This is the sixth article in a series on the philosophers and spiritual guides who inspired Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in founding and living out the vision of the Catholic Worker. In this issue we feature a married couple, Jacques and Raissa Maritain. We are grateful to the Catholic Worker Archives at Marquette University… continue reading
A CIVILIZATION OF LOVE: THE POPE’S CALL TO THE WEST
November 1, 1995 by
On the anniversary of the publication one year ago of a statement signed by the editors of nine Catholic publications, the Houston Catholic Worker here publishes that statement, “A Civilization of Love: The Pope’s Call to the West” and adds its endorsement to it. Some were surprised, most were moved to respect, when Pope John Paul… continue reading
U.S. Stylish Clothing Manufactured at Slave Wages
October 1, 1995 by
For several years we have printed in these pages that the average wage in Honduras was $.37 per hour. This included companies (maquiladoras) owned by corporations from First World countries such as the United States. Because of the low wages paid by these companies, people are forced to immigrate to the United States and other countries. These… continue reading
New Colonialism Emerging WHITHER BEIJING?
October 1, 1995 by
Hopes welled up in many of us when we first read about the United Nations fourth world conference on women in Beijing this September–even though the irony of its location was not lost on us. Maybe the concerns of poor women of the world would really be addressed. Perhaps the dignity of women of the… continue reading
Saint Catherine of Siena: A Woman who Influenced her Times
October 1, 1995 by
This article, the fifth in a series on the saints, philosophers and spiritual guides who influenced Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in their vision and living out of the Catholic Worker movement, features St. Catherine of Siena. Dorothy had read a biography of St. Catherine of Siena, before meeting Peter Maurin. In two of her… continue reading
Saint Catherine of Siena: Do for your Neighbor what you Cannot Do for Me
October 1, 1995 by
The following are excerpts from The Dialogue (Catherine’s dialogue with God in which God is speaking to her): I would have you know that every good, whether perfect or imperfect, is acquired and made manifest in me. And it is acquired and made manifest by means of your neighbor. Even simple folk know this, for… continue reading
A Busy Day at Casa Juan Diego
October 1, 1995 by
Fr. Edwin Correa, who keeps his promise he made when he was a volunteer seminarian at Casa Juan Diego, to return to celebrate the liturgy each month for refugees, brought a couple with a four-day-old baby and a two-year-old who were living on the street. With Fr. Edwin, no questions are necessary. Wedding of Presbyterian,… continue reading
St. Francis of Assisi Model for the Catholic Worker Movement – St. Francis Transformed Church and World
August 1, 1995 by
Excerpts from the Encyclical Rite Expiatis by Pope Pius XI The terrible conditions existing in the times when St. Francis lived are well known. Although the Catholic faith still lived in the hearts of men, the charity of Christ had become so weakened in human society as to appear to be almost extinct. To say… continue reading
St. Francis of Assisi Model for Personalism, Poverty and Pacifism of the Catholic Worker Movement: Why Write about Strife and Violence?
August 1, 1995 by
We wish to arouse those indifferent Catholics to the crying need of the day–the need of a return to the spirit of Franciscan poverty and charity. Those comfortable people, too, who do not realize the unfairness of this existing order, need to be told of existing conditions. They are too apt to see things from… continue reading
Catholic Workers wanted to be like St. Francis of Assisi
August 1, 1995 by
This is the fourth article in the series on saints, philosophers and spiritual guides who influenced Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in their founding and creative living out of the Catholic Worker movement. Dorothy and Peter were inspired by the lives of the saints, by those disciples of Jesus who are models for the Christian… continue reading
