Catholic Worker Reading List

Dear Reader,
I am sorry I have neglected this digest for so long.  I am slowly getting back into rhythm of things after our historic election.

As a down payment on the work I know I need to catch up on, I offer you a web version of the CW Book List published in the August/September 2008 issue of the Catholic Worker. The list is intended to be “a list of some of the books that deal with the Catholic Worker Movement.”

My version of the list is posted to WorldCat, a sort of global catalog for libraries and can be found at http://www.worldcat.org/profiles/CatholicWorkerDigest/lists/499609 . In addition to seeing many (though not all) libraries that own these books, you can use the author and subjects to do further exploration in these subjects.  If books on this list are not available in your local library, then ask them to borrow a title or two through Interlibrary Loan.

In all book records, a purchase link to Amazon is provided. In many cases, you can read excerpts of the book online if there is a link labeled “preview.”

If you have read any of the books on this list and are willing to write a short review, please leave a comment to this blog posting. I’ll post the review into the WorldCat.org record so others can see it.

The CW referred users wishing a more complete list should check with the Catholic Worker archives at Marquette University at http://www.marquette.edu/library/collections/archives/day.html. I’ve likely said this before, so take with a grain of salt. I hope to catch up on the digest in the next few weeks. Pray for me that I get this done.

May 2008 – Abbreviated

On the principle that something is better than nothing at all, this month’s digest will be a simple listing of titles and authors of stories appearing in the May 2008 issue of the Catholic Worker. Any hyperlinks below are to related information on the web and not to the article in the paper.

• The Duty of Delight by Robert Ellsberg
• An Easy Essay (Better and Better Off) by Peter Maurin
• Because I Want to Believe by Dorothy Day
• Ready for Whatever Happens (Ruth Collins) by Patrick Jordan
• Aims and Means of the Catholic Worker by The Editors
• Houses of Hospitality (Directory) by The Editors
• The Art of The Worker by Geoffrey Gneuhs
• A Good Shepherd at the CW (Sr. Teresa Murray) by Anne Marie Kaune
• Lives of Joyful Dedication by George Anderson, SJ
• An Artist for All Seasons (Rita Corbin) by Matt Vogel

The May 2008 issue was the 75th Anniversary of the first issue of the Catholic Worker which was begun May 1, 1933. I am glad to see them still going strong.

————————–

As far as I know, the text and woodcut graphics of the Catholic Worker are not available on-line. If you would like the full text of an article that I mention here, I have three suggestions:

1) Try to borrow the article through Interlibrary Loan.

2) Contact the archivist for the CW at Marquette University:

Phil Runkel
Archivist
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Raynor Memorial Libraries
Marquette University
1355 W. Wisconsin Ave, PO Box 3141
Milwaukee, WI 53201-3141
414-288-5903
http://www.marquette.edu/library/collections/archives/day.html

3) Try contacting the Catholic Worker directly. They MAY be willing to send you the article, though I don’t know if they have morgue files. It seems likely they do, since they often reprint Dorothy Day articles. Contact information for Catholic Worker appears in the “subscribe” section below.

To Subscribe:

Even you if you don’t like what you see here, I encourage you to try a subscription to the Catholic Worker. They will give you a subscription for $0.25/year (If you want to cover the actual costs of a subscription, send them $10). You can hardly do better than a quarter a year!

Send your subscription requests to:

Catholic Worker
36 East 1^st St.
New York, NY 10003
Telephone: 212-777-9617 or 212-677-8627.

Even if you think you hate the Catholic Worker movement and all it stands for, subscribe anyway. See what the other side is doing. Also get it for the obituaries. Nowhere else will you find people memorializing the marginalized the way the Catholic Worker celebrates the lives that come through their houses of hospitality. Everyone can learn something about how to see every person’s dignity by perusing these obituaries.

