tables and sweeping the cafeteria in order to have free lunch. Growing up in poverty never leaves you. It’s a deep shame you carry no matter how successful you become. All kids deserve free lunch in school. Stop the stigma!
As a Church, all of us need to be healed fom the temptation of choosing to defend the institution rather than seeking the truth. With God's help, let us contribute to the building up of a Mother Church that is pleasing to Him. #IndigenousPeoples#Canada
What would happen if the billions spent annually on standardized testing was instead spent to fund more field trips, classroom supplies, updated furniture, after-school programs, and support services?
Would this lead to better results and more success than all of that testing?
But men are hopeless creatures, and the less they concentrate on their own sins, the more interested they become in the sins of others. They seek to criticize, not to correct. Unable to excuse themselves, they are ready to accuse others.
-St. Augustine w/the side eye at Twitter
I have a little autistic friend whose parents told their parish that the big first communion Mass wouldn't be a good environment for her.
So Father celebrated a Sunday Mass just for their family.
And kept thanking the family for letting him do it.
More of this, Church.
“Resilience” is a coping strategy, not a virtue. Celebrating resilience without interrogating the challenges, problems, and structural issues folks are routinely forced to confront runs the risk of idealizing the capacity to suffer.