http://www.PieAndCoffee.org activism, religion, hospitality Fri, 09 May 2008 14:18:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panelists are Cha-Cha Connor, Brendan Melican, and Bruce Russell. Download Standard Podcast The show begins with an excerpt from Fr. Bernie Gilgun's homily at the memorial mass for Tom Lewis. Cha-Cha was part of a Real Solutions press conference this week looking to change people's ... http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/05/09/508-034/ This is a recording of a homily by Father Bernie Gilgun, from his weekly Mass at the Mustard Seed in Worcester, Massachusetts. He talks about the Lavallees' wedding anniversary and the Ascention. You can download the mp3 or see other formats. You can also subscribe (RSS) to the podcast. Download Standard ... http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/05/06/gilgun-14/ The Mustard Seed was beyond packed for Tom Lewis's memorial mass, with a crowd of 30 lingering outside the doorways hoping for a glimpse of the events. Father Bernie Gilgun celebrated the mass. (Deacon Walter Doyle assisted.) Here's Fr Bernie's homily: Download Standard Podcast In Psalm 137, and also in the book of ... http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/05/05/tom-lewis-memorial-mass/ 508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panel includes Brendan Melican. Download Standard Podcast You wouldn't know it from reading the Telegram & Gazette, but, as at other papers, their circulation is still dropping. The news could be worse. Mike notes a goofy headline. (Brendan mentions the 2-headed kitten in Milbury ... http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/05/02/508-033/ On May 1, 1933, the first issue of The Catholic Worker went on sale in Manhattan's Union Square for a penny a copy. Dorothy Day, from that issue: It's time there was a Catholic paper printed for the unemployed. The fundamental aim of most radical sheets is the conversion of its readers to ... http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/05/01/happy-75th-birthday-catholic-worker-movement/ Join a nonviolent march, in Washington, DC, from the Chinese to the Sudanese Embassy on Tuesday, May 20th from 9 AM " noon. Despite international criticism, China remains the largest economic and military supporter of the government of Sudan which is widely held as responsible for the deaths ... http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/04/30/may-20-tell-china-to-stop-supporting-genocide-in-darfur/ Nationally, newspaper circulation is down 3.5% in the past 6 months: Print circulation continues on its steep downward slide, the Audit Bureau of Circulations revealed this morning in releasing the latest numbers for some of the country's largest dailies in the six-month period ending March 31, 2008. When a full analysis ... http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/04/28/newspapers-down-35-tg-down-4/ This is a recording of a homily by Father Bernie Gilgun, from his weekly Mass at the Mustard Seed in Worcester, Massachusetts. Mostly about the pope's recent US visit. You can download the mp3 (4.8MB) or see other formats. You can also subscribe (RSS) to the podcast. Download Standard Podcast I'm experimenting with ... http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/04/28/gilgun-13/ 508 is a show about Worcester. Today's panel includes Brendan Melican and (briefly) Bruce Russell. Download Standard Podcast A Worcester county court officer is being investigated for leaking info to crooks; a Barre police officer who shot a dog in the leg is back to work. Worcester Peace Works has submitted an ... http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/04/25/508-32-mavericks/ Peace in our time "When will the governments realize? It's got to be funky, sexy ladies." --Flight of the Conchords, from their "blondes not bombs" peace proposal Dan McKanan interview about the Catholic Worker movement Here's an interview with Dan McKanan, author of Touching the World and The Catholic Worker After Dorothy, about the ... http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/04/23/items-97/