December 2007

The December 2007 issue of the Catholic Worker featured the following articles:

• Deportations and Families by Members of the New Sanctuary Movement – Two concrete examples of how current immigration policies are anti-family.
• Between Iraq and Jordan by Cathy Breen – Three letters detailing troubles of Iraqi refugees in Jordan and Syria. Highlights Syria’s relative generosity and describes a visit to the monastery of St. Moses the Abyssinian.
• Maryhouse by Amanda W. Daloisio – Reflections on gratitude. Mentions Teresa of Avila, Wendell Berry, Kathy Kelly, and St. Therese of Lisieux.
• Christ’s Peace is Our Work by Jim Reagan – Reflections on the Christian obligation for peacemaking. Notes that the proportion of civilians among those killed or wounded in war has risen from 5% in World War I to 75% in today’s conflicts. Expresses opinion that war doesn’t simply halt the Corporal Works of Mercy, but actually reverses them.
• Education on the Inside by Sammy Moore – Excerpt from a speech presented to the New Jersey State NAACP Convention on September 22, 2007 by the president of the NJ NAACP prison chapter president. Mr. Moore is currently serving 40 years to life. He describes his efforts to become educated, the difficulties prisoners have in becoming educated and the moral practical benefits of educating prisoners. Briefly describes the work of the NAACP Prison Project.
• Mohammed Eausack, 1926-2007 by Matt Vogel – Obituary of a sick Muslim elder who came to the NY Catholic Worker house via his doctor at a homeless shelter. Described as gentle and witty, Mr. Eausack was a “great symbol of stubborn strength for many in the house. Though he slowed, he never really stopped fighting, struggling to get through the day.”
• Pizza Resistance by Matt Vogel – Relates the store of resistance against the death penalty and hunger inspired by Death Row inmate Philip Workman‘s request that a homeless person be given a vegetarian pizza in lieu of Workman’s last meal.
• An Italian Christmas Tale by Jack Cook – A retelling of the legend of La Befana, a woman who searches for her dead son and recognizes him in the baby Jesus.
• Book Review: A Power Governments Cannot Suppress. By Howard Zinn. City Lights Books, San Francisco, CA 2007. Reviewed by Gene Roman. – Favorable Review of a compilation of essays Zinn wrote for The Progressive. The article says that Zinn “digs through the archives of American history to shine a bright light on union struggles for a decent wage, religious resistance to war and the policies of US Presidents from George Washington to George W. Bush.”
• Book Review: People Power: Fifty Peacemakers and Their Communities. By Michael True. Rawat Publications, Jaipur, India, 2007. Reviewed by Jane Sammon. – Favorable review of a book profiling Thomas Merton, Howard Zinn, Delores Huerta, Adin Ballou, and Abigail Kelly, among others.

————————–

As far as I know, the text and woodcut graphics of the Catholic Worker are not available on-line. If you would like the full text of an article that I mention here, I have three suggestions:

1) Try to borrow the article through Interlibrary Loan.

2) Contact the archivist for the CW at Marquette University:

Phil Runkel
Archivist
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Raynor Memorial Libraries
Marquette University
1355 W. Wisconsin Ave, PO Box 3141
Milwaukee, WI 53201-3141
414-288-5903
http://www.marquette.edu/library/collections/archives/day.html

3) Try contacting the Catholic Worker directly. They MAY be willing to send you the article, though I don’t know if they have morgue files. It seems likely they do, since they often reprint Dorothy Day articles. Contact information for Catholic Worker appears in the “subscribe” section below.

To Subscribe:

Even you if you don’t like what you see here, I encourage you to try a subscription to the Catholic Worker. They will give you a subscription for $0.25/year (If you want to cover the actual costs of a subscription, send them $10). You can hardly do better than a quarter a year!

Send your subscription requests to:

Catholic Worker
36 East 1^st St.
New York, NY 10003
Telephone: 212-777-9617 or 212-677-8627.

Even if you think you hate the Catholic Worker movement and all it stands for, subscribe anyway. See what the other side is doing. Also get it for the obituaries. Nowhere else will you find people memorializing the marginalized the way the Catholic Worker celebrates the lives that come through their houses of hospitality. Everyone can learn something about how to see every person’s dignity by perusing these obituaries.

