I’m Honduran. I love my country, but it was time for me to leave. Why? There is no work. They closed the factory where I was working, leaving a great number of us without jobs. Even though we worked from 7am to 5pm, they gave us only 40 minutes to eat lunch. We had to… continue reading
Ananias and Sapphira, an Original Sin in the Church: the Eschatological Dimension of Money
December 1, 2002 by
Not long ago a couple rushed into Casa Juan Diego, very agitated, asking to speak to us privately. They had just been reading the story of Ananias and Sapphira in the Acts of the Apostles, in which those who did not share their goods were struck dead. The couple, friends of the Houston Catholic Worker,… continue reading
The Incarnation at Casa Juan Diego: The Mystery of the Birth of Jesus
December 1, 2002 by
Catherine, a Catholic Worker at Casa Juan Diego and a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, was formerly a Catholic Worker at Andre House in Phoenix. The Incarnation, God fully immersing Himself in the midst of our messy, messy lives, is a constant source of wonder for me. How marvelous that our God knows… continue reading
American Catholics and the Death Penalty
October 1, 2002 by
The following is based on Jim Megivern’s presentation on April 20, 2002, at a program on Catholicism and the Death Penalty at the University of Dallas, part of a seminar on Religion and Public Life. The editors also participated in that seminar. Liberal use of death as the penalty for a wide variety of crimes… continue reading
Michael Novak, Enron Man: Wealth Creation for the Few
October 1, 2002 by
We couldn’t believe our eyes when we saw an article just written by Peggy Noonan in TheCatholic World Report. At first it seemed right on-decrying the greed and terrible practices of CEO’s of the last decade which are giving capitalism such a bad name. It turned out, however, to be simply a defense of the… continue reading
Why Saint Juan Diego, a Saint For Nobodies, Means so Much To the Houston Catholic Worker
September 1, 2002 by
Casa Juan Diego has been filled with joy over the canonization of Saint Juan Diego. The welcome of Mexico for the Holy Father on the occasion of his canonization reverberated in Houston, even in the news media, where several television stations celebrated the Pope’s visit and tied it together with what they called one of… continue reading
Easy Essay: The Wisdom of Dostoevsky: The Monastic Way is very Different (Light from the East)
August 1, 2002 by
Distorted Truth Look at the worldly and all who set themselves up above the temple of God. Has not God’s image and His truth been distorted in them? Nothing in Science They have science; but in science there is nothing but what is the object of sense. The spiritual world, the highest part of man’s being is rejected altogether, dismissed with a… continue reading
Saint Juan Diego
August 1, 2002 by
Dorothy Day wrote these reflections on the appearance of Our Lady of Guadalupe to Juan Diego after a pilgrimage to the Basilica in Mexico City. It was in 1531 that Our Lady appeared to the Indian Juan Diego (his Spanish name given him at his baptism.) There were not many Catholics then among the Indians,… continue reading
A Letter on the Priesthood
June 1, 2002 by
Dear Friends, I’m off this weekend to see four men ordained Holy Cross priests at Notre Dame. We all started off together as college freshmen 10 years ago. When I talked to them a couple of weeks ago, one of them told me that their morale is low, as is that of most of the… continue reading
The Seductive Power of Using Violence: Innocent Victims Killed in Afghanistan
April 1, 2002 by
John is a scientist at a local oil company. He coordinates Casa Juan Diego’s medical clinic at Casa Maria. Once again the U. S. finds itself trying to destroy evil with violence, this time by attacking Afghanistan. While the stated target is Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban, innocent civilians have become the victims. These… continue reading
