Parents must remain vigilant in a digital culture whose values and behaviors aren’t aligned with our faith
As we continue to navigate the realities of raising children in an increasingly digital world, I would like to offer some guidance and reflection regarding devices, internet access and social media use within our elementary school community.
Franciscan Brother Octavio Durán returns the shoes worn at St. Oscar Romero’s martyrdom to Sister Tránsito de la Cruz, superior of the community at Divine Providence Hospital, center, in El Salvador. (Octavio Durán, Maryknoll Magazine | OSV News)As I held Archbishop Óscar Romero’s empty shoes in my trembling hands, I felt gravity heavier than their weight.
It was the evening of March 24, 1980, at San José de la Montaña, where I was a seminarian in San Salvador. Our daily routine proceeded normally until the end of the 5:30 p.m. Mass, when devastating news shattered our world. Archbishop Romero had been assassinated while celebrating Mass at the Divine Providence Hospital chapel.