October/November 2007

The October/November 2007 issue of the Catholic Worker featured the following articles:

• Divinity Here and Now by Dorothy Day – Reprint of 1949 article reflecting on how motherhood brings a person out of themselves and provides faith life will continue. Also reflects on every Christian’s call to sainthood.
• Recommendation & Request by Jim Forest and Robert Ellsberg – Jim Forest recommends the DVD version of the Dorothy Day biographical play Fool for Christ. Robert Ellsberg is beginning to collect and edit the letters of Dorothy Day. If you have some letters or know who does, please contact Robert Ellsberg at at Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY 10545.
• In Human Terms by Bill Griffin – Commends the work of Ha’aretz columnist Amira Hass for humanizing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
• CIW & Prison Phone Updates by Matt Vogel – These two short articles celebrate victories for justice. The Coalition of Immokale Workers, a Florida-based agricultural union convinced McDonald’s to pay growers an extra penny a pound for tomatoes. This agreement also raises workers wages and improves working conditions. In a separate update, the State of New York has agree to stop profiting from inmate phone cards. Work to get other states to follow suit is being undertaken by the Center for Constitutional Rights.
• Torture on Trial in Arizona by Bill Quigley – Account of the ongoing trial of Fransican Fr. Louis Vitale and Jesuit Fr. Stephen Kelly for attempting to deliver a protest letter to the Fr. Huachuca office of Major General Barbara Fast. Article touches on incidents of US torture and the suicide of Abu Gharib interrogator Army Specialist Alyssa R. Peterson. According to the article, the outcome of the trial will not affect November 2007 protests planned for Ft. Huachuca. For information about the trial or the November protest, contact Jack or Felice Cohen-Joppa at 520-323-8697. Daniel’s Note: according to the group Pace e Bene, the two priests have been given a five month prison sentence.
• Remember, Respond, Resist by Tanya Theriault – Accounts of remembrance and resistance relating to the American atomic bombings of WWII and our current occupation of Iraq.
• Wrenched from My Heart by John Pitts Corry – A reflection on our obligations to the poor and how we in the West are all rich because we have shones.
• Cardinal Lustiger, 1926-2007 by Bill Griffin – Obituary for Jewish convert and conservative French Catholic Bishop. Description of the complexity of his life and work and of his role in reconciling Catholics and Jews.
• Beth Rogers, 1919-2007 by Felton Davis – Obituary of a long-time Catholic Worker and senior circulation manager. Has a number of reflections from the 1940s/1950s.
• Grace Paley by Dan Mauk – Brief death notice and tribute to Grace by someone saved from a police beating by her vigilence.
• Blessed Franz! by Jane Sammon – A celebration of the beatification of Franz Jagerstatter, German draft resister who rejected idolatory of the State. Suggests Jagerstatter as a patron for today’s objectors.
• Book Review: Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation. By Martin Laird, OSA. Oxford University Press New York 2006. Reviewed by Robert Trabold. – Favorable review of a guide to contemplative prayer.

————————–

As far as I know, the text and woodcut graphics of the Catholic Worker are not available on-line. If you would like the full text of an article that I mention here, I have three suggestions:

1) Try to borrow the article through Interlibrary Loan.

2) Contact the archivist for the CW at Marquette University:

Phil Runkel
Archivist
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Raynor Memorial Libraries
Marquette University
1355 W. Wisconsin Ave, PO Box 3141
Milwaukee, WI 53201-3141
414-288-5903
http://www.marquette.edu/library/collections/archives/day.html

3) Try contacting the Catholic Worker directly. They MAY be willing to send you the article, though I don’t know if they have morgue files. It seems likely they do, since they often reprint Dorothy Day articles. Contact information for Catholic Worker appears in the “subscribe” section below.

To Subscribe:

Even you if you don’t like what you see here, I encourage you to try a subscription to the Catholic Worker. They will give you a subscription for $0.25/year (If you want to cover the actual costs of a subscription, send them $10). You can hardly do better than a quarter a year!

Send your subscription requests to:

Catholic Worker
36 East 1^st St.
New York, NY 10003
Telephone: 212-777-9617 or 212-677-8627.

