Dale Ahlquist is President of the American Chesterton Society and a recent convert to Catholicism. He invited Mark and Louise to speak on the economics of Distributism at the Chesterton Conference in June 2001. On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, my son, Adrian Chesterton Ahlquist, had his fifth birthday. That meant a party with a birthday… continue reading
Augustine and War: Reflections on September 11, 2001
December 1, 2001 by
Carter Aiken is a doctoral student in theology at the University of Notre Dame. “The actions of sinners … cannot obstruct the ‘great works of God, carefully designed to fulfill all his decisions’”(de civ, XIV, 27). If the above statement from de civitate dei is true, then we must fundamentally re-think the relationship between ourselves and… continue reading
A Day at the Houston Catholic Worker: Grown Men Cry
December 1, 2001 by
Pedro kept telling me about the problem: He can’t work anymore and thus can’t pay the rent for the one room apartment where he and his wife live. We know his place because we had given the furniture for the apartment and moved their few belongings. Pedro said that he was waiting for a bus… continue reading
Dorothy Day and St. Therese of Lisieux respond to the Despair of our Time
November 1, 2001 by
Dorothy Day’s book, Therese: A Life of Therese of Lisieux (Springfield, Illinois: Temple-gate Publishers, 1960, 1991), the fruit of much research and study on Dorothy’s part, captures the heart of the message of Saint Therese of Lisieux and reveals also the depth of Dorothy’s own spirituality. At the time when Dorothy wrote about her, she was… continue reading
After September 11, 2001: What Should We, as Catholics, Do? Patriotism and Pacifism
November 1, 2001 by
Fr. Baxter is a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame and a Catholic Worker. In 1917, Senator Hiram Johnson said that “the first casualty when war comes is truth.” Given that the attacks last week on New York and Washington have been widely described as acts of war, and seem to have… continue reading
A Homily on the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross, Three Days after September 11, 2001
November 1, 2001 by
Numbers 21: 4-9 Psalm 78: 1-2, 34-35, 36-37, 38. Philippians 2:6-11 John 3:13-17 With their patience worn out, the people complained against God. Why have you brought us to this desert? Why do you give us this food, this drink? We are disgusted at this wretched food and drink. Why have you allowed this… continue reading
Call to Prayer: Reflections on September 11, 2001
November 1, 2001 by
Tom Cornell, Catholic Worker and Catholic deacon, writes from Peter Maurin Farm, Marlboro, New York. The following is a talk he gave at Marlboro Presbyterian Church at a prayer service on September 13, 2001. The skies have been empty over our valley these days, except for birds, geese and hawks, and they strangely few, as… continue reading
Responding as Catholic Workers to the Violence at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001
November 1, 2001 by
The horrifying events of September 11, 2001, when suicide-mission pilots flew airplanes loaded with passengers into the two towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and another attempt against the U.S. was foiled by passengers, lead one to ask, after the tears have dried: Why do people hate us so much that they… continue reading
G.K. Chesterton and Dorothy Day on Economics:Neither Socialism nor Capitalism (Distributism)
October 1, 2001 by
The following is a talk given at the American Chesterton Society annual conference in St. Paul, Minnesota, in June 2001. Dorothy Day and G. K. Chesterton were contemporaries. Both came into Catholicism in the 1920’s, Chesterton in 1922 at age 48 and Dorothy five years later at age 30. Both spent years of reading, studying,… continue reading
