We now live in a world where fewer safe places exist. I cannot remember the last time I was in public and did not look for the nearest exit. Our youth go to school with all the anxieties we all faced at that age, but with the complexities of social media and the increased threat of violence in their schools.

I invite all parents of St. Margaret's children and youth to join Jeff Conover and myself for a forum to discuss the special challenges parents face in our world of violence and school shootings. We will gather in the Fellowship Hall at 6:30 pm tomorrow, Thursday,, March 8th. We will provide refreshments and child care. This is an opportunity to share concerns and issues with other parents, and perhaps gain some support and new ideas for dealing with the tragedies that seem to be following our children. I encourage everyone who can to come and share and listen. Please let me know if you are interested in attending. Feel free to share this with other parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles.

As much as possible, we need to communicate with each other, and amplify that communication with acts of love, patience, mercy and compassion.  Please consider joining us for this important time together, or for the March for our Lives, in Annapolis, on March 24.