tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361429.post5126077491099332222..comments2023-11-03T00:59:06.808-07:00Comments on Common Places: unspeakableRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552221110548320109noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361429.post-7387905341691182272010-05-09T23:51:13.820-07:002010-05-09T23:51:13.820-07:00I haven't read the CT article yet but I read S...I haven't read the CT article yet but I read Stafford's book, "Too Small to Ignore" which tells the same story and found myself shaking with rage and sorrow. Thanks for the recognition of how things have changed. If you get the chance, find Stafford's book and read the appendix about "the rest of the story." It's very moving. <br /><br />I had the privilege of meeting him as he spoke at our conference in Germany in March. What an incredible man with an incredible history. He was in the first graduating class at ICA, since ICA was formed as a result of the closure of this other school.<br /><br />There are still many people out here who have ties to that boarding school and while it's impossible for all to be made right, the memory remains to ensure that it will never happen again.Mike and Mindee in Africahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642356425464089643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361429.post-13941522733924775442010-05-07T18:40:11.103-07:002010-05-07T18:40:11.103-07:00There are just so many terrible terrible stories l...There are just so many terrible terrible stories like this of kids abused and even killed in unspeakable ways in Christian boarding schools. I've recently been learning about the atrocities experienced by American Indians in the US who were forcibly taken from their families by the U.S. gvmt and placed in boarding schools (most church-run) where they were violated in every way possible. So tragic that our faith has been used in such awful ways, and so tragic that the church as a whole (Catholic and Protestant) has done so little to acknowledge this and seek to make amends and aid in healing. The churches in Canada are way ahead of the U.S. in acknowledging abuses like this. Here in the U.S. most people don't even know about that era in our history.Muser Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619098935024377476noreply@blogger.com