The rise in the price of gasoline, the announcement of the rising costs of utilities-gas, telephone-and the virtual liberation of the price of the tortilla have brought the Mexican people to their knees, facing a black 1999. On their knees and without any power to make demands. The increase of 15 percent in the price… continue reading
Dorothy Day, a Catholic for All Americans
February 1, 1999 by
Why would a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church recommend for sainthood a woman who was a radical socialist and pacifist, a divorcee who had had an abortion? Why would he recommend for sainthood a woman who had had affairs and spent her nights in bars drinking and reading poetry with the likes of Eugene… continue reading
Hundreds of Immigrants Arrive at Casa Juan Diego from the INS
February 1, 1999 by
On the first day of Christmas (Operation Overwhelm), the Immigration and Naturalization Service sent 44 guests from Honduras to Casa Juan Diego. On the second day of Christmas (O.O.), the INS sent 47 guests from Guatemala. On the third day of Christmas (0.0.), Immigration sent 67 Central Americans from various countries. On the fourth day… continue reading
Voluntary Poverty at Heart of Catholic Worker Movement
December 1, 1998 by
This article, the sixteenth in the series on the Roots of the Catholic Worker movement, features voluntary poverty, one of the marks of the movement. The great message which Peter Maurin, co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement, has for the world today is the message of voluntary poverty. John Cort, friend of Peter’s and still… continue reading
Dorothy declared Peter Maurin Saint of the CW Movement
December 1, 1998 by
Dorothy Day credited Peter Maurin as being the heart and soul of the Catholic Worker movement. She would be the first to proclaim him the saint of the movement. Peter was filled with the history and tradition of Catholicism, as well as an extensive knowledge of papal encyclicals. This was Peter’s common ground. He was… continue reading
“Economic Personalism” is a Fraud: The Solution to Capitalism
November 1, 1998 by
You don’t have to be a genius to realize the failure of Marxism. Even before 1989 one could have realized that Marxist regimes were not built on Marxist ideologies and theory, but were built on the rather strange foundation of tens of millions of bodies of the proletariat who disagreed with the regime. The foundation… continue reading
Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin Creative in their Approach to the Labor Movement (Labor & Workers)
August 1, 1998 by
This article, on labor and support for workers, is the fifteenth in our series on the Roots of the Catholic Worker movement, the saints, philosophers and ideas which influenced Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin. When Dorothy Day became Catholic, a priest asked her to write the story of her conversion, telling how the social teaching… continue reading
Many Questions: How Can You Continue the Work of Hospitality?
August 1, 1998 by
Question: You have just talked to 40 to 50 guests at the men’s house. There are 75 to 100 women and children housed in the other centers. You have provided food, clothing, medicine and medical care, dental and eye care to hundreds of others of Casa Juan Diego neighborhoods. Aren’t you and the other workers… continue reading
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. For a Greater Distribution of Land. The Challenge of Agrarian Reform (Excerpts)
June 1, 1998 by
The social teaching of the Church is very clear … that agrarian reform is one of the most urgent reforms and cannot be delayed,” the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace said in a document it made public Jan. 13, 1998. The council said that “in situations of injustice and poverty, agrarian reform is not… continue reading
