Gil Bailie, teacher, lecturer, and writer, is the foremost interpreter of the work of René Girard and the author of Violence Unveiled: Humanity at the Crossroads. A few have asked if I have any thoughts on Mel Gibson’s film “The Passion of the Christ.” Not only have wiser observers than I have opined at great… continue reading
Dorothy Day: Writings from Commonweal. Ed. by Patrick Jordan. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2002.
August 1, 2004 by
If anyone can lay claim to a role in the development of the Catholic Worker movement, it isCommonweal magazine, a periodical edited by Catholic lay people since 1924. It was Commonweal’s editor at the time, George N. Shuster, who sent Peter Maurin to Dorothy Day (they met on December 8, 1932 on the Feast of the… continue reading
On Helping People at Casa Juan Diego: Unsuccessful Love
August 1, 2004 by
Jonathan is a Catholic Worker who will be studying journalism at Columbia University in the fall. Jonathan came to us through his uncle, Ken Cooper, who shares the Houston Catholic Worker with the students in his classes in a Catholic high school in Washington, D.C. In my first month as a volunteer at Casa Juan… continue reading
The Passion of the Christ: No One Said Violence Against Immigrants Was Obscene
June 1, 2004 by
We avoided seeing “The Passion,” not by choice but by life style. We have not been in a movie theater in a number of years, though we have dropped off our grandchildren with their mother, all of whom who live with us, a number of times, which helps the kids to keep up with the… continue reading
Just War and Pacifism: A “Pacifist” Perspective in Seven Points
June 1, 2004 by
Having been asked to speak from a pacifist perspective, I should state right away that I have misgivings about the word “pacifism.” Not only does it have connotations of an unreasonable refusal to take up arms to defend the innocent, like your wife or daughter or grandmother who is being raped. It also implies a… continue reading
What Happened to the Tremendous Renewal Possibilities after the Second Vatican Council?
April 1, 2004 by
Once a year, Emma and Benoit De Crombrugghe insist that we join them on an outing to Galveston to swim and walk the beaches as we discuss all that really matters. Emma is from Bolivia and Benoit from Belgium, a physician-researcher at M.D. Anderson cancer hospital. Recently they raised an interesting question. What happened, they… continue reading
What I Saw at the School of the Americas in 2003: From El Salvador to Georgia
February 1, 2004 by
Michael Latsch, a Catholic Worker in Houston, is an archeology graduate of Northwestern University. Around 9 in the evening on November 22, I started walking home. I ambled southeast along Victory Drive in Columbus, GA, heading away from downtown and toward the apartment I was staying in for the weekend, which sat a few hundred… continue reading
Reflections after One Year at Casa Juan Diego, the Houston Catholic Worker
February 1, 2004 by
Randy, a Catholic Worker in Houston, is a graduate of Texas A&M. It’s getting cold again, and I can’t help but be reminded of my first few weeks here at Casa Juan Diego. I arrived in late fall; and shortly after, the temperature dropped. I was relieved, though, because I was just plain sick of… continue reading
On not being “Dismissed So Easily”
February 1, 2004 by
The Editors of the Houston Catholic Worker lost an opportunity to promote the Catholic Worker movement at a recent presentation where they were invited to speak about faith and economics. The Editors failed to make it abundantly clear that founding a Catholic Worker center and living the Catholic Worker lifestyle or the Gospel is open to… continue reading
Dorothy Day, Co-Founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, Servant of God, 1897-1980, a Patroness of Migrants
December 1, 2003 by
Many hearts have been touched by the stories of the suffering of immigrants and refugees coming to the United States, and especially the deaths this summer in the trailer truck in Victoria, Texas Many ask what they can do to help those who have been uprooted from their homes and families, those who have tried… continue reading
