National Day of Prayer gathering is Thursday
A National Day of Prayer gathering will be held from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. Thursday at the La Plata County Courthouse, 1060 East Second Ave.
The theme is “Lord, Hear Our Cry.” Pastors and lay people from the community will pray for the government, education, military, churches, businesses, families and media.
Presbyterians offer Vacation Bible Study
First Presbyterian Church of Durango, 1159 East Third Ave., will host its Vacation Bible Study from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. June 8-12.
The camp is offered to children from 4 years old to children entering fifth-grade.
There will be a Friday night family event with a dinner. Children will sing songs, play games, watch skits and create crafts. Volunteers are needed.
For more information, call 247-3175.
Series will explore Tibetan teachings
Debra Quayle will teach a five-week class exploring highlights from The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, written in 1992, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays May 26, June 2, 9, 16 and 23 at the Durango Dharma Center, 208 East Animas Road (County Road 250).
This book presents the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism based on the eighth century text, The Tibetan Book of the Dead. The class will focus on the bardos, Nature of Mind practices, how to care for and show love to the dying and spiritual practices for the moment of death.
Quayle is one of Lama Tsultrim Allione’s authorized teachers and has taught meditation classes and retreats at Tara Mandala, an international Buddhist community and retreat center in Pagosa Springs and at other locations throughout the U.S.
Scholarships are available. For more information or to register, visit www.DurangoDharmaCenter.org.
Piano students to perform Sunday
Christ the King Lutheran Church, 495 Florida Road, will host 12 of Patty Mack’s piano students at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship service.
Students will play classical music selections at several points throughout the service. The public is invited to worship and hear the young musicians.
For more information, visit www.ctkdurango.org.
Pope says women deserve equal pay
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis added his voice Wednesday to the feminist anthem of equal pay for equal work, saying it’s “pure scandal” that women earn less than men for doing the same job.
Francis also lambasted the attitude of those who blame the crisis in families on women getting out of the house to work. He said such attitudes are a form of “machismo” that shows how men “want to dominate women.”
Francis made the comments during his Wednesday general audience, which he has been devoting to different aspects of family life before a big meeting on family issues in October.
Francis said the “radical equality” that Christianity proposes between husband and wife must bear new fruit.
“We should support with decisiveness the right to equal pay for equal work,” he said. “Why is it a given that women must earn less than men? No! They have the same rights. The disparity is pure scandal.”
Herald Staff & Associated Press
