[Magdalen] Kaddish [was Re: RIP Leonard Nimoy

[Grace Cangialosi]

I remember the Pledge of Allegiance and the Lord's Prayer beginning the school day when I was in elementary school. Now, we moved a lot, so I can't say for sure that that was true at every school I attended--though I know the Pledge was--but in my memory the two always occur together.  
In high school it was the Pledge, led over the PA system from the office, and a "Thought for the Day" and then the morning announcements. A friend and I provided the "Thought..." And had great times selecting them. But they were not sectarian at all.
By the time I was teaching, we had the Pledge and a moment of silence.

But there are still a lot of folks out there who think the reason our country is in the mess it's in is because we took prayer out of schools! All we have to is put prayer back in the schools, and.......Voila!!

> On Mar 1, 2015, at 4:20 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> In a message dated 3/1/2015 3:57:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> michaudme at gmail.com writes:
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> morning  recitation of the Lord's Prayer (yes, we used to
> recite at the beginning of  the school day in the public schools).>>>>>
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> I hear of this sort of thing from time to time.  All I can say is  that
> in the schools of NW Wisconsin in the 40's-50's, there was not the
> slightest hint of sectarianism.  This includes absolutely no  praying
> of any kind/faith.
> 
> I thought this was a general rule in the public schools of the Upper
> Midwest USA, but every time I make such a statement, someone comes
> out of the woodwork and refutes it.  So I will only say in the schools  of
> my home area non-sectarianism was the rule.
> 
> IMHO this ought to be a general USA rule, but then I've had people
> claim that I'm anti-prayer making such a statement.
> 
> I've been accused of being anti-prayer right here in river city, PA.
> 
> When I recognized an increasingly long typical Methodist  "Pastoral
> Prayer" (10 minutes+!) in the local TEC at the beginning of each
> sermon, I suggested the priest put those prayer concerns in "The  Prayers of
> the People", and free up some more time for preaching at which he
> was quite good.
> 
> The Pastoral Prayers ceased, but he spread the rumor that I was
> "anti-prayer" in the parish.
> 
> If I'd wanted lengthy Pastoral Prayers, I would have remained a  Methodist!
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> David Strang.