Caleb is a student at the University of Notre Dame. He spent several months living and working at Casa Juan Diego this summer. Three months ago I was fully initiated into the Catholic Church through the sacraments of Eucharist and Confirmation at my school, the University of Notre Dame. That day I was surrounded by… continue reading
The Catholic Worker: A Model for Church and World
September 15, 2012 by
A presentation by Mark and Louise Zwick at the University of Notre Dame on October 4, 2o03. Direct link to video (may load slowly on some browsers)
Mark and Louise Zwick speak about Dorothy Day at the University of St. Thomas
September 15, 2012 by
Mark and Louise Zwick present the second Lenten Lecture in the series about “Americans on the Road to Sainthood” at the University of St. Thomas Foundress of the Catholic Worker Movement: Dorothy Day
Mark and Louise Zwick on Mercy Without Borders
September 15, 2012 by
Mark and Louise Zwick speak about their book Mercy Without Borders from their home.
Dreamers Brought As Children Can Apply
September 7, 2012 by
Monica is a Catholic Worker in Houston. Since the Obama administration announced a plan to defer the deportation of some undocumented immigrants while granting them permission to work, we’ve been receiving calls at Casa Juan Diego about the details of how to apply to the so-called Deferred Action for DREAMers program. Some inquiries have even… continue reading
Monseñor: The Last Journey of Oscar Romero
July 8, 2012 by
Monseñor: The Last Journey of Oscar Romero. A film by Ana Carrigan & Juliet Weber. Produced by the Kellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame. Reviewed by the Editors, Mark and Louise Zwick Watching the documentary, Monseñor: The Last Journey of Oscar Romero, brought back to us our intense experience of living in El… continue reading
US To Stop Deporting Many Undocumented Youth
June 15, 2012 by
The Associated Press reported this morning that the Obama administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to many young undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives. The policy change, announced Friday by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, will affect as many as 800,000 immigrants who… continue reading
Dorothy Day’s Southern Roots: Dr. Sam Houston Day of Cleveland, Tennessee
May 19, 2012 by
Dorothy Day begins The Long Loneliness with a section entitled “The Generations Before” which relates that her father, John Day, came from Tennessee while her mother came from an Upstate New York family.[1] [She writes there about her paternal grandparents, that her grandmother, Mary Mee married Dr. Sam Houston Day of Cleveland, Tennessee, who was… continue reading
Book Review: The Hound of Distributism. Edited by Richard Aleman. American Chesterton Society, 2012.
April 24, 2012 by
With anxiety about the U.S. economy still running high, the paramount issue in the current race for president is boosting growth and putting Americans back to work. As it usually is, the choice between competing political visions, and thus the economic future, is being cast in the worn and tired ideas of capitalism and socialism. … continue reading
What Dorothy Day Has Meant To Me
April 18, 2012 by
By Dawn McCarty, Ph.D., LMSW Almost every day I hear and read about the problems caused by undocumented workers. They take our jobs, overcrowd our social services, take away resources from our children and get away with breaking the law with complete abandon! You would think they are some powerful alien group who threaten the… continue reading
