The tragedy of September 11 has given us the opportunity to re-evaluate how we live and how we relate to other countries. We don’t want this to be a lost opportunity. Those who take the spiritual life seriously have to ask the question, not only why did this happen, but what is God asking of… continue reading
A Call to Change America: How would Dorothy Day Respond to an Attack such as September 11?
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Juan Diego is a Saint! Why is the Houston Catholic Worker called Casa Juan Diego?
February 1, 2002 by
We heard the news with joy that Juan Diego, has passed the final step in the process to sainthood in the Catholic Church. We named the first house of the Houston Catholic Worker, Casa Juan Diego, and as more houses were opened over the years, the name Casa Juan Diego became an umbrella… continue reading
How I Came from Honduras to Casa Juan Diego
December 1, 2001 by
I am a Honduran. I want to tell you all that for me it was hard to leave my home and my family. The saddest time was when I said goodbye to my mother. She was weeping, because she has an idea of how people suffer who decide to take this road. I left Tegucigalpa… continue reading
Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda, Edith Stein: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Chicago: Loyola Press, 2000.
December 1, 2001 by
Andy Wright has been a Catholic Worker at Casa Juan Diego for six years. He is a third year medical student at Baylor University. The vocation to holiness has been and always will be a universal call. While we will never know all those who have responded to this call, as we are reminded every… continue reading
Meeting the Enemy of September 11, 2001: A Chestertonian Perspective
December 1, 2001 by
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
