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Native Footsteps: Along the Path of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
Native Footsteps: Along the Path of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha. Edited by Mark G. Thiel and Christopher Vecsey. Paper. Marquette University Press and the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, 2012. Reviewed by Lauren Adderly I met Kateri Tekakwitha three years ago. Her story of courage, faith, and holiness captured my heart while I was living as a volunteer on the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reservation in Belcourt, North Dakota. As I returned to the reservation in the summers that followed, my ... continue reading
Why Are the Cubans Coming to Casa Juan Diego and Catholic Charities in Houston?
For more and more new Cuban refugees, the perilous journey to the U.S. is coming to an official end at Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. Over the past ten months, the agency’s midtown office has brimmed with scores of bedraggled immigrants, many having just made the 2,400-mile journey from Ecuador by any means available, including train, horseback, even canoe. They await a promised toehold into American society extended by the federal government in the form of ... continue reading
Immigration, the Invisible Hand of Agribusiness, and Farm Workers
Mark Muller is the Food and Community Fellows Program of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy About a year ago, Don Lassus reviewed the book Tomatoland in the Houston Catholic Worker. This article takes the perspective of the campaign to address the mistreatment of the agricultural workers in Immokalee, Florida, in the larger context of immigration reform. The calls for immigration reform by the Obama Administration and members of Congress differ largely in their emphasis. ... continue reading
Habemus Papam – We Have a New Pope Francis – What Does This Mean For the Catholic Worker?
Not only do we have a new Pope, we have a new, new Pope. Everything about him is unique. He is the first non-European Pope since the 8th century. He is the first Jesuit Pope Even more significantly, however – he is the first Pope Francis. The very first thing the new Pope did was to choose the name Francis. This is brand new. No Pope has ever been named Francis before. He said it is for Francis of Assisi. If he had not done anything else, just claiming the name of Francis would have had a ... continue reading
A Just Immigration Reform Will Suspend Deportations While Applicants Wait
Hope has emerged from the first steps toward immigration reform under discussion in the U. S. Congress. There seemed to be a new bipartisan willingness to tackle the issue of the millions of undocumented people already in the United States. We hope and pray that this effort does not get bogged down in political concerns about who gets the credit for any reform. As we witness the destruction of immigrant families as they are torn apart by deportations, we rejoice at the possibility of a new ... continue reading
