{"id":68,"date":"2025-06-08T16:19:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T15:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/build.stmarysalsager.org\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2025-09-26T14:52:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:52:44","slug":"how-we-see-ourselves","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/build.stmarysalsager.org\/index.php\/how-we-see-ourselves\/","title":{"rendered":"How we see ourselves"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"68\" class=\"elementor elementor-68\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cf88f9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5cf88f9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7acf75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b7acf75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How we see ourselves<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28fff42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28fff42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Open and inclusive<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eff3a9d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eff3a9d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e829eab e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e829eab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-861ade6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"861ade6\" 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