{"id":515,"date":"2005-09-11T17:37:07","date_gmt":"2005-09-11T21:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/"},"modified":"2010-10-20T17:37:59","modified_gmt":"2010-10-20T21:37:59","slug":"letter-re-remembering-september-11-2001","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/letter-re-remembering-september-11-2001\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter Re: Remembering September 11, 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"<span id=\"Remembering_September_11_2001\"><h1>Remembering September 11, 2001<\/h1><\/span>\n<p>Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Friends in the Trinity Community,<\/p>\n<p>Four years ago, at just about this time, we all stood witness to               public acts of murder, terrible destruction rooted in hatred and               ignorance. The consequences of September 11 continue to reverberate               around the world, from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with their               incalculable destruction of lives and cultures in those nations               and among our troops, to the terrorist bombings in London and Madrid               and Bali, to the restrictions on once-assumed liberties in this               nation. On September 11, in New York and Washington and Pennsylvania,               we lost members of the extended Trinity family &#8212; sons and husbands,               cousins and aunts and nieces, an alumna teacher who perished with               her student on the plane that crashed at the Pentagon. Today we               remember them and pray for their families, and all who suffered               so much as a consequence of this great human tragedy. We give thanks               for the members of our military who are sacrificing so much in the               ongoing wars in so many difficult, treacherous locations.<\/p>\n<p>Even as we remember those who lost loved ones on September 11,               we are also reaching out to the victims of Hurricane Katrina in               whatever ways we can. The instinctive, generous outreach to those               in need is truly a magnificent affirmation of life as an antidote               to the threats and fears we cope with in the age of terrorism. DeTocqueville               observed the remarkable \u201chabits of the heart\u201d that characterized               Americans even two centuries ago, and that continue to this day.               Our personal extension of our time, our talents and our resources               to others can be far more powerful than any governmental intervention.               Such charity, in the true sense of virtue, is also the necessary               foundation for ensuring justice and peace in our society. Acting               with charity, serving those in need, working for peace and justice               are all imperatives of the Catholic faith that animates Trinity,               and these are virtues and values we share with all of the major               faith traditions in our campus community.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to all members of the Trinity community who affirm               these values in so many ways each day. Your witness to charity,               to justice, to peace offers hope in this time of crisis; your example               of hope is the best possible way to honor the memory of those who               perished on this day in 2001, and those who have died in the subsequent               wars and acts of terrorism around the world.<\/p>\n<p>In remembrance,<\/p>\n<p>President Patricia McGuire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remembering September 11, 2001 Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Friends in the Trinity Community, Four years ago, at just about this time, we all stood witness to public acts of murder, terrible destruction rooted in hatred and ignorance. The consequences of September 11 continue to reverberate around the world, from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with their incalculable destruction of lives and cultures in those nations and among our troops, to the terrorist bombings in London and Madrid and Bali, to the restrictions on once-assumed liberties in this nation. On September 11, in New York and Washington and Pennsylvania, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-515","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}