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The Passion of the Christ: No One Said Violence Against Immigrants Was Obscene

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

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?

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

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

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”

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

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

The Catholic Worker, Model for Church and World for the Civilization of Love

Mark and Louise Zwick recently gave talks at the Univ. of Notre Dame at the conference on Formation and Renewal sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Culture and at a discussion group on economics sponsored by Fr. Nesti at the Institute for Faith and Culture at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. A… continue reading

Don’t Buy Clothes from Sweatshops: Support Companies that Honor Workers

I am fastly approaching the end of a very rewarding summer at Casa Juan Diego. I have spent the last two and a half months basking in the presence of God’s favorite people: the poor. I have learned so much from the immigrant guests and their heart-wrenching stories. It is these stories which have inspired… continue reading

We Almost Suffocated in the Trailer with the Others in Victoria, Texas after a Terrible Journey from El Salvador

When so many people died in the trailer bringing immigrants from Laredo to Victoria, Texas, the Honduran Consulate called Casa Juan Diego to ask if we could receive the Honduran survivors if the Immigration and Naturalization Service would release them. We said yes. It was reported in the media that possibly we would receive them,… continue reading