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Attention ParentsThe Mayo Families’ Connection community wants to hear about the new addition to your family. Send parents’ names and specialty as well as baby’s birthdate, weight, length, and a picture (to which you own the copyright) to the Kaleidoscope editor.
Join us for our discussion of Tara Westover's Educated!
“An unforgettable memoir in the tradition of The Glass Castle about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University.
Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag". In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard.
Her father forbade hospitals, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education and no one to intervene when one of Tara's older brothers became violent.
Then, lacking any formal education, Tara began to educate herself. She taught herself enough mathematics and grammar to be admitted to Brigham Young University, where she studied history, learning for the first time about important world events like the Holocaust and the civil rights movement. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge. Only then would she wonder if she'd traveled too far, if there was still a way home.
Educated is an account of the struggle for self-invention. It is a tale of fierce family loyalty and of the grief that comes with severing the closest of ties. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education is and what it offers: the perspective to see one's life through new eyes and the will to change it.”
The MFC Bible Study, otherwise known as SideBySide-Rochester is a group of medical wives that meet together weekly to pray, love, support and encourage one another, while spurring each other on in our relationships with Jesus Christ.
Fall through Spring:
SideBySide-Rochester has two groups:
-Fridays 9:15-11:15am at Autumn Ridge Church, located at 3611 Salem Road SW Rochester, MN 55902. (Childcare is provided for a modest fee.)
Registration opens May 18th
-Tuesdays 7:00-9:00pm in homes. (Childcare is not provided, but babies in arms are welcome.)
Guys at MFC Kyle Smith, Jamie Smadbeck, Cole Sytsma
Join the guys for a game night at Kyle's house Friday, January 11th. The games will begin at 7pm and go until we get tired of playing them. Please email guysatmfc@gmail.com for the address.
We will be playing games such as Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot, Captain Sonar, Monikers, or anything else people would like to bring and play.
We are a group of men and women who get together to play rec-league sports throughout the year here in Rochester. Past teams have included kickball (fall), dodgeball (winter), and sand volleyball (late spring/summer).
The MFC Co-ed Athletic Club focuses on the camaraderie and social aspects that come along with getting together on a regular basis. People of all skill levels and experience are welcome and encouraged to join. So if you're looking to knock the cobwebs off your cleats, learn a new sport, meet new people, or just want a reason to get out of the house, come check us out!
Makers, artists, and creatives, wherever you are in your creative journey, join us! Mayo Art Group will meet to inspire consistent production of art, to critique and support, to join in community, and to enrich our creative processes.
MFC Pediatric Parties is a way to give back to the Mayo community by spending time with the children and families who are being treated at the Mayo Clinic. Pediatric Parties hosts bowling parties for the teens in the Pediatric Pain program, as well as hosts crafting and activity events for the St. Mary’s pediatric patients.
