Now we really know why no one likes doing hospitality! Here we are knee-deep in doo doo (pronounced poo poo or ca ca in Spanish). Nothing works, nothing flows. “Back up” takes on a new meaning–no longer reinforcement, but that which went down came back up. It is not a pleasant sight. “Doc” from Crown… continue reading
Is Dorothy Day’s Laetare Medal in Jeopardy?
February 1, 1997 by
If the faculty senate of the University of Notre Dame voted today, it would vote against Dorothy Day and her theology. It is hoped that they won’t posthumously invalidate her medal. Catholic Workers are highly incensed that liberal theologians have the gall to call into question one of America’s greatest women and attempt to marginalize her thought because it… continue reading
No Federal Funds – What Now?
December 1, 1996 by
Yesterday a staff member from the United States Catholic Conference was almost in tears as she lamented the tremendous loss of welfare funds to Catholic agencies and to the poor because of the new anti-immigration bill which eliminates assistance to legal immigrants not yet citizens. “What are we going to do?” she cried. “Where are… continue reading
Is Immigration Catholic?
December 1, 1996 by
Q.: Are you in favor of immigration? A.: Absolutely not! We oppose undocumented immigration because it destroys families, separates parents and children and ruins marriages. Q.: That doesn’t sound like someone who has had over 30,000 immigrants pass through their doors, does it? A.: We pick up the pieces, as it were. After people are… continue reading
Heart of the World, Center of the Church: Can CEO’s and Stockholders be Saved?
October 1, 1996 by
Who then devised the torment? Love. Love is the unfamiliar Name Behind the hands that wove The intolerable shirt of flame Which human power cannot remove. We only live, only suspire Consumed either by fire or fire. (T. S. Eliot) How different our world looks today from the Civilization of Love called for by recent… continue reading
Peter Maurin, Saint and Scholar of the Catholic Worker
August 1, 1996 by
This “interview” is what might taken place in such an interview, presenting Peter Maurin’s ideas. Houston Catholic Worker: What do you call your approach? Peter Maurin: Christian personalism, which makes each person responsible for the suffering Christ who stands before him in the person of the poor. It differs dramatically from an economic order characterized… continue reading
Peter Maurin, Saint and Scholar of the Catholic Worker
August 1, 1996 by
The Core Ideas–the Vision The person who created the Catholic Worker philosophy, and in partnership with Dorothy Day, lived the vision of the Catholic Worker movement, is Peter Maurin. Peter Maurin taught Dorothy Day not everything she knew, but just about everything. They met in 1933, Peter having been sent to Dorothy Day by George… continue reading
Who Are These Terrible Immigrants?
June 1, 1996 by
It was mind boggling. We were sitting in this beautiful dining room meeting one gracious woman after another, all bright blue-eyed and all asking about our work. Sister Loyola Hegerty, former Mother Superior, made a point of introducing us to all these Sisters of Charity and bragging on us, how we have served thousands of… continue reading
Massive Cover-Up
April 1, 1996 by
If thousands of years from now (about 5,000 A.D.), researchers studied Catholic and Christian publications of today to find out what they really believed, they would be in for a surprise. In this dream (or nightmare), our researchers did exactly that. Having read a little about Jesus of Nazareth, who ate with the poor and outcasts, who gave up… continue reading
St. Teresa of Avila inspired Dorothy Day – Saint Teresa of Avila and Dorothy Day rebelled against Mediocrity
February 1, 1996 by
This is the seventh article in a series on the philosophers and spiritual guides who inspired Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in founding and living out the vision of the Catholic Worker. In this issue we feature St. Teresa of Avila. When she came into the Catholic Church soon after the birth of her child,… continue reading
