¿Dejarnos plantados mirando hacia arriba?

Solemnidad de la Ascensión del Señor (ciclo A. Mateo 28, 16-20)

La Ascensión no es una foto de Jesús subiendo a las nubes, sino un acto de fe en que Jesús es lo máximo, mostrándose enteramente de Dios.
Pero no basta con admirar y reconocer; por  eso, lejos de dejarnos plantados, mirando hacia arriba, Jesús nos remite a un cielo que ya comienza en la tierra.
Sabiamente, el Evangelio de Mateo no termina con una despedida triunfante, sino con el encargo de la Misión y la presencia de Jesús entre nosotros día tras día hasta el fin del mundo.

(Fuentes: Taco-Calendario del Corazón de Jesús; Mikel Garciandía - Semanario La Verdad)

Tradición y reivindicación

Uno año más -y este acompañados de los alumnos de 2º A- hemos cumplido con la tradición de sellar el mes de mayo, mes de las flores, mes de María, con la tradicional romería al rincón de la Barbazana.
Al igual que todos los años hemos reivindicado -al menos por media hora- este rincón antaño dedicado a la Virgen María.
Muchas gracias a todos por vuestra colaboración.

This week´s topic 2nd, 3rd, 4th ESO

Balkans Flooding Triggers Landmine Warning

The worst floods in the region for more than half a century kill 44 people and force tens of thousands from their homes.

5:18pm UK, Monday 19 May 2014

HISTORIAS DEL INFORME... ...¡PISA!

Trigésimo-octava entrega de: "Las tribulaciones educativas de Klaus Tudent".

LA FIEL OBSERVADORA DE LOS MANDAMIENTOS DEL SEÑOR

VI DOMINGO DE PASCUA (ciclo A: Juan 14, 15-21)

Jesús promete a sus apóstoles enviarles el Espíritu de la Verdad.
La Iglesia  es una realidad compleja, integrada por un elemento humano, y otro divino. El Espíritu Santo es ese elemento divino, que desde los primeros siglos ha sido llamado "alma" de la Iglesia.
Aunque el mundo la persiga y se burlé de ella como desfasada, la Iglesia  siempre será la fiel observadora de los mandamientos del Señor.

(Fuente: Taco-Calendario del Corazón de Jesús)

¡Menudos qué dos pájaros de un tiro! o visita al Museo de Navarra y Catedral de Pamplona en 2º ESO

Como es habitual todos los años por estas fechas -dentro de la didáctica de ciencias sociales- en 2º de la ESO hemos realizado las visitas al Museo de Navarra y Catedral de Pamplona.
Aún tratándose de una mañana intensiva la de este inestable jueves 22 de mayo, no hemos visitado la totalidad de ambos destinos, sino que nos hemos centrado en los periodos conocidos como Alta y Baja Edad Media. La salida ha sido un éxito, la "tropa" se ha portado muy bien -ganándose todos ellos un caramelito de limón sin azúcar de los que ponen la orina verde pero saben muy ricos-
aunque no por ello se han librado del trabajo de recensión que han de hacer sobre la visita. Damos las gracias al personal del Museo de Navarra, así como a las guías de la Catedral de Pamplona, en especial a Ana, que como siempre nos ha tratado con extraordinaria exquisitez.

THIS WEEK´S TOPIC 2nd, 3rd, 4th ESO

Shipwreck off Haiti could be Columbus’Santa Maria, explorers say

BY ZACHARY FAGENSON
MIAMI Tue May 13, 2014 8:31pm EDT(Reuters) - A shipwreck found off the north coast of Haiti could be the 500-year-old remains of the Santa Maria, which led Christopher Columbus’ famed voyage to the New World, according to a team of marine explorers."All the geographical, underwater topography and archaeological evidence strongly suggests that this wreck is Columbus' famous flagship, the Santa Maria," Massachusetts marine investigator Barry Clifford said in a press release on Tuesday."I am confident that a full excavation of the wreck will yield the first-ever detailed marine archaeological evidence of Columbus' discovery of America," he added.Clifford, 68, who led a reconnaissance expedition to the site last month, will hold a press conference Wednesday morning at the Explorers Club in New York to announce the discovery.He said he would like the ship to stay in Haiti as part of a permanent exhibition to help the country's struggling tourism industry.But a Haitian official reacted with skepticism on Tuesday, saying it was unlikely that anything remains of the wreck."It's a historical and scientific mistake to say that the Santa Maria could have been found under the sea," said Erol Josué, director of Haiti's National Ethnology Office, noting that its timbers were used by survivors to build a small fort, named La Navidad, considered the first European settlement in the New World.HISTORY AND MYSTERYThe wreck was discovered in about 10 to 15 feet of water near a reef, and matches the length of the Santa Maria's 115-foot keel, according to the exploration team.Its geographical location coincides with Columbus' description of where the Santa Maria sank, and stones found at the wreck site match a quarry in Spain that provided ballast for Columbus' ships, the team said."The size of the wreck is consistent with the dimensions of the Santa Maria," said Dirk Hoogstra, general manager of History, a cable TV channel that funded the latest expedition to the wreck site."There's not a whole lot of wood left after all these years," he added, saying it's unclear how much of the ship could be recovered from the sea.The location of the Santa Maria, the La Navidad fort, and the fate of the shipwreck survivors have mystified scholars.The Santa Maria was one of a fleet of three vessels that left Spain in 1492 to look for a shorter route to Asia. The ship, after arriving near the Bahamas, drifted onto a reef on Christmas Day and had to be abandoned.After the shipwreck, Columbus left behind 39 men and sailed back to Spain on the Niña. He returned a year later to find the fort destroyed and none of his crew alive. Archaeologists from the University of Florida have been searching for the remains of La Navidad. Last year, they said they had found what could be the site of a nearby Arawak Indian village. Clifford has worked on numerous historic wrecks around the world, including Captain Kidd's flagship off Madagascar.His team first discovered the wreck off Haiti in 2003, but it was unable to identify the ship. Yet the discovery of Columbus’ encampment on nearby Haiti and data from the explorer’s diary prove the heavily decayed vessel on the sea floor was the Santa Maria, he now believes.A cannon was initially found as part of the wreck but archaeologists at the time misidentified it as dating from a different historical period, Clifford told CNN.After conducting further research on cannons from Columbus' day, Clifford concluded it could have come from the Santa Maria.On last month's reconnaissance trip, Clifford's team measured and photographed the ship. Some items, including the cannon, had been looted since his earlier visit.(Additional reporting by Amelie Baron in Port-au-Prince; Editing by David Adams, James Dalgleish and Jan Paschal)