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On May 17, 1968, a group of Catholics now known as the “Catonsville Nine” went to the draft board in Catonsville, Maryland, took 378 draft files, brought them to the parking lot in wire baskets, dumped them out, poured homemade napalm over them, and set them on fire.

To remember the anniversary of this event, which continues to bear fruit today, we talked with Catonsville Nine member (and our housemate) Tom Lewis. Also part of the conversation is long-time peace activist Emeritus Professor Michael D. True, Ph.D. and Doctor of Humane Letters (honoris causa).

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Here’s a long interview with occasional Pie and Coffee contributor Scott Schaeffer-Duffy about zombies, and how compassion is a key part of defense against zombie attack.

Scott: Division and self-interest are not good solutions. Building up walls, keeping out people, not being hospitable, they’re not good solutions cause ultimately somebody’s gonna catapult a plague victim over your walls because of the bitterness. You’re gonna end up divided with each other. You gotta keep your values intact.

Mike: So actually Worcester’s success in dealing with people who are experiencing homelessness, or addiction, or whatever, maybe comes into play when we face zombie attack.

Scott: The compassionate cities are gonna fare better.

I’ve made a video feed for the series Every Church a Peace Church.

These videos feature people such as Don Edwards, Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy, Ed Loring and Murphy Davis, Jim Wallis, and Cornel West.

To subscribe to the feed in Miro, click here.

Just got back from a great weekend in Iowa at the Midwest Catholic Worker gathering.

Here’s a video taken during the group portrait, which hopefully shows both the setting and the 160+ people who were there.

 

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This week we discuss coffee with caffeine-powered bicyclist Gray Harrison and Catholic Worker Claire Schaeffer-Duffy, as part of the Snow Ghost Community Show.

 

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The Snow Ghost Community Show will start airing every weekend, starting this Friday. Fridays at 8:30PM, Saturdays at 11:30PM, Sundays at 9:30PM, and Mondays at 9:30AM, on cable channel 13 in Worcester.

We’re going to have a little party this Friday at the Catholic Worker to celebrate, since the guest is Catholic Worker Scott Schaeffer-Duffy talking about the Three Stooges.

As if that weren’t enough, you can now watch episode 100 (3) online.

 

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Tommy Colletta talks with Shannon Senior of Worcester First and Al Norman of Sprawl Busters. (The first couple minutes have sound trouble, not sure why.)

 

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Isaiah House Music Club
The LA Times reports that some of the kids from the Orange County Catholic Worker sang at Carnegie Hall!

Another friend attacked over gay rights
You’ll remember that back in December 2006, my friend Sarah Loy was reportedly assaulted at a pro/anti gay marriage event in Worcester. Earlier this week, Kaihsu’s friend Peter Tatchell was attacked at a gay rights event in Moscow. BBC:

Gay rights activist Peter Tatchell and singer Richard Fairbrass have expressed their shock after being punched by anti-homosexual protesters in Moscow.

Both men were hit on the head during a gay rights march on Sunday. Protesters attacked with kicks, punches and eggs.

Anne Marie Kaune profile
Nice article in Worcester Business Journal about the sometime Catholic Worker, healer of the poor, and St. Peter’s parishioner.

New Snow Ghost book: Many Wisdom
Download it from the Archive or buy it at HBML.

Snow Ghost Community Show #2: Dracula

 

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Snow Ghost Community Show tapes first episode
We’ve been talking about it for months. We’ve been planning for weeks. And now it can be told: the first episode of the Snow Ghost Community Show has been posted. In this episode, we talk about the Three Stooges with Catholic Worker Scott Schaeffer-Duffy. (If you have comments, please post them at the WCCA blog post.)

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USGS hydrologist Peter Weiskel lectures on “Massachusetts water resources.” From a conference on Catholic Social Teaching at Anna Maria College, April 16, 2007. Download the mp4 (73MB) or see other formats.

 

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