| January 2023 Core Virtues News Here we are smack in the middle of COURAGE month! Monday's holiday for our exemplar of civic and moral courage, Martin Luther King Jr. , has (we hope) rested, renewed, and inspired us for the second half of the year as we "move beyond fear to venture and persevere." We hope to provide other inspirations in this newsletter. Read on! What's New: Books and People William J. Bennett published The Book of Virtues in 1993, and it became an instant classic, on the shelves of almost every Core Virtues school library. Now revised and republished in a thirtieth anniversary edition, this chunky anthology of stories is slightly slimmed down (from 814 to 640 pages), but offers new stories to enhance the original offerings. Check out their new "Courage" offerings, which include Colin Powell and the heroes of 9/11, among others. The Changing of the Guard: Art Directors at Core Virtues In December we turned a big corner at Core Virtue s. Eileen Klee Sweeney, our Art Director and Website Manager of ten years retired, and passed the baton to Emily Lehman, who has been hired by the University of Dallas to carry this torch. Eileen brought a rich graphics art background to her Core Virtues tasks. Since 2012, she has designed two websites for us (including our current, amazing one), has overseen the design of two different versions of the book Core Virtues, created all the posters, all the newsletters, and as a voracious reader, has contributed mightily to our book reviews as well. Eileen Sweeney working on the original website, 2012. Emily Lehman has many extraordinary accomplishments of her own. She designed the Arts of Liberty website for the University of Dallas, has worked in publication for online magazines, and has an active scholarly life. She is currently completing her Ph.D. thesis on "Literature as Moral Narrative" at the University of St Andrews, and is a visiting researcher at the University of Notre Dame. She has big shoes to fill, but we are very blessed to have found both these amazing women! January Heroine: Florence Nightingale In our three-year cycle for heroes and heroines of virtue, we've featured Florence Nightingale before. The founder of modern nursing, this "lady with the lamp" made the rounds at night among wounded soldiers in the Crimean War (1853-1856). Her concern for the injured forged a new professional path for women in nursing (nurses had been male). She worked industriously to improve atrocious medical conditions for wounded soldiers. One study credits her with reducing the mortality rate of the wounded from 42% to 2%. Telling Our Stories This month our profile in courage is Stephen B. Levine, M.D., a Case Western Reserve University physician and researcher, who has some sobering reflections on helping confused children in fraught times. Read More |
January 2023
Core Virtues News | |
Here we are smack in the middle of COURAGE month! Monday's holiday for our exemplar of civic and moral courage, Martin Luther King Jr., has (we hope) rested, renewed, and inspired us for the second half of the year as we "move beyond fear to venture and persevere." We hope to provide other inspirations in this newsletter. Read on! | |
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What's New: Books and People | |
William J. Bennett published The Book of Virtues in 1993, and it became an instant classic, on the shelves of almost every Core Virtues school library. Now revised and republished in a thirtieth anniversary edition, this chunky anthology of stories is slightly slimmed down (from 814 to 640 pages), but offers new stories to enhance the original offerings. Check out their new "Courage" offerings, which include Colin Powell and the heroes of 9/11, among others. | |
The Changing of the Guard: Art Directors at Core Virtues | |
In December we turned a big corner at Core Virtues. Eileen Klee Sweeney, our Art Director and Website Manager of ten years retired, and passed the baton to Emily Lehman, who has been hired by the University of Dallas to carry this torch. Eileen brought a rich graphics art background to her Core Virtues tasks. Since 2012, she has designed two websites for us (including our current, amazing one), has overseen the design of two different versions of the book Core Virtues, created all the posters, all the newsletters, and as a voracious reader, has contributed mightily to our book reviews as well. | |
Eileen Sweeney working on the original website, 2012. | |
Emily Lehman has many extraordinary accomplishments of her own. She designed the Arts of Liberty website for the University of Dallas, has worked in publication for online magazines, and has an active scholarly life. She is currently completing her Ph.D. thesis on "Literature as Moral Narrative" at the University of St Andrews, and is a visiting researcher at the University of Notre Dame. She has big shoes to fill, but we are very blessed to have found both these amazing women! | |
In our three-year cycle for heroes and heroines of virtue, we've featured Florence Nightingale before. The founder of modern nursing, this "lady with the lamp" made the rounds at night among wounded soldiers in the Crimean War (1853-1856). Her concern for the injured forged a new professional path for women in nursing (nurses had been male). She worked industriously to improve atrocious medical conditions for wounded soldiers. One study credits her with reducing the mortality rate of the wounded from 42% to 2%. | |
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Telling Our Stories
This month our profile in courage is Stephen B. Levine, M.D., a Case Western Reserve University physician and researcher, who has some sobering reflections on helping confused children in fraught times.
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