Happy autumn! We hope you'll pay us a visit at 8617 Mora Ln for some fun this October: The Catholic Worker and Work Discussion Do we need to get rid of work or is it something to be sanctified? Is the call to "abolish work" not so different from Peter Maurin's vision of an "integrated life"? Is mass production inherently opposed to human dignity? Join us on October 14th at 6 PM as we compare and contrast some of Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin's thoughts on work ( found here ) with non-CW Bob Black's essay " The Abolition of Work ." (No time for all these readings? Join us anyway!) Priests and laity alike have lost the concept of work, they have lost a philosophy of labor, as Peter Maurin has always said. They have lost the concept of work, and those who do not know what work in the factory is, have romanticized both it and the workers, and in emphasizing the dignity of the worker, have perhaps unconsciously emphasized the dignity of work
Protect Oak Flat Prayer Gathering with Apache Stronghold - August 27 - 6 PM - Tower Grove Park Stone Shelter Join us in supporting Apache Stronghold as they fight to protect their sacred place at Oak Flat from being destroyed by mining. Because the shady backroom congressional deal giving the land to foreign mining corporations also exempted those corporations from environmental, cultural, and archeological legal protections, Apache Stronghold's case appeals to the First Amendment's protection of religious expression. If Oak Flat is destroyed by mining the Apache people's ability to practice their religion as they have for time immemorial will be permanently and irreparably harmed. This gathering is part of Apache Stronghold's nationwide Prayer Journey traveling towards Washington DC where they will be filing their case at the US Supreme Court on September 11. People of good will from all faiths are welcome to come learn from Apache Stronghold and join their spiritu