A recent blog post at Secular Pro-Life addresses the question of whether or not the pro-life movement has the wrong allies. It does. The post notes, “When the pro-life movement is allied with fiscal conservatives, who are inclined to cut social programs, it’s all too easy for abortion supporters to accuse us of not caring… Read More Does the Pro-life Cause Have the Wrong Allies?
Fr. Jim Martin of America offers his reflections on gratitude and savoring in a clip worth watching: MSW also has a column where he reflects on gratitude. One of the best parts is his reflection on our acquisitive culture and how it can lead us away from gratitude and authentic happiness: Ours is an acquisitive… Read More Thoughts On Gratitude
As we celebrate Thanksgiving this year, I thought it might be apt to share a Thanksgiving prayer from Mary Cronk Farrell: O Gracious God, we give you thanks for your overflowing generosity to us. Thank you for the blessings of the food we eat and especially for this feast today. Thank you for our home and… Read More A Thanksgiving Prayer
The re-election of President Barack Obama affords his administration the opportunity to make good on prior commitments to improve the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Conditions in DRC have grown worse under Obama’s watch, as a new rebellion has not only caused massive displacement but now threatens regional stability. While regional… Read More Time for President Obama to Move Forward on Congo
To the Martyrs of the UCA By Luis Sebastian I saw you reach port, one by one, your ships laden with achievements and the prizes caught in your nets in a few years of intense labor. I saw you arrive with bouquets of carnations red like the blood of my people, cut at night, still… Read More To the Martyrs of the UCA
An old friend sent me a text the other day informing me that he was taking a break from a long car trip to read in a coffee shop somewhere in the Deep South. He has, shall we say, a flair for the dramatic, and wanted me to know that “one wrong affectation and I… Read More E pluribus cor unum
The first Catholic Worker newspaper I encountered came from the back of an Episcopal church in Upstate New York. A small wood cut illustration caught my attention as it peeked out from underneath a pile of leaflets. I pulled out the paper and unfolded the cheap, ink-smeared pages. I didn’t know what the Catholic Worker… Read More Crafting a message
