Today we at the Deaf Development Programme had a visit from Ms. Ikumi Kawamata (second left) from the Nippon Foundation in Japan. Here she is with our Sign Language Project staff and her interpreter John (far right).
Author: Charles Dittmeier
Signs from MARCH FOR OUR LIVES
Save your thoughts and prayers. We need gun control now! |
Signs from MARCH FOR OUR LIVES
Human lives over hunting rights |
Still Killing
Today the Phnom Penh Post published this photograph and a short article about a bulldozer which was destroyed by an anti-tank mine in Phnom Penh on the weekend. It turned out the mine was in a truckload of dirt hauled from one of the provinces to be used in a construction project near this Buddhist wat. The driver was thrown over the wall and suffered serious injuries but survived.
The last mines were put down forty years ago but they’re still killing and maiming. We average a casualty every four or five days–after four decades.
Topics: Sun #2
An earlier posting looked at how Cambodian people avoid the sun on their heads. This post today looks at how they avoid the sun on their arms. Click here to see some of their techniques.
Signs from MARCH FOR OUR LIVES
The only thing easier to buy than a gun in America is a Republican senator. |
First Communion
This evening at the 5:00 PM mass, thirteen of our younger children received their First Communion, always a significant marker in a Catholic child’s spiritual development. Here one of the boys reads the first reading for this weekend’s liturgy.
Signs from MARCH FOR OUR LIVES
There should be a background check before the NRA is allowed to buy a senator. |
Quarterly Meeting
Today we had our quarterly meeting of the priests of the Phnom Penh vicariate. Cardinal Ling from Laos was with us at the diocese’s pastoral center.
Boat Ride for Clergy
This morning was the celebration of the Cambodian martyrs under Pol Pot and this evening was a boat ride and dinner on the Mekong River to introduce the Phnom Penh clergy to Cardinal Ling, the archbishop of Vientiane, Laos.