Even if you think you hate the Catholic Worker movement and all it stands for, subscribe anyway. See what the other side is doing. Also get it for the obituaries. Nowhere else will you find people memorializing the marginalized the way the Catholic Worker celebrates the lives that come through their houses of hospitality. Everyone can learn something about how to see every person’s dignity by perusing these obituaries.

May 2007

The May 2007 issue of the Catholic Worker featured the following articles:

• Nina Poycn Moore, 1914-2007 by Patrick Jordan – Obituary of “one of the longest associated members of the Catholic Worker family” who died February 10, 2007 at the age of 92. One-Time owner of the St. Benet Bookshop in Chicago. Described herself as a “merchant princess and trafficker in crucifixes.” The May 2007 issue features related articles from Rosalie Riegle and Ed Turner.
• Our Founder, Peter Maurin by Dorothy Day – Reprint from May 1951 issue praising Peter Maurin, especially for his habit of finding areas of agreement with those he strongly differed from. Also contains reflections of what a strong commitment to Christianity really entails.
• US Ignores Refugees’ Plight by Cathy Breen – Letters from Jordan illustrating the problems of the millions of Iraqis forced from their homes and criticizes the United States for a lack of attention and resources towards a problem largely of our own creation.
• New York Catholic Worker by Editors – Roundup of news and visitors from the New York Catholic Worker Houses – St. Joseph House, Maryhouse and Peter Maurin Farm.
• Aims and Means of the Catholic Worker by Editors – A yearly reprint, available online, of what the Catholic Worker movement believes in, including societal transformation based on personalism, a decentralized society and a “green revolution” that puts people closer to their food.
• Clare Danielsson, 1935-2007 by Tom Cornell – Obituary of Boughton Place cofounder and director who died February 8, 2007 at age 71.
  
• Veterans’ Crisis by Bill Griffin – Criticism of the Bush Administration’s decision to remove 16,000+ veterans off the nonmortal wounding list on the basis they did not require medivacing. Suggests this was done as effort to hide true cost of war. Author shares information on lack of government resources for returning vets and speaks approvingly of Veterans for America, 1025 Vermont Ave NW, Washington DC 20005, Phone 202-557-7590. Letters should be sent to the attention of Pam Chadwick or Adrienne Willis.
• Left Forum in New York City by Bill Griffin – Highlights of the March “Left Forum 2007 — Forging a Radical Political Future” held in New York at the Cooper Union. Speakers cited as outstanding by the author were Henry Cox, Gary Dorrien, Frances Fox Piven and Mindy Thompson Fullilove.
• “Mary Help” Remembered by Janet Bonica – A woman baptized in New York’s Mary Help of Christians (MHC) church reflects on her parish and its history on the eve of its closure. The author notes that Dorothy Day was a regular worshipper at MHC and says parishioners wonder whether “soaring real estate values and development of the East Village” contributed the Archdiocese’s decision to close MHC.
• Conversions and Conscience by Michael True – Author compares and contrasts the lives of John Henry Newman and Dorothy Day. Commends study of John Henry Newman to young Catholics.

This issue of the Catholic Worker featured a number of books and other items available at a number of the world’s libraries. I’ve created a list of these items at http://www.worldcat.org/profiles/CatholicWorkerDigest/lists/9459.

 

 

———————

As far as I know, the text and woodcut graphics of the Catholic Worker are not available on-line. If you would like the full text of an article that I mention here, I have three suggestions:

 

1) Try to borrow the article through Interlibrary Loan.

 

2) Contact the archivist for the CW at Marquette University:

Phil Runkel
Archivist
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Raynor Memorial Libraries
Marquette University
1355 W. Wisconsin Ave, PO Box 3141
Milwaukee, WI 53201-3141
414-288-5903
http://www.marquette.edu/library/collections/archives/day.html

3) Try contacting the Catholic Worker directly. They MAY be willing to send you the article, though I don’t know if they have morgue files. It seems likely they do, since they often reprint Dorothy Day articles. Contact information for Catholic Worker appears in the “subscribe” section below.

