Dignity & Sacredness of Each Person

List of 3 news stories.

• Resource for CJ Parents

  6/6/2020
  Jama Badinghaus, counselor
  As our country collectively and individually responds to the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd, and racial divide in our country, the following resources seek to provide you starting points for discussions with your children.
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• We find ourselves in a very difficult moment.

  6/4/2020
  Fr. Bob Jones, SM, chaplain
  Dear Brothers and Sisters,
  We find ourselves in a very difficult moment.  We are once again (and I can’t believe I have to use that phrase “once again”) coming face to face with the sin of racism and social injustice.  It is an affront to human dignity and an offense to the inherent goodness of each person as they are made in the image and likeness of God.  While many of the protests are peaceful, some individuals are choosing to respond with even more violence.  It leaves us, rightfully so, unsettled, afraid, broken-hearted and angry.
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• Sometimes, words seem to be inadequate to express grief, anger, fear, and frustration.

  6/2/2020
  Dan Meixner '84, president
  Such as now. Just over a week ago, we witnessed the senseless killing of another African-American man, George Floyd. People of goodwill must grieve for Mr. Floyd’s family, pray for them and those who called him a friend, and join in the anger and frustration of those who look at this tragedy - and others that preceded it - as emblematic of the treatment that people of color too often face. The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, one of our school’s founding religious communities, teach us to create communities that “value the dignity and sacredness of each person.”  When we see that human dignity and sacredness of any life is violated, we must join our voices to those who demand a better world, an end to the evil of racism, and the call for the day when our hearts and our systems reflect charity and true justice.
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