[Magdalen] Kaddish [was Re: RIP Leonard Nimoy

[Roger Stokes]

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From: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
To: "Cantor03 at aol.com" <Cantor03 at aol.com>; "magdalen at herberthouse.org" 
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Sent: 02/03/2015 02:41:51
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Kaddish [was Re: RIP Leonard Nimoy

>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.

I am part of a committee looking at how to strengthen the Christian 
ethos of a C/E affiliated school which has children of a variety of 
faiths and none.

>
>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!!

In a number of countries living the faith they profess would be a start, 
and that means looking at the whole of what the faith teaches.

Roger
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