Los Angeles Catholic Worker

For more than 40 years we have been serving food to the homeless out of our van in the streets of Skid Row.
Last month, the LAPD told us to stop. And if we don’t stop, they will confiscate our pots and utensils and vehicle.
The LAPD has been shutting down food giveaways in Skid Row since last summer, citing minor health department code violations, including that mixing sugar with coffee constitutes “preparing” food and is thus outlawed on city sidewalks.
The LAPD’s shutting down other food lines and threatening to shut us down is simply the latest method by which the city is making life tougher for the poor downtown in an effort to drive them away.
Well, we aren’t about to stop serving oatmeal and coffee at the Fourth Street Bridge twice a week. Our friends on the street enjoy the hot meal too much.
We will have a full story on the situation in the next issue of the Catholic Agitator, but we wanted everyone to be aware of the important issue we are facing at the moment.

Come join the party! The Catholic Worker Seder of Liberation will be at 3 PM on May 1st (the Sunday after Easter), at All Saints Episcopal Church in Highland Park. Call 323-267-8789 to R.S.V.P. and sign up to bring a salad or a desert and grape juice or wine.

Check out pictures of last year’s Seder.

The annual Catholic Worker Stations of the Cross will be on Good Friday, April 22nd, at 3:00 PM. We will be meeting in front of the Downtown Federal Building for a prayerful walk to the places of darkness in our city. The nearest availible parking is at the Los Angeles Mall across the street.
Last year’s pictures.

David is in the process of being transferred yet again, this time to a prison in Mississippi, via Oklahoma. If you would like to write to David, please send the letter/card to the LACW, 632 N. Brittania St., L.A. 90033 and we will send it on, when we know his address. You can track him at: www.bop.gov/iloc2/LocateInmate.jsp

David’s latest letter

Here’s the April issue of the Catholic Agitator.


In this issue:

• In Japan Dante’s Nightmare and Interview with Dan Hirsch
• Skin and Bones by Alecia Stuchlik
• Paul Gross Presente! by Faustino Cruz
• Sang His Spirit On by Theo Kayser
• In Federal Prison Surrounded By Angels by David Omondi
• Police On Skid Row “Like A Pack Of Vultures” by Alecia Stuchlik
• Revolution In North Africa and Mid East by Ernest Savage
• Lybia: The Fourth U.S. Mid-East War? by Steve Baggarly
• Gene Sharp Prophet of Nonviolence by John Horgan

Better Late than Never! Here’s the February issue of the Catholic Agitator.


In this issue:

• Word and Work a presentation by Ed Loring
• The Cry of the Poor by Ed Loring: Book Review by Toni Flynn
• Everything That is Hidden by Sarah Fuller
• The Olympia Clippers by Kurt Morrow
• FBI Harassment by Theo Kayser
• “I Guess I Am In The Belly of the Beast” by David Omondi
• Tribute to Haiti by David Omondi
• Remembering Dr. King by Fr. Louie Vitale, OFM