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Nov 28 2021
December 2021 Catholic Agitator
The December 2021 Catholic Agitator is now online. In this issue: Christmas Appeal The Time Is Now! by Mike Wisniewski John August Swanson Obituary by Mike Wisniewski Sr. Megan Rice Obituary by Mike Wisniewski Jesse Lewis Obituary by Mike Wisniewski A Posture Deeper Than Protest by Matt Harper Book Review: Healing Haunted Histories by David …
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Nov 27 2021
Jesse Lewis Memorial
There will be a memorial service for Jesse Lewis on Sunday, December 12, 2021, at 2 pm at the L.A. Catholic Worker Hennacy House, 632 N. Brittania St., Los Angeles, 90033. The service will be outside. Mask and vaccination protocol to be determined in the coming days.
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Nov 24 2021
Attend the 41st Anniversary Commemoration of the Four U.S. Church Women Martyred in El Salvador
Join the LACW community for a live stream memorial service on Thursday, December 2, at 3:30 pm PST to commemorate the 41st anniversary of the four U.S. churchwomen martyred in El Salvador. The actual service will be held at the Maryknoll Sisters Chapel in New York. You can attend the virtual event by going to …
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Nov 21 2021
L.A. Catholic Worker in the Sunday Los Angeles Times
This LINK is to a very good article in the California section of the Los Angeles Sunday Times on November 21, about the L.A. Catholic Worker and its struggle with the Los Angeles Archdiocese and Archbishop Gomez regarding the Church’s mission legacy.
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Nov 15 2021
You Are Invited To Join Us
We hope you will join us for the first session of a 6-part Reckoning with Our Mission Histories series entitled “Healing Haunted Histories: How Facing Our Mission Past Can Redeem Us All” presented by Elaine Enns and Ched Myers on Sunday, November 21, from 1:00 – 2:30 pm (PST). Sign up using the QR code …
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Nov 04 2021
Jessica Reznicek Update
10-29-21 Hello Dear Friends! I am reaching back out to you to express gratitude for your love and support. These are without doubt difficult times, but your kindness helps to soften the blow. The human spirit certainly is resilient and with your prayers and friendship, I am able to overcome obstacles much more gratefully. A …
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Nov 04 2021
Mission Project Update
Dear Mission Project friends, A few updates: 1. I will be attending the Critical Mission Studies conference in San Diego on November 12-13. If anyone has any interest in going, please let me know ASAP, and we can try to coordinate travel and housing plans or arrange to connect there. 2. We now have a …
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Oct 28 2021
Jesse Lewis – Rest In Peace
It is with great sadness that we announce that Jesse Lewis, former community member, dear friend, and husband of Martha Scarbrough-Lewis, joined the Heavenly Cloud of Witnesses on Wednesday, October 27, 2021, at 3:02 pm from complications related to Parkinson’s Disease, which he struggled with for five years. He is deeply loved and will be …
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Oct 28 2021
You Are Invited: Healing Haunted Histories
If you are interested in signing up for the RECKONING WITH OUR MISSION HISTORIES series or receiving updates on our efforts, please complete this FORM. Thank you for your interest, and please spread the word.
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Oct 25 2021
A Tale of Two Damages: Double Standard for Jessica Reznicek and Energy Transfer Partners
Why would a billion-dollar corporation which intentionally and illegally destroyed private property for profit not even get a slap on the wrist while a person who commits civil disobedience to protect the earth and its people is labeled a terrorist and imprisoned for eight years? By CHARLOTTE GRUBB October 25, 2021 Jessica Reznicek was sentenced …
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Oct 23 2021
Our Responsibility
By MATT HARPER Part of our Catholic responsibility is to call our Church into the same sacramental reconciliation that we are invited into. This process of exploring individual (and systemic) actions, identifying where we have fallen short, and committing to amends that appropriately heal is needed in so many areas, one of which is around …
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Oct 19 2021
Striketober!
By Joe Attard The U.S.A. has been hit by a ‘Striketober’ of industrial action across a range of sectors: from healthcare to construction; carpentry to coal mining; media to communications; snack foods and cereal manufacturing. In all, 100,000 workers voted to authorise strike action this month. The old union bureaucrats have undermined some of these …
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