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
The Cardinal Flies South: Immigrants from the South and North Bring Cardinal to Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
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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
Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down That Wall; Mr. Bush, Tear Down That Wall
October 1, 2007 by
Rio Grande Valley cities and citizens are joining with Mexican citizens to protest the wall being built through their territory. As we write, an event called Hands Across El Rio is taking place all along the border (August 27 to) September 9). Texas activists, environmen-talists, the religious community, the University of Texas at Brownsville, Latina… continue reading
Young Woman from Spain Visits Casa Juan Diego: An Unforgettable Month
October 1, 2007 by
Summer began again and I got on a plane to Houston, Texas, USA, to work with my father at Casa Juan Diego, a house of hospitality and part of the Catholic worker Movement, founded by Mark and Louise Zwick in 1980. It is dedicated to housing immigrants, mostly from Latin America. I decided to go… continue reading
The Bones of Immigrants Crushed on the Journey, in Attacks, or in Work Accidents Will Rise Again
October 1, 2007 by
“Them Bones,” the traditional spiritual based on the book of Ezekiel in the Bible about the Lord bringing dry bones to life, has a special meaning for Casa Juan Diego, the Houston Catholic Worker, because so many people come to us who have lost their limbs, whose bones were crushed on a terrible journey trying… continue reading
Irrational Animosity Towards Immigrants
October 1, 2007 by
This article was written after hearing very negative comments about immigrants from the media. The animosity and hostility towards immigrants in today’s world is very hard to fathom. It is as if the Ku Klux Klan is in charge of Public Relations, spitting out untruths and half-truths about immigrants as they did in 1927 ridiculing… continue reading
Reaction to Benedict XVI in Brazil: Our Lady of Guadalupe Bridges the Gap
August 1, 2007 by
Pope Benedict XVI was criticized when he said at the V General Conference of CELAM in Aparecida, Brazil, that the evangelization of Latin America did not impose a foreign culture, but brought to fullness and purified the indigenous religions, where God had already been present. While there has been in recent years an emphasis on… continue reading
