Tag: St. Therese of Lisieux

I Am Still Learning: A Note from Almost Retirement Inspired by Theo of Golden

~ Peggy Haslar

Embedded in the bricks above the entrance to the school where I've served as counselor for the past 24 years, there’s a bronze plaque so small most people who enter never see it. I am still learning,--Michelangelo. The quote may be legendary, but it's said that the Renaissance master who carved The David and the … Continue reading I Am Still Learning: A Note from Almost Retirement Inspired by Theo of Golden

Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan’s “Solitary” School of Love

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Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan (1928-2002) was raised in a devout Vietnamese family with a memory of horrific religious persecution in the complicated history of Vietnamese Catholicism. His grandfather’s cousin “Aunt Lien” was present when, in 1885, the Catholics of Dai Phong gathered in their church to escape a raid when the church’s bamboo roof … Continue reading Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan’s “Solitary” School of Love