Oct 15 2018
This LINK is to a very good reflection on the now official Saint Oscar Romero. An excerpt: “In 1997 Romero was declared a “Servant of God,” a process which makes him a candidate for sainthood. But the process stalled when the hierarchy worried if such a move would be too “political.” Then in February of …
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Oct 14 2018
This LINK is to a good article in The Atlantic about Pope Francis officially making Oscar Romero a saint. An Excerpt: “Nearly four decades later, Pope Francis has declared Óscar Romero a saint. An archbishop murdered at the altar, in the manner of England’s Thomas Becket, would seem a simple case. But Romero’s path to canonization—at …
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Oct 13 2018
The below and this LINK is to an excellent piece in today’s L.A. Times Letters to the Editor concerning the Democrats and climate change. The Letter: “The United Nations report on the existential impacts of climate change is nightmarish, and I’m sure I’m not the only millennial terrified for my babies’ future. It’s so easy …
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Oct 08 2018
On Wednesday, October 3, the LACW hosted Clare Grady, who is one of the seven Kings Bay Plowshares activists. Clare, who is from the Ithaca (New York) Catholic Worker, is currently out on bail and on house arrest with an ankle bracelet, but with permission to be in California for family member’s wedding. Clare’s talk …
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Oct 01 2018
KINGS BAY PLOWSHARES ACTIVISTS PRESENT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DEFENSE Attorneys for the seven Kings Bay Plowshares defendants today filed a Religious Freedom Restoration Act Memo in federal court in Brunswick, GA, as their response to the court’s request for supplemental briefings that would justify the defendants’ use of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) in their defense. The …
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Sep 30 2018
Here Is The OCTOBER Catholic Agitator In This Issue: Technology: Good or Evil? There Is A Dark Side To The History Of This Innovation by Micah WullschlegerBlasphemous by Theo KayserNew Jersey CW Update by Alexandria AddessoCatholic Clergy Sex Abuse And Cover-Up by Jeff DietrichWe Have Been Duped by Matt HarperInterview With Jesse And Martha Lewis
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Sep 19 2018
This LINK is to a horrific revelation about the reality of what the U.S. Empire is like. Really, how much longer will “we the people” allow the killing and destruction continue in our name and with our tax dollars? Is this how we desire to be remembered in history? Judgment is certain, as every empire …
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Sep 13 2018
The LACW will host Clare Grady, one of the seven Kings Bay Plowshares activists, and member of the Ithaca (NY) Catholic Worker, as a guest speaker on Wednesday, October 3, 2018, at 6pm at Hennacy House, 632 N. Brittania St, L.A. 90033. All are welcome. Bring a friend. Potluck dinner follows. Learn more about …
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Sep 08 2018
David Ernest McReynolds, one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians, a prominent democratic socialist who was twice a candidate for President of the United States, running atop the ticket of the Socialist Party USA in 1980 and 2000. He was also an audacious pacifist antiwar activist and prolific photographer. He described himself as “a …
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Aug 30 2018
Adam Buckley disappeared from a group home on June 12. He was later misidentified by the L.A. Coroner’s Office as a homicide victim in Lancaster. In the meantime, he was arrested in Torrance on Aug 25 and released on Aug 28. He has health issues and may not know how to call his family for …
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Aug 29 2018
Please be advised that the LACW soup kitchen will be closed on Saturday, September 8, for a day-long planning meeting. We will be back on our regular schedule on Tuesday, September 11. The kitchen will also be closed on Saturday, September 15, for a Catholic Worker gathering. We will be back on our regular schedule …
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Aug 25 2018
The focus of the short 23 minute documentary behind this LINK is on the deep trauma individuals experience early in their lives which leads them into gangs, violence, and ultimately prison, and the work that Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J. does at Homeboy Industries in helping individuals turn their lives around. At Homeboy Industries, career, education, …
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