Citizen of the Year
19th Ward Community AssociationCitizen/Merchant of the Year Awards Dinner Saturday, June 20 Reception 5:30 pm – Dinner 6:15 pmUnity Health, St. Mary’s Campus Auditorium89 Genesee Street (free parking in garage)Tickets on sale now: $20 per personCall 328-6571 to reserve your tickets As reported in the May 2009 issue of Update 19: Congratulations to our 2009 Citizen of the Year, Susan Morehouse. Susan’s nominator wrote of the work she has done in founding and leading the “Arnett Block Club, one of the most active Block Clubs in the Ward. Susan brings in guest speakers,...
Read MoreGreetings from BT
BT writes from Jerusalem: Besides managing the dental clinic and teaching English, I am also involved in a women’s ministry of reconciliation. During a recent retreat we looked at principles of reconciliation during times of crisis when relationships are tested, and we tend to identify with one side or the other. As believers it is important to reach out to one another and make the effort to come together to pray together. Putting this principle into practice during the recent Gaza conflict, some of the women had taken the initiative, and we prayed as Israeli, Palestinian and ex-pat women...
Read MoreOscar Romero – 3/24/80
Oscar Romero: Bishop of the Poor In 1980, in the midst of a U.S. funded war the UN Truth Commission called genocidal, the soon-to-be-assassinated Archbishop Oscar Romero promised history that life, not death, would have the last word. “I do not believe in death without resurrection,” he said. “If they kill me, I will be resurrected in the Salvadoran people.” On this 29th anniversary of his death, the people will march through the streets carrying that promise printed on thousands of banners. Mothers will make pupusas (thick tortillas with beans) at 5 am, pack them,...
Read MoreAmerica at the Crossroads
Dear Friends, I write to you today with contrasting and conflicting emotions. We have just seen the inauguration of the nation’s first black President, and many of us, even those who didn’t vote for him, are celebrating that historic moment. Given the scourge of slavery and the suffering of African Americans through most of the past 400 years, our ancestors would never have believed that a black man would someday be elected to the most powerful and influential position on earth. That is, indeed, a political achievement that is unprecedented in the history of this great nation. I...
Read More
