On the first day of Christmas (Operation Overwhelm), the Immigration and Naturalization Service sent 44 guests from Honduras to Casa Juan Diego. On the second day of Christmas (O.O.), the INS sent 47 guests from Guatemala. On the third day of Christmas (0.0.), Immigration sent 67 Central Americans from various countries. On the fourth day… continue reading
Structural Adjustment: Time for Reform/ Third World Countries Strangled by Debt
February 1, 1999 by
In December President Clinton and the United States government promised 80 million dollars in disaster assistance to the countries of Honduras and Nicaragua, which have suffered such devastation from Hurricane Mitch. Unfortunately, this aid will have little impact given that Honduras and Nicaragua must pay over 80 million dollars every five weeks to service their… continue reading
In Incarnation Mary’s Spiritual Rapture joined to Option for the Poor
December 1, 1998 by
I am the Handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done to me according to your word (Luke 1:38). Advent and Christmas offer us a time to reaffirm and strengthen our faith. Contemplation of our Most Blessed Virgin Mary leads us to reflections of what our faith should look like. In celebrating the mystery of… continue reading
Sunday Liturgy Call to Self-Giving: Dies Domini, John Paul II and Virgil Michel, O.S.B.
December 1, 1998 by
In an apostolic letter on Sunday observance (July 30, 1998), Dies Domini, Pope John Paul II encourages Christians “to rediscover the meaning of Sunday: its mystery, its celebration, its significance for Christian and human life.” Fundamentally a celebration of Christ’s resurrection, Sunday observance invites believers to relive “the experience of the two disciples at Emmaus,… continue reading
Voluntary Poverty at Heart of Catholic Worker Movement
December 1, 1998 by
This article, the sixteenth in the series on the Roots of the Catholic Worker movement, features voluntary poverty, one of the marks of the movement. The great message which Peter Maurin, co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement, has for the world today is the message of voluntary poverty. John Cort, friend of Peter’s and still… continue reading
Dorothy declared Peter Maurin Saint of the CW Movement
December 1, 1998 by
Dorothy Day credited Peter Maurin as being the heart and soul of the Catholic Worker movement. She would be the first to proclaim him the saint of the movement. Peter was filled with the history and tradition of Catholicism, as well as an extensive knowledge of papal encyclicals. This was Peter’s common ground. He was… continue reading
Poor Teach Hard and Dreadful Love: A Disillusioned Catholic Worker Stays On
November 1, 1998 by
Marion Maendel came to Casa Juan Diego from the Bruderhof. She was baptized into the Catholic Church in March 2000. It’s another suffocating Houston night. Air, warm and thick as smoke, cloaks the city and settles in folds between the buildings on Rose Street. I sit in my second-story room in Casa Juan Diego House… continue reading
“The Mystery of the Poor is This: They are Christ.” (Dorothy Day)
November 1, 1998 by
Alfredo, who spent the summer at Casa Juan Diego’s men’s house, is a seminarian from Colombia with the Scalabrini Fathers, studying theology at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. It was six years ago when I first read a copy of the Houston Catholic Worker. I was in my first year of studies with the… continue reading
