Books Can Be Subversive
Somoza’s guards burned the 10,000 volumes of the Solentiname library –from Prophets in Combat: The Nicaraguan Journal of Bishop Pedro Casaldáliga [1986]
Author: Mark J. Chmiel
Share the Wealth This Sunday with Ale Vázquez and Vitina Pestello
For our next Share the Wealth gathering, Ale and Vitina will share their experiences working with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Fair Food Program. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ (CIW) Fair Food Program…
“This is, because that is; this is not, because that is not…”
A young Sandinista combatant Said to Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Miguel d’Escoto: “If there had been more Christians like you, there would be fewer atheists like me.” from Prophets in Combat: The Nicaraguan Journal of Bishop Pedro Casaldáliga [1986]
Accompaniment
Dear Layla We are staying with the Hijazzi family these nights We arrive in time to break the fast in the evening Spend the evening then sleep over Leave around 7 in the morning Yesterday…
A Dangerous Novel
In his novel Life and Fate Vasily Grossman exposed the horrors of the Soviet system Some of the Soviet intellectuals acknowledged He had told the truth But they were against publishing it Because it could hurt the…
Focused
When I decided to really buckle down and study, I’d study fifteen or sixteen hours a day. I’d have breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a book in front of me, never taking my eyes off…
Word of the Day
Word of the day, via Abbie Amico: In the Filipino language of Tagalog, there exists a word by the name of Kapwa. Literally translated it means “I’m not me without you” but as with other…
Sumud by Madeline Buthod
PSC member Madeline Buthod is on an Inter-Faith Peace Builder’s delegation and offers us the following testimony… Today we went to the Tent of Nations, a hilltop farm just outside of Bethlehem. To get there…
What It’s Going to Take
Mev: Did you suffer any threats? Ilza Mendes: Yes, they would harass me on the streets or encircle our house. Sometimes I’d come home and find 30 men standing outside my house, all with revolvers…
American Thoughts
“Banks care about us” “Banks make our lives easier” “Banks make money for us” “Banks support our communities” “Banks are looking out for us” “Banks give back” “Where would we be without the banks?” “In…