 

To Subscribe:

 

Even you if you don’t like what you see here, I encourage you to try a subscription to the Catholic Worker. They will give you a subscription for $0.25/year (If you want to cover the actual costs of a subscription, send them $10). You can hardly do better than a quarter a year!

 

Send your subscription requests to:

Catholic Worker
36 East 1^st St.
New York, NY 10003
Telephone: 212-777-9617 or 212-677-8627.

 

Even if you think you hate the Catholic Worker movement and all it stands for, subscribe anyway. See what the other side is doing. Also get it for the obituaries. Nowhere else will you find people memorializing the marginalized the way the Catholic Worker celebrates the lives that come through their houses of hospitality. Everyone can learn something about how to see every person’s dignity by perusing these obituaries.

April/May 2007 NYC Friday Night Meetings

This entry is being written on April 10, 2007 and I just received my Mar/Apr 2007 issue of Catholic Worker. Look for a full digest in the next week or so.

Because I know I have at least one reader in the New York City area, I wanted to point out the CW Friday Night Meetings for March while that information is still useful. All meetings begin at 7:45pm:

• April 13 – Terry Rogers: Stories from Iran*
• April 20 – Jerry Breen: NYC Single and Family Homeless & the Right to Shelter.*
• April 27 – Renato Orara: “10,000 Things That Breathe” — An Iraqi Memorial Art Show.
• May 4 – Sarah Melici: Fool for Christ (one-woman play on Dorothy Day).
• May 11 – An Evening with David McReynolds.* Someone let me know if the link isn’t right.
• May 18 – War and Peace Update.*

Why the meetings? I’ll let the Worker itself explain:

In keeping with Peter Maurin’s recognition of the need for ongoing clarification of thought, we invite you to join us for our weekly Friday night meetings. The meetings are held either at Maryhouse–55 East Third St, 212-777-9617, or St. Joseph House, 36 East First St, 212-254-1640. As far ahead as we can see, those we will hold at First Street will be marked with an *. Feel welcome to call and confirm the schedule. Both houses are between First and Second Avenues (2nd Ave. stop on the F or V train).

So, if you’re within driving distance of New York, please attend if you can. If you do, would you leave a comment here or send an e-mail to dnlcornwall AT alaska.net.

March 2007 NYC Friday Night Meetings

Hi all,

This entry is being written on March 1, 2007 and I just received my Jan/Feb 2007 issue of Catholic Worker. Look for a full digest in the next week or so.

Because I know I have at least one reader in the New York City area, I wanted to point out the CW Friday Night Meetings for March while that information is still useful. All meetings begin at 7:45pm:

• Mar 2 – Michael True: Peacemaking and Interreligious Engagement*
• Mar 9 – Bill Goodman: Film on Michigan’s Newspaper Strike of the 1990s.
• Mar 16 – Our Irish Evening of Stories and Memories.
• Mar 23 – War and Peace Update–Four Years after the Invasion of Iraq.*
• Mar 30 – As Holy Week Approaches–Roundtable Discussion on Anti-Semitism.

Why the meetings? I’ll let the Worker itself explain:

In keeping with Peter Maurin’s recognition of the need for ongoing clarification of thought, we invite you to join us for our weekly Friday night meetings. The meetings are held either at Maryhouse–55 East Third St, 212-777-9617, or St. Joseph House, 36 East First St, 212-254-1640. As far ahead as we can see, those we will hold at First Street will be marked with an *. Feel welcome to call and confirm the schedule. Both houses are between First and Second Avenues (2nd Ave. stop on the F or V train).

So, if you’re within driving distance of New York, please attend if you can. If you do, would you leave a comment here or send an e-mail to dnlcornwall AT alaska.net.

