This story by Eric Debode, fellow Catholic Worker is dedicated to the homeless residents of SAFE PARK and Councilman Steve Kozachik and his colleagues on the City Council, for NOT ACCEPTING THE STATUS QUO and instead trying to find short and long term solutions to inequality and human suffering on the mean streets of TucsonContinue reading “COMPASSION AND GENEROSITY TOWARD THE SUFFERING”
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BLAMING IT ALL ON THE POOR PEOPLE…
Humberto Lopez Owner of Hotel and HSL Properties Hotel Downtown By Brian Flagg, I just got my new National Catholic Reporter (2-27-2015) and was enjoying the front page article about how Pope Francis challenged the hell out of 160 cardinals from around the world during a homily at a Mass on February 15. HeContinue reading “BLAMING IT ALL ON THE POOR PEOPLE…”
GUEST SPEAKER AT SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
By: Gilberto Contreras I have been honored by a professor in the gender and women’s studies department of San Diego State University to speak in his graduate class about my involvement in the Raza Studies Movement. Being a gender and women’s studies class, many of my favorite feminist activist authors are talked about. The ideasContinue reading “GUEST SPEAKER AT SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY”
HUGO CHAVEZ
By Brian Flagg, I/we don’t have a Catholic Worker job description that details how we go about a practice of faithful discipleship, one that moves in the direction of the spiritual and material liberation of those whom we serve every day. So we have to be creative. And we have to be inspired. One dayContinue reading “HUGO CHAVEZ”
I turned 60 on Monday, February 16
By Brian Flagg, It really pissed me off, for weeks leading up to the day. I successfully avoided celebrations and instead went by myself to camp and read and walk into Cochise Stronghold in the Dragoon Mountains east of Benson. It was the most perfect and most sacred place I could go to. I spentContinue reading “I turned 60 on Monday, February 16”
Bravo to TUSD Board Member Kristel Foster
By Brian Flagg, Bravo to TUSD Board Member Kristel Foster for her heartfelt, courageous and confrontational (in an extremely positive way) letter to the editor (Star, 2-15-2015). http://tucson.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-to-the-editor/article_6e9438b4-70b6-5639-be2b-25a171936fb5.html If you missed it, she calls out fellow board member Mike Hicks for his support of SB1371, which would eliminate $64 from the district. He isn’t theContinue reading “Bravo to TUSD Board Member Kristel Foster”
THE REGGIO EMILIA APPROACH AND WHAT THE RESEARCH SUPPORTS
Special thanks to the Tucson Children’s Project, Mimi Gray, Pauline Baker, Ben Mardel, Teresa Acevedo, and especially Lella Gandini of Reggio Emilia, Italy for making this all possible. by Cesar Aguirre As an avid supporter of public education and an extremely involved parent at Ochoa Elementary, I have done a lot of research and studiedContinue reading “THE REGGIO EMILIA APPROACH AND WHAT THE RESEARCH SUPPORTS”
A LITTLE INSPIRATION FROM…
A LITTLE INSPIRATION FROM… Pedro Arrupe Superior General of the Society of Jesus (1907-1991) Pedro Arrupe, who was elected Superior General of the Jesuits in 1965, oversaw a renewal of the Society so profound that he is revered by many Jesuits as a “second founder.” Specifically, he was instrumental in defining the modern mission ofContinue reading “A LITTLE INSPIRATION FROM…”
A LETTER TO SYLVIA CAMPOY
February 10, 2015 Dear Sylvia, Thanks for coming to Casa Maria. I think we fundamentally disagree with you on some main themes, but talking with you and Terry Higuera really helped us think about desegregation and how we as parents and the larger community can move forward to advocate and organize for a more justContinue reading “A LETTER TO SYLVIA CAMPOY”
A Safe Place to Dream 24 hours a day
Casa Maria supports all people having a place to sleep at night. Casa Maria supports SAFEPARK which is located downtown in Pancho Villa Park. John McLane is a founder of SAFEPARK and a friend of Casa Maria. _______________________________ A Safe Place to Dream 24 hours a day By John McLane, Three years ago, a groupContinue reading “A Safe Place to Dream 24 hours a day”
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