Casa Juan Diego is a busy place.. A nurse called today from Ben Taub Hospital to tell us to be nice to Pedro—he had lost all of his fingers on one hand in an accident and wasn’t handling it too well. He was injured in an accident in southern Louisiana. No hospital there had the… continue reading
Milk Supply Threatened: Why Do Immigrants Keep Coming to the United States?
October 1, 2006 by
How the United States resolves the immigration issues will have tremendous impact on a number of industries throughout the nation. Employment of undocumented workers is no longer limited to the Southwestern states and those who traditionally travel for a few months each year to work the crops in a few other areas. Immigrant workers are… continue reading
My Dorothy Day
August 1, 2006 by
Tom Cornell is a long-time Catholic Worker who worked with Dorothy Day. He is a deacon in the Archdiocese of New York. Joe Zarrella, among the first Catholic Workers, preferred her old publisher’s publicity photo from the Thirties, Dorothy in wavy shoulder-length hair. I prefer the one from the mid-Sixties, before she lost her weight,… continue reading
Immigration and Economics
August 1, 2006 by
Immigration questions have everything to do with economics. They also have everything to do with our Catholic faith, our Scriptures, magisterial teaching, and our tradition of welcoming the stranger. We have rejoiced in the courage and leadership of the Cardinals and Bishops of the United States regarding the immigration bills which have recently passed in… continue reading
Once I Was Loved … A Vietnamese Priest Writes of the Sufferings of Immigration and 2005-2006
August 1, 2006 by
by Fr. Dat Hoang, Parochial Vicar, St. Mary Magdalene Church, Humble, Texas Have you ever been rejected before? Do you remember how it felt? I’ll never forget the first time I experienced rejection. It happened in late 1988 when I was only twelve years old. My dad had been working in the Republic Government of… continue reading
Pope Benedict XVI’s Matthew 25 Encyclical, God is Love: Charity and Justice Must Meet
June 1, 2006 by
In his first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est , God is Love , Pope Benedict XVI puts service to the poor and love of neighbor at the same level as the essential activity of the Church of the administration of the Sacraments and proclamation of the Word. When one reads in his text that love for widows, orphans,… continue reading
Benedict’s Deus Caritas Est – God is Love: The Way of Love in the Church’s Mission to the World
June 1, 2006 by
by David L. Schindler, Dean and Gagnon Professor of Fundamental Theology, Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at The Catholic University of America David Schindler is a friend of the Houston Catholic Worker and presents here his theological view of Pope Benedict’s Encyclical, “God is Love.” I. The Love that… continue reading
Dorothy Day on Love: The Mystery of the Poor
June 1, 2006 by
It is most surely an exercise of faith for us to see Christ in each other. But it is through such exercise that we grow and the joy of our vocation assures us we are on the right path. On Easter Day, on awakening late after the long midnight services in our parish church, I… continue reading
Easy Essays The Easy Essays of Peter Maurin Define the Catholic Worker Movement
June 1, 2006 by
What the Catholic Worker Believes The Catholic Worker believes in the gentle personalism of traditional Catholicism. The Catholic Worker believes in the personal obligation of looking after the needs of our brother. The Catholic Worker believes in the daily practice of the Works of Mercy. The Catholic Worker believes in Houses of Hospitality for the immediate… continue reading
Distributism vs. Socialism: Economics As If People Mattered (Distributism)
April 1, 2006 by
G. K. Chesterton said that one should “never let a quarrel get in the way of a good argument.” He followed his own advice when he had bracing but loving arguments with his brother Cecil, which continued from the time they were children. Nowadays, it is far too easy for an argument over rival ideas… continue reading
