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In the 88th anniv. issue of the CW, I have written about the principles or basic “ingredients” that have accounted for its longevity and ongoing relevance: 1) seeing Christ in the poor; 2) resisting the forces and values that cause poverty; 3) proclaiming an alternative society.
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May 1, the 88th anniversary of The Catholic Worker, which Dorothy Day and her companions first distributed in a communist rally in Union Square in 1933. The original price of 1 cent has proved inflation-proof.
May 1--the 85th anniversary of the Catholic Worker. From the first issue: "For those who are sitting on park benches in the warm spring sunlight. For those who are huddling in shelters trying to escape the rain...
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Looking forward to this tomorrow. A good way to spend May Day.
Looking forward to prayer & conversation on Saturday morning w/ @d_l_mayfield, @RobertEllsberg & @ShaneClaiborne about our dear sister Dorothy Day & the hospitality she continues to show us even now. Make plans to join us via @RedLetterXians FB or YouTube.
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Such good news.
BREAKING: Martha Hennessy of the @kingsbayplow7 will be released from prison under the CARES Act!
Martha is presently in quarantine and is expected to be released on or about May 17. She will then will be under home confinement.
Martha appreciates all of your ongoing support.
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@RobertEllsberg retweeted
Dear friends: Five years ago today my Jesuit brother Daniel Berrigan, SJ, died. I didn't know Dan well, but he was a great help to me in one particular moment of my Jesuit life (along with Avery Dulles), encouraging me to live it "for the long haul." americamagazine.org/faith/20…
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Absolutely brilliant. Continues today and tomorrow.
Captivated by my grandfather @DanielEllsberg’s insights at @UMassAmherst’s #EllsbergConference. “We’ve learned from Afghanistan what the American people will put up with in the way of bombing other people…that’s a sad lesson for me, and we have to come to terms with it somehow.”
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Daniel Berrigan, Jesuit priest, poet, prophet, died 5 yrs ago, 4/30 2016. He was one of those great saints who come along to show a new way of being a follower of Jesus—in his case, as a link in the chain of blessed Peacemakers who acted as if the Sermon on the Mt. were true.
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2/2 is "contrary to fact." (That's the phrase I recall from English class.) Since the fact suggested is not, we believe, contrary to fact, an ordinary verb (mode?) may be used. Just thinking out loud.
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But he showed that there is more to being a peacemaker than just opposing war. In his ministry to the dying (cancer and AIDS), in his eye for beauty, his capacity for friendship, he resisted the power of death and affirmed life in every way.
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His famous words on behalf of the Catonsville 9: “Our apologies, good friends, for the fracture of good order, the burning of paper instead of children, the angering of the orderlies in the front parlor of the charnel house. We could not, so help us God, do otherwise.”
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But he showed that there is more to being a peacemaker than just opposing war. In his ministry to the dying (cancer and AIDS), in his eye for beauty, his capacity for friendship, he resisted the power of death and affirmed life in every way.
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He showed the spiritual practices and virtues needed to sustain such a life: balance, modesty, a detachment from results, a sense of humor, a capacity to mourn, rejoice, go give vent when necessary to holy anger, and above all to build community. Last of all, he was my friend.
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He showed the spiritual practices and virtues needed to sustain such a life: balance, modesty, a detachment from results, a sense of humor, a capacity to mourn, rejoice, go give vent when necessary to holy anger, and above all to build community. Last of all, he was my friend.
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50 yrs ago at the the May Day protests in DC (the largest acts of civil disobedience in US history), 3 unlikely radicals go undetected: my father @DanielEllsberg (one month before publication of the #PentagonPapers), Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky.
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the Council of Foreign Relations in NYC. "It was a surreal experience, after a morning of mobile tactics on 14th St. to be sitting in a room surrounded by my fellow war criminals, listening to LBJ's assist. for national security tell lies about the war."
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Just got @RobertEllsberg’s book book!
I can’t wait to read it. It looks like a book which we all need to read right now.....
He is the fabulous publisher of my edited book #KeepingHopeAlive @OrbisBooks
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The Nixon admin. tried very hard to convince protesters that they paid no attention to such protests. But it wasn't so.
How 1971’s Mayday actions rattled Nixon and helped keep Vietnam from becoming a forever war wagingnonviolence.org/2021/0…
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@RobertEllsberg retweeted
Join us for morning prayer this Saturday at 9amET! We’ll be talking about Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement with @RobertEllsberg & DL Mayfield!
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