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Newly Available: Father Hugo’s A Sign of Contradiction

A Sign of Contradiction by Fr. John J. Hugo (author) and Rosemary Hugo (foreward) published by Catholic Castle.com:  http://catholiccastle.com/CatholicPages/FatherHugo.php This foreword is written and copyrighted © by Rosemary Hugo Fielding This excerpt from the new Foreward to Fr. John J. Hugo’s,A Sign of Contradictionis published here because of the profound effect that Fr. Hugo and… continue reading

The Catholic Worker Retreat of Father John Hugo changed my Life

When I made the retreat, I was not a practicing Catholic. I had left the Church as a teen, and had been associated for the previous two years with an eastern mystic sect. With no intentions of returning to my faith, I came to the retreat for silence. I left fully committed to Christ. Father… continue reading

Fr. John Hugo, Spiritual Director to Dorothy Day, calls us to follow Jesus

This is the eighth article in a series on the philosophers, saints and spiritual guides who inspired Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in founding and living out the vision of the Catholic Worker. This issue features Fr. John Hugo, who developed the famous retreat that became also the Catholic Worker retreat. Fr. John J. Hugo,… continue reading