SPRING ARRIVES FOR EASTER
AT
OLD POAG ROAD!
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Since moving to their new home on Old Poag Road six years ago, Keith and Diane Dudding continue to enjoy their 1.5 wooded acres. Diane often posts pictures of new arrivals on her Facebook page as she cares for a wide variety of plants.
Above: Flowering cherry tree.
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SPRING AT THE DUDDINGS:
BLUEBELLS EVERYWHERE!
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Keith enjoys a spread of bluebells growing in the woods at the back of the Dudding property!
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ENJOY THE ONLINE EASTER ORGAN CONCERT AT WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL!
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LEARNING IN THE
AGE OF COVID-19
-H. Clausen and H. Haskins
Twenty some years of teaching have taught us a great deal. There are trends that emerge, fade away, only to re-emerge again with some new age twists. This year has once again reminded us teachers and parents, that educating children is certainly a challenge and takes all of us.
In the early 2000s, when HH
(Heather Haskins) was working on her Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology, online learning was a fairly new phenomenon. Sure there were online Blackboards that you could post to, but live interactions were uncommon. HH thought the convenience of online (or distance learning as it was called) could have fascinating and indelible impacts on schooling. Never would it have been imagined what distance learning would mean in 2020.
When COVID-19 began, many like the both of us were not sure what impact it would have at school. It seemed a distant problem that we didn’t have time for, with state testing on the horizon, individualized education plan annual review meetings to still hold, new textbooks to break in, and a jam-packed curriculum to complete before the seniors got out early. Now in the throes of COVID, we have nothing but time, and for many of us, a whole new skill set to learn-parents and teachers alike.
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FEEDING THE HUNGRY
DURING THE PANDEMIC
-
Mary Weingartner
I felt helpless watching Covid-19 bring death and despair and greatly exacerbate the problem of hunger in Chicago.
The Greater Chicago Food Depository, which supplies more than 600 food pantries, shelters and soup kitchens in the area, relies on volunteers. With the need for food assistance increasing daily, the Food Depository has lost seasoned volunteers older than 60, deemed high-risk and told to stay home.
I decided to volunteer for a Saturday shift at the central warehouse. On arrival I was asked if I’d I traveled or been sick in the past 14 days. I was waved inside to wash my hands and put on latex gloves. I had my own face mask.
Volunteers went through an orientation and were divided into teams. Mine had 20 members, and my task was to assemble the cardboard boxes my coworkers then filled with food.
While keeping social distance, our team packed 700 boxes and 21,000 meals in a little over 2 hours. That Saturday, teams at the warehouse packed 2,631 boxes of food, 76,738 meals and 90, 085 lbs. of food.
Volunteering to feed the hungry was a gift to me.
Additional pictures
here
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Note: Mary is the daughter of Jim and Jane Weingartner.
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Celebrating daily prayers, Holy Week services, and Easter Eucharist online for the first time was quite a challenge for Fr. Ben who worked tirelessly to provide moving spiritual experiences for our parish. We thank you and hope you are getting some rest this week!
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Liz Edwards watching services.
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The McKenneys watching services.
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Fr. Ben in his Easter Jacket!
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Evelyn, Samantha, and friend
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Easter at the
Gillentines: Ian,
Elizabeth, Jim (2)
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Drew Berger - new sailor!
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EVERYDAY LIFE DURING
THE PANDEMIC
The information in this article included personal information about many of our parishioners and so it is not available to the public.
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In Touch is published weekly mid-week until June 1, 2020 as a way of keeping in touch with each other during our Illinois "Stay at Home" confinement. We hope it brightens your day!
Marianne Cavanaugh
Marian Smithson
Jane Weingartner
Issue Three: 04.16.20
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DIAGNOSING THE PLAGUE 17TH CENTURY STYLE
-Jim Weingartner
One of the problems confronting us as we battle the coronavirus is identifying asymptomatic carriers of the disease who may unwittingly be infecting others. Here are some suggested diagnostic techniques for coping with a similar challenge generated by a 17
th
century health crisis about which I’ve been reading.
Smell the breath of a suspected carrier, although the smeller would run the risk of “drawing the stench up into his own brain.” Or how about having the suspected carrier breathe heavily on a piece of glass? Examined under a microscope, creatures “of strange, monstrous and frightful shapes, such as dragons, snakes, serpents, and devils, horrible to behold” might be revealed. It was opined that an infected person’s breath would “instantly kill a bird” or, if directed upon warm water, “would leave an unusual scum upon it.”
These proposals are to be found in Daniel Defoe’s
Journal of a Plague Year
. The author of
Robinson Crusoe
describes the effects on London of an epidemic of the bubonic plague in 1665-1666, which killed an estimated 100,000 Londoners (about one quarter of the population) and clearly fired some imaginations.
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A PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO LIVE ALONE
Almighty God, whose Son had nowhere to lay his head: Grant that those who live alone may not be lonely in their solitude, but that, following in his steps, they may find fulfillment in loving you and their neighbors; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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