December 2008

On the principle that something is better than nothing at all, this month’s digest will once again be a simple listing of titles and authors.

This is for the December 2008 issue of the Catholic Worker. I hope to resume a full digest for the January/February 2009 issue.

Any hyperlinks below are to related information on the web and not to the article in the paper.

• Edgar Forand, 1917-2008 by Geoffrey Gneuhs – According to the editors, these remarks were delivered at Ed’s Funeral Mass, October 24, 2008 at the Church of the Nativity, New York City
• Mr. President Shut it Down! by 100 Days to Close Guantanamo and End Torture campaign. Related material at http://www.100dayscampaign.org/
• Ecological Conscience by Thomas Merton Related material from the Democratic Underground.
• A Visit with Iraqis in Syria by Cathy Breen
• Ecology and the Poor by Robert Francis Murphy
• Thomas Merton — 40 Years On by Anna Brown Related material at http://www.thomasmertoncenter.org/
• Movie Review: Grace is Gone by Felton Davis
• Dressed for War by Matt Vogel Related material at http://www.centeronconscience.org/UAA/09092008.shtml
• Book Review: The Kings and their Gods: The Pathology of power. By Daniel Berrigan, SJ. William B. Eeedmans Publishing Co. Grand Rapids, MI, 2008. Reviewed by Bill Griffin.
• A Personalist Economics by Dorothy Day – Excerpted by September 1956 issue of the Catholic Worker.
• Fritz Remembered [Fritz Eichenberg] by June Hildebrand
• Journey of Hope [Death Penalty in Montana] by Art Laffin.

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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.

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December 2004

The following articles appeared in the December 2004 issue of the Catholic Worker:

• A short course in solidarity – Personal testimony of one arrested at detained during the RNC protests in September.
• Protest as war continues – Personal testimony of antiwar protests during the RNC.
• Peter Maurin – Description of activities and visitors to Peter Maurin Farm. Includes instructions on making powdered tomatoes.
• Clarice Adams, 1925-2004 – Obituary of a long-term Catholic Worker house resident.
• Book Review: A priceless view by Deirdre Cornell – Review of a book about remembering your home history. Focuses on Hudson River valley.
• Book Review: Refusenik!: Israels soldiers of conscience – Forty three stories of soliders refusing occupation duty. Includes some letters from jailed soldiers.
• Things we hold in common – An open letter to Dorothy Day from Fr. Joseph Mulligan.
• Fool, Hearty and Faithful – A discussion of “Fools for God�? in Catholic and Orthodox churches. Saints discussed include St. Francis, St. Basil the Blessed (My favorite), St. Xenia and St. Theodore.

If you would like the full text of an article that I mention here, I have two suggestions:

1) Try to borrow the article through Interlibrary Loan.

2) 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 1st 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 2004

The following articles were carried in the October/November 2004 issue of the Catholic Worker, which is NOT available on the Internet:

• Light of Conscience – Prison Testimony of Voices in the Wilderness member Kathy Kelly.
• Love Casts Out Fear – Dorothy Day reprint from February 1960. Makes mention of Thomas Merton.
• Saints for us Sinners – Brief sketches of October and November saints.
• Be All That You Can Be? – Reflections on the the draft and conscientious objection.
• We Parched Desert Travellers – Descriptions of antiwar protests.
• Jane Kesel, 1921-2004 – Obituary of a long term CW house resident.
• Czeslaw Milosz, 1911-2004 – Obituary of award winning Polish poet who warned of threats to freedom from both Communism and consumerism.
• Sustainable Soup – Reflections on organic vs. factory farming.

If you would like the full text of an article that I mention here, I have two suggestions:

1) Try to borrow the article through Interlibrary Loan.

2) 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 1st 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.