... 's daring efforts on behalf of the Jewish children. That play led to newspaper articles, international attention, and finally a face-to-face meeting with their hero in 2000. In a letter to the girls, Irena Sendler wrote, "You have done big work for all the world, your homeland, Poland, and for me. I warmly believe that you will always go the same way, to stop wars and evil at last. And goodness will win." (2) That's a lofty ambition, is it not? "To finally stop ...
... It was the awful aroma of slavery and the smell of death which changed the minds and hearts of many of the people who William Wilberforce addressed. But it was the aroma of his poured out life that changed the world. One person, like Irena Sendler or Mr. Smith CAN make a difference. One person, like William Wilberforce or John Newton CAN change the world. The aroma of their good deeds, like ripples in the water, goes on endlessly. The fragrant aroma of their righteousness and righteous behavior has touched ...
... adversity, we will do nearly anything, risk our lives, our livelihood, our future for that love. And when we do, we are embodying and embracing our identity as a follower of the Lord of Love. In 1940s Germany, one such risk taker was Irena Sendler, a Catholic social worker who managed to save over 2,500 Jewish babies and toddlers from concentration camps by secreting them away hidden in suitcases, coffins, sewer pipes, rucksacks, and even in a toolbox. When frightened and distraught parents in the Warsaw ...
... do such a thing to an innocent child. And yet our world is filled with these kinds of stories: stories of abuse, stories of kidnappings, stories of wartime atrocities, stories of poverty. We celebrate heroes still today, such as Oskar Schindler, Irena Sendler, and Sir Nicholas Winton, who rescued countless children from concentration camps at the height of WWII. Some of our greatest philanthropic gifts have been for the benefit of children. For we believe that the innocence of children needs to be protected ...
