Michael J. Baxter co-founded and lived and worked at Andre House in Phoenix (1984-88) and the Peter Claver Catholic Worker in South Bend (2003-09). He directed the Catholic Peace Fellowship from 2001-2012. He currently teaches Religious Studies and Catholic Studies at Regis University in Denver and is completing a collection of his essays on Catholic… continue reading
Immersed In Border Reality: So many desperately poor displaced people all at once
July 1, 2019 by
Monica was a full-time Catholic Worker at Casa Juan Diego for two years. Her work now is with the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word. My recent firsthand glimpse of the reality on the border was a sobering shock to me. The vast movement of vulnerable poor, including so many thousands of children, is… continue reading
Hospitality at Casa Juan Diego
May 21, 2019 by
In November 2017, after having completed two years in Honduras as a volunteer at “The Farm of the Child” (a Catholic home for children), I was encouraged to come to Casa Juan Diego. Louise Zwick opened the door for me and presently I am very privileged to live at, and be a part of, this… continue reading
Dorothy Day, The World Will Be Saved By Beauty, and Notre Dame Cathedral
April 21, 2019 by
Killeen spent eight weeks last year as a part of the Summer Service Learning Program of the University of Notre Dame Individuals, corporations, and even educational institutions like the University of Notre Dame have collectively donated over $1 billion toward the reconstruction of the Cathedral in the days following the tragic fire at Notre-Dame in… continue reading
Oscar Romero: God’s Glory in the Poor – and In the 36 New Men at Casa Juan Diego
March 29, 2019 by
Oscar Romero’s Theological Vision: Liberation and Transfiguration of the Poor, by Edgardo Colón-Emeric. Notre Dame University Press, 2018. Reviewed by Louise Zwick As we recently received thirty-six Central American men as guests in our house in one day,not only paying for their travel to get here, feeding them, acquiring extra mattresses, providing hospitality bags, answering… continue reading
When the Doorbell Rings at Casa Juan Diego
March 29, 2019 by
We know that when our doorbell rings, it may very well be Jesus himself knocking, in the disguise of the poor. On Helping Families With Small Babies When Rafael called and then came to Casa Juan Diego, we knew we had to respond, at least help a little. He asked for help to hire someone to… continue reading
Newly Available: Father Hugo’s A Sign of Contradiction
March 24, 2019 by
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
Blessed Are the Refugees: Spiritual Tools for Accompanying Migrant Children
March 24, 2019 by
Blessed are the Refugees: Beatitudes of Immigrant Children by Scott Rose, Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J. and Staff and Volunteers of Catholic Charities Esperanza Center, Orbis Books, 2018 Reviewed by Susan Gallagher Currently some 14,000 minor children are being held in detention in the United States while their immigration cases are pending. The number is growing… continue reading
Grassroots Transformation: A Christian Response to Pollution From Discarded Plastic
March 19, 2019 by
Colleen, a recent graduate from Purdue University, is a Catholic Worker at Casa Juan Diego Because Pope Francis composed such a beautiful discourse on our common home in his 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si, I will interlace his writings and mine in the piece that follows. His both tender and impassioned reflections cannot be overstated nor… continue reading
Learning From the Suffering and Grit of Migrants on Their Journey
March 6, 2019 by
Betsy was a CatholicWorker at Casa Juan Diego for several years. She is now working as a health educator in public health at Baylor College of Medicine. I want to speak on behalf of migrants, and three lessons l learned. They showed me the power of human dignity, the audacity of hope and the journey… continue reading