December 2006

The December 2006 issue of the Catholic Worker featured the following articles:

• Light that Gives Us Hope by Christopher M. Zimmerman – Reflections on 9/11/2001 vs. Christmas. The first has become a day of division and government encouraged fear, the second means “light coming into darkness and hope chasing away gloom.” Recommends celebrating a festival on September 16th known as One Hundred Days to Christmas.
• People’s Movement in Oaxaca by Deirdre Cornell – An account of the AEPO, the State Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca. Description of the diverse nature of this democracy movement in one of Mexico’s poorest states. Also has some background on an indigenous decision making system know as “usos y costumbres (literally, uses and customs) based on traditional models and participation.
• Shut Down Guantanamo! by Frida Berrigan & Matthew W. Daloisio – An account of the work done by legal, medical and social groups in 2006 to try and close down the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Article offers this breakdown of 517 prisoners at Guantanamo based on Social Science Research Network analysis of recently released DoD data:
  • al-Qaeda fighters only made up 8% of prisoners.
  • Only 5% of prisoners were captured on the battlefield.
  • 86% of the prisoners were captured by either Pakistan or the Northern Alliance and turned over to US custody for payment of large bounties.
  • The article also notes that as of July 2006, 75% of the prisoners were no longer being interrogated.
• The Common Good and the Land by T. Christopher Cornell – A reflection on the possibilities of intensive natural agriculture. Notes that for the past two years, Peter Maurin Farm has given 6,000 pounds of fresh, usable produce to friends, visitors, local soup kitchens and CW houses in the city. For more on intensive agriculture, the author recommends the Sheep Ranch Catholic Worker’s new publication, 21st Century Agitator. Contact Chris Montesano, Box 53, Sheep Ranch, CA 95250. This article mentions the following books:
  • Fields, Factories and Workshops (1901) by Peter Kropotkin
  • La Culture Maraichere (1869) by Ponce
  • The Conquest of Bread (1906) by Peter Kropotkin
  • Essay on the Principle of Population (1803) by Thomas Malthus
  • Origin of Species (1859) by Charles Darwin
  • Mutual Aid: A Factor in Evolution (1902) by Peter Kropotkin
• Blanket Appeal by Editors – An appeal for blankets to be brought to the New York Catholic Worker House. Contact information in “Subscription” section below. I’d recommend you contact them before sending any blankets.
• House List Update by Editors – A list of CW houses that have either changed address, just formed or have closed. Full contact information in the paper. If you’d like addresses and can’t find a copy of the Dec 2006 CW, please e-mail me and I’ll get the address for you if I haven’t lost my paper.
  • Changed Address
    • Sacramento CW
    • Oakland CW
  • New Houses
    • St. Joseph’s – Troy, OH
    • St. Patrick’s Kitchen – Troy, OH
    • St. Francis House – New London, CT
    • Stevensville CW Farm – Stevensville, MT
    • Omaha Catholic Worker – Omaha, NE
    • Promised Land CW Farm – Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Closed Houses
    • John Filligar CW Farm – Pence Springs, WV
    • Mary Harris CW – Washington DC
    • Llewellyn Scott House – Washington DC
• Nuclear North Dakota by Carmen Trotta – Describes outcome of Plowshares action against a nuclear silo in North Dakota in 2006. Notes US non-compliance with Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and suggests that a nuclear strike on the United States within a decade is possible.
• Labor Letter by George Albertz – An appeal to locate current or former ACLU lawyer Ed McGuire who helped out Hubert Albertz in his “fight to clean up SEIU Local 32E.” Appeal is made by son George Albertz. No contact information provided other than “Bruderhof community in Harlem” If you know where to find Mr. McGuire, please try to contact Mr. Albertz through the New York Catholic Worker House.
• Catonsville Film by Bill Griffin – Favorable review of the movie Investigation of a Flame: A Documentary Portrait of the Catonsville Nine. This film can be purchased from First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, 718-488-8900 and 800-876-1710. “All proceeds are being donated to the Viva House Catholic Worker in Baltimore.”
• Build the City of God by Jim Reagan – A reflection on Advent that also talks about the high cost of New York housing.
• Sr. Mary Luke Tobin, R. I. P. by Bill Ofenloch – Obituary of a nun who was one of 15 women invited to participate in Vatican II. “She spoke and wrote tirelessly on peace and social justice issues, for women’s rights and against war and preparations for war. She picketed with the United Farmworkers, was arrested and jailed for protesting the Vietnam War, played a major role in the ecumenical movement, and was an adviser to the Women’s Ordination Movement. She was also a ballet dancer!”
• Book Review – Peacework: Prayer, Resistance, Community by Henri Nouwen, Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY, 2005 Reviewed by Grace Yukich – Favorable review of a book that asserts that peacemaking is impossible without prayer, resistance and community. Each aspect feeds the others, but prayer is considered the most important. Saying “yes” to live is as important as saying “NO!” to violence and death.
• Book Review – The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions by Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ Vintage Books, New York, 2005 Reviewed by Bill Griffin – Favorable review of a book written by long-time pro-life activist Sister Helen Prejean. Article asserts that one hundred two three death row inmates have been exonerated through the use of DNA evidence since the death penalty was reintroduced in 1977. A podcast of an author interview is available.

