Once a year, Emma and Benoit De Crombrugghe insist that we join them on an outing to Galveston to swim and walk the beaches as we discuss all that really matters. Emma is from Bolivia and Benoit from Belgium, a physician-researcher at M.D. Anderson cancer hospital. Recently they raised an interesting question. What happened, they… continue reading
What Happened to the Tremendous Renewal Possibilities after the Second Vatican Council?
April 1, 2004 by
On not being “Dismissed So Easily”
February 1, 2004 by
The Editors of the Houston Catholic Worker lost an opportunity to promote the Catholic Worker movement at a recent presentation where they were invited to speak about faith and economics. The Editors failed to make it abundantly clear that founding a Catholic Worker center and living the Catholic Worker lifestyle or the Gospel is open to… continue reading
Dorothy Day, Co-Founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, Servant of God, 1897-1980, a Patroness of Migrants
December 1, 2003 by
Many hearts have been touched by the stories of the suffering of immigrants and refugees coming to the United States, and especially the deaths this summer in the trailer truck in Victoria, Texas Many ask what they can do to help those who have been uprooted from their homes and families, those who have tried… continue reading
The Catholic Worker, Model for Church and World for the Civilization of Love
December 1, 2003 by
Mark and Louise Zwick recently gave talks at the Univ. of Notre Dame at the conference on Formation and Renewal sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Culture and at a discussion group on economics sponsored by Fr. Nesti at the Institute for Faith and Culture at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. A… continue reading
Pope John Paul II calls War a Defeat for Humanity: Neoconservative Iraq Just War Theories Rejected
August 1, 2003 by
The most consistent and frequent promoter of peace and human rights for the last two decades has been Pope John Paul II. From Iraqi War I to Iraqi War II, he has echoed the voice of Paul VI, crying out before the United Nations in 1965: War No More, War Never Again! John Paul II… continue reading
Is Casa Juan Diego a Smuggling Operation? No, Just the Works of Mercy for Immigrants and Refugees
August 1, 2003 by
With the discovery of the deceased who had suffocated in a trailer truck jammed with living and the dead, local reporters besieged Casa Juan Diego with questions. They wanted to know-and the public was demanding to know-about the life of the immigrants. Since Casa Juan Diego provides hospitality to 125 to 150 each night, they… continue reading
Catholic Writers Recruited to Support Bush War on Iraq: Michael Novak Hired to Undermine Pope John Paul II’s Position
February 1, 2003 by
President Bush’s Ambassador to the Holy See has asked Michael Novak to develop even further his theological theory of justification for preventive war to support Bush. Novak will present his ideas in February at a conference on the just war organized by the Ambadssador. In the past several months Novak, along with fellow neo-conservative writers… continue reading
Michael Novak, Enron Man: Wealth Creation for the Few
October 1, 2002 by
We couldn’t believe our eyes when we saw an article just written by Peggy Noonan in TheCatholic World Report. At first it seemed right on-decrying the greed and terrible practices of CEO’s of the last decade which are giving capitalism such a bad name. It turned out, however, to be simply a defense of the… continue reading
Why Saint Juan Diego, a Saint For Nobodies, Means so Much To the Houston Catholic Worker
September 1, 2002 by
Casa Juan Diego has been filled with joy over the canonization of Saint Juan Diego. The welcome of Mexico for the Holy Father on the occasion of his canonization reverberated in Houston, even in the news media, where several television stations celebrated the Pope’s visit and tied it together with what they called one of… continue reading
Casa Juan Diego – the Work of Many – and the Sufferings of Immigrant Women in Houston
April 1, 2002 by
Juanita called to ask if she could come to Casa Juan Diego with her three children. The police had taken her husband to jail the night before because he had beaten her and he would soon be released. She was afraid to be in the house. This was not the first time she had been… continue reading
