Community Chat

[Oznell]

"The Times of Israel" is reporting that two Jewish women, philanthropist Lily Safra, and L'Oreal owner Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, have pledged a total of 122 million to the restoration of Notre Dame.  Extraordinarily generous outreach of this sort is so heart-warming.

[dex]

@Oznell @It is so wonderful that in the most tragic events there is much support from many people.It makes such a difference to know that others understand your loss and want to help.The world is still a beautiful place.

[Sweet_Serenity]

@Oznell 

Thank you, So very much. Humanity at its best. 

[PhilaLady1]

I love how people will pull together when something tragic happens, whether it concerns humankind itself, or the most precious representations of what we hold dear.

[Oznell]

@dex, @Sweet_Serenity, @PhilaLady1---  Beautiful sentiments, so well-expressed, thank you!

[ValuSkr]

It's wonderful that wealthy people have offered to fund reconstruction of the Cathedral.  But the story that touched me is that of three African-American churches in Lousiana that were recently destroyed by an arsonist.  A GoFundMe page for their benefit had raised only $100k through Monday morning. But by Wednesday afternoon, the campaign had raised $1.4 milion.  The surge has been attributed to social media postings using the Notre Dame tragedy to inform others about the Louisiana tragedies.

[PamfromCT]

Yes, that is so wonderful and generous.  We are all children of the same God.  May they be blessed for their generosity.