 

———————

As far as I know, the text and woodcut graphics of the Catholic Worker are not available on-line. If you would like the full text of an article that I mention here, I have three suggestions:

 

1) Try to borrow the article through Interlibrary Loan.

 

2) Contact the archivist for the CW at Marquette University:

Phil Runkel
Archivist
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Raynor Memorial Libraries
Marquette University
1355 W. Wisconsin Ave, PO Box 3141
Milwaukee, WI 53201-3141
414-288-5903
http://www.marquette.edu/library/collections/archives/day.html

3) Try contacting the Catholic Worker directly. They MAY be willing to send you the article, though I don’t know if they have morgue files. It seems likely they do, since they often reprint Dorothy Day articles. Contact information for Catholic Worker appears in the “subscribe” section below.

 

To Subscribe:

 

Even you if you don’t like what you see here, I encourage you to try a subscription to the Catholic Worker. They will give you a subscription for $0.25/year (If you want to cover the actual costs of a subscription, send them $10). You can hardly do better than a quarter a year!

 

Send your subscription requests to:

Catholic Worker
36 East 1^st St.
New York, NY 10003
Telephone: 212-777-9617 or 212-677-8627.

 

Even if you think you hate the Catholic Worker movement and all it stands for, subscribe anyway. See what the other side is doing. Also get it for the obituaries. Nowhere else will you find people memorializing the marginalized the way the Catholic Worker celebrates the lives that come through their houses of hospitality. Everyone can learn something about how to see every person’s dignity by perusing these obituaries.

December 2006: A book and writing opportunity from the Book of Notes

Please see previous post for why the “From the Book of Notes” section is not normally part of the Catholic Worker Digest. December 2006’s column by Ric Rhetor mentions a couple of books by Jim Douglass that sound interesting:

• The Non-Violent Cross
• Resistance and Contemplation

If you’d like to buy your own copies of the above or other recently reissued Douglass works, contact Wipf and Stock Publishers, 199 West 8th Avenue, Ste 3, Eugene OR 97401 Tel: 541-344-1528.

The column also notes that Bob Tavani is trying to restart the journal “Not by Work Alone.” It had five issues in the 1980s and Mr. Tavani hopes for two issues this year. Poetry, prose, philosophical writings, short stories and photos can be submitted to Bob Tavani, 600 W. Superior St, Apt 906, Duluth, MN 55802.

December 2006: Great quote from Maryhouse

I don’t normally digest the CW sections: Maryhouse, Peter Maurin Farm, or Book of Notes because they are about so many different things that any summary would wind up reproducing the entire column and I don’t have copyright authority to simply reproduce the New York CW’s work. Plus, it would be too much work for me even if they gave me the green light to do so.

But there is a wonderful quote about the Incarnation in the December 2006 Maryhouse column by Joanne Kennedy. I wish I’d had it for my Advent reflection:

Christmas is about the Incarnation. There is no Easter without Christmas, no death and Resurrection without the Magnificat. First a baby was born. What kind of fragile hope is that? Anything could have happened. What about childhood diseases? Jesus could have gotten in with the wrong friends, there was also that whole getting lost at the Temple episode, not to mention the attraction of revolutionary movements in an occupied land. But that apparently, was the plan, send the baby and see what happens. I know, I know, there’s the God-Man thing, but it was a heck of a gamble. How much faith must God have had in us? Surely we can return the favor.