Love in practice is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams.
Botox: Cosmetic or Chemical Weapon? is a forceful Christian critique of vanity and violence in the form of a crazy tract. It was written by Mike Ciul and designed by Jim Speer. They hail from Philadelphia, a city of many crazy tracts.
Sally Schwab, age 2, stands up for herself in West Philadelphia. Button redesigned by Katrina.
Sunday, the House of Grace Catholic Worker community in Philadelphia opened a new house of hospitality, Kassie Temple House.
Sunday, the House of Grace Catholic Worker community in Philadelphia opened a new house of hospitality, Kassie Temple House.
The house is named after long-time Catholic Worker Kassie Temple, who died in 2002 after being part of the New York Catholic Worker community for 27 years.
The house has five bedrooms and will house mostly refugee families.
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The last pope before John Paul I to use a new papal name was Pope Lando in 913. They say he was also the last pope to use his given name as his papal name. [See comments–ed.] There has been no Pope Chewbacca.
On the radio I heard the morning DJs joke that the new pope could have chosen any name for his papacy, even Cletus. Little did they know that the third pope ever was Pope St. Cletus.
Today is the anniversary of the Webby-nominated photo blog The Snowsuit Effort.
Many of the pix are of folks who live on the streets of Detroit.
Confused? The author explains himself.
In December 2004, after reading media reports of mass killing, rape, and displacement of African civilians in the West Sudanese region of Darfur, a Catholic Worker Peace Team was formed. It included Brenna Cussen of South Bend, Indiana, Chris Douçot of Hartford, Connecticut, Grace Ritter of Ithaca, New York, and Scott Schaeffer-Duffy of Worcester, Massachusetts.
They visited four huge camps for “internally displaced people” in Darfur. Their observations confirmed the charge that the Sudanese government is guilty of genocide.
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Cardinal Ratzinger, who holds the office colloquially known as Grand Inquisitor, has his own unofficial fan club. They have merchandise for sale.
My online papist friend Victor Morton wrote this obituary of
John Paul II for his Moonie-owned newspaper, the Washington Times.
My online papist friend Victor Morton wrote this obituary of
John Paul II for his newspaper, the Washington Times.
Perhaps John Paul Jones will convert, be elected, and not have to change his name. We could have the rockinest papacy ever.
Catholic-Hierarchy is an interesting website where you can find detailed history about all the different dioceses and historical bishops and such.
St. John’s Parish is in the news again today, in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. The complete article is on Worcester Indymedia; here’s the intro:
Vigil to focus on homeless
By Martin Luttrell TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
WORCESTER — Friends of a homeless man who died sleeping in a church garage last week say there are not enough services for the homeless, and they plan to hold a vigil in front of City Hall a week from today to remember him and raise awareness of the need for services.
Bobby was in the unheated church garage because he did not feel safe (according to the paper) at the city’s main shelter, the PIP. This raises a couple of questions. (1) What kinds of living conditions do we owe those to whom we offer hospitality? (2) What is going on when someone would rather spend the winter in an unheated garage rather than a homeless shelter?
St. John’s does a lot of good work, and I hope their efforts are not hindered by this wannabe-scandal.
I wish the article had included more specific suggestions on what the city should do, or what individuals should do other than “raise awareness.”
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Some say the only good things to come out of Ireland are James Joyce and Lucky Charms. Add to that reports of the Pitstop Ploughshares trial in Dublin. This trial combines antiwar activism, Irish constitutional law (should a neutral country help the US wage war?), and, from today’s reports, lots of arguments over what evidience is even admissible. Featuring reportage from both Irishmen and Americans.
Update: The trial ended in a mistrial. Now it’s up to the State to decide if they will be tried again.