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Ida B. Wells, who died March 25, 1931, was born into slavery in MS. She went on to become a tireless champion of racial justice, particularly in documenting and exposing the practice of lynching. For a hundred years Congress has failed to pass a federal anti-lynching law.
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Mayor Bill DeBlasio on naming a new Staten Island ferry after Dorothy Day. She "lived a life of tremendous selflessness and service. I can think of no greater way to honor her beloved legacy than by having her name on this new ferry boat connecting Manhattan and Staten Island.”🤔
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Feast of the Annunciation. Inspired Fritz Eichenberg’s cover art for Dorothy Day’s The Long Loneliness. There is no reference to this scene in the book, yet he recognized the turning point was the discovery of her unexpected pregnancy. “Behold the handmaid of the Lord.”
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Sister Annabel Laity was the first Western person ordained as a monastic disciple in #ThichNhatHanh’s Vietnamese Zen lineage. I was moved by our conversation today about her new book, MINDFULNESS: Walking with Jesus and Buddha. @OrbisBooks. Will post soon!
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3/25 1965, Viola Liuzzo, 39, a white housewife and mother of 5 from Detroit, was killed by the KKK, supporting the struggle for voting rights in Selma, AL. Without telling her family, she had set out in her Oldsmobile in response to a call for volunteers after Bloody Sunday.
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What would Romero be saying today? Look at Pope Francis. Reflections by Scott Wright. columbans.co.uk/justice-peac…
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I like to think of St. Oscar Romero as the patron saint of @orbisbooks. Here are four top books about him.
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Here is a link to my new "one-on-one" interview with Jesuit playwright Bill Cain, SJ about his "The Diary of Jesus Christ." @OrbisBooks I was so deeply moved by his book that I spent most of the conversation just gushing about my favorite parts. Watch: piped.video/watch?v=FfOJ2K8u…
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Every year in @GiveUsThisDayLP I write about St Oscar Romero for his feast day. Today I reflected in the significance of his being named a martyr.
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