July 2005

The Guardian: Vatican in terror dispute with Israel, John Hooper in Rome and Chris McGreal in Jerusalem, Saturday July 30, 2005.
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Via Worldchanging we learn that the Catholic Church in the Philipines has built a system whereby impoverished families with low-cost cell phones can use text messaging to haggle for food and goods–and for these folks, even a slightly cheaper price on the essentials makes a big difference.

The subtext of many items on Pie and Coffee is an “integral” philosophy, and this is a great example of that: the faith community has the infrastructure to build the trading system, and that system strengthens both individuals and the faith community.

Tying systems or ideas together makes them stronger and more effective.

Which brings us to Ken Wilber.
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. . . and other items.

• From St. John’s parish bulletin this week:
  

  Free Meal: Our anniversary week was busy. Last year, we were standing outside the church wondering if anyone would come to break bread, and enjoy soup, with us. This year, we barely had enough soup. “Success,” in this regard, is not needing a free meal, but there is a need now, and we are blessed to be able to serve and to offer a place of physical, emotional, and spiritual nourishment. We are always grateful for your monetary donations as well as lunch meats, tuna fish, mustard, mayo, coffee, and . . . Thank you!

• Speaking of Darfur-related fasts, there has been a fast in Lafayette Park for most of July.
• In I’m So Blue, Barbara Solow pays tribute to the progressive South.

This happened last month: Faiths praying and walking together today for peace in the Middle East. (I am too lazy to write up any more than this….) Read the rest of this entry »

Catholic Peace Fellowship has created a full-color counter-recruitment poster for Catholic schools.

Pie and Coffee has created a black & white, high-contrast version, suitable for printing, photocopying, and posting around your neighborhood.

• before_you_enlist.pdf (101kb)

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