Easy Essay by Peter Maurin Modern society has made the bank account the standard of values. When the bank account becomes the standard of values the banker has the power. When the banker has the power the technician has to supervise the making of profits. When the banker has the power the politician has to assure law and order in the profit-making… continue reading
Ordination Demands Deaconal Commitment: Bishop Flores Invites Deacons in Galveston-Houston Archdiocese to Live Matthew 25
February 1, 2008 by
We recently attended the ordination of transitional deacons for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, especially for Miguel Alvizures, whose story was in the last issue of the Houston Catholic Worker. Six deacons were ordained, including one for the Diocese of Dallas and one for Victoria; seminary students from those Dioceses also study at St. Mary’s Seminary for… continue reading
Saint John Chrysostom, One of the Great Fathers of the Church’s Social Doctrine
February 1, 2008 by
The life and teachings of St. John Chrysostom, Holy Bishop and Teacher, resound in every century and even today elicit universal admiration. It can be said that John of Antioch, nicknamed “Chrysostom”, that is, “golden-mouthed”, because of his eloquence, is also still alive today because of his works. An anonymous copyist left in writing that… continue reading
Labor Unions: Catholic Teaching Versus the Libertarians
February 1, 2008 by
Many politicians, I need hardly remind you, are very unsympathetic toward labor unions. You may think this simply means that they are siding with harsh employers who want to pay their workers as little as possible for interminable hours of toil. It is not as simple as that. Anti-unionism has a long, and sometimes surprising,… continue reading
The Man in the Street or A Warning
February 1, 2008 by
Matt, a recent graduate of the University of Dallas, is a Catholic Worker in Houston. My stomach is nice and full of delectable delights as I write this article. I only mention this because the guy digging through the dumpster, who was the motivation for the article, had a decidedly empty stomach. It is always… continue reading
The Cardinal Flies South: Immigrants from the South and North Bring Cardinal to Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
December 1, 2007 by
The great influx of Catholic immigrants from all different directions, from Latin America, from Asia, and from Africa, and including Yankees from the North, has contributed to the election of Archbishop Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston as a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. In his press conference when his elevation to a Cardinal was announced, Archbishop… continue reading
An Eyewitness Account of the Beatification of Franz Jagerstatter, October 2007
December 1, 2007 by
by Bernard Survil, priest of the Diocese of Greensburg, Pennsylvania I’ve never been to the Holy Land. People who have say it helps them read the Gospels with a personalized per-spective. Once having seen the place, the Jesus Story has a setting their own eyes have seen, including traces of the Roman Empire which dominated peoples’… continue reading
Seminarian States His Case For a Consistent Ethic of Life
December 1, 2007 by
Jeffrey is a seminarian for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston assigned to work at Casa Juan Diego as part of his seminary training. Jeffrey’s ideas are his own. Much of our modern Catholic discourse is the product of presuppositions of which, too often, we are unaware. Each of us has a particular stance from which we… continue reading
She is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World, as Are the Poor, the Immigrants
December 1, 2007 by
An old, old, fairy tale from Russia tells the story of a young boy (or sometimes told from the point of view of a young girl) who was lost. He couldn’t find his mother. Villagers who wanted to help asked the child, “What does your mother look like?” Tell us, so that we can help… continue reading
God will say, “Where are the Others?”: Stories of Finding Relatives and Friends at Casa Juan Diego
December 1, 2007 by
Dorothy Day wrote in the “Aims and Purposes of the Catholic Worker Movement,” (published in 1940 in The Catholic Worker) : “We cannot live alone. We cannot go to Heaven alone. Otherwise, as Péguy said, God will say to us, ‘Where are the others?’” This can be understood on several levels. For Péguy and Dorothy and… continue reading
