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The Personalism of Dorothy Day and the Bonds of Charity: My Latest in The National Catholic Register
The first of what I hope are many future installments on the personalism of Dorothy Day https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/true-charity-is-sacrificial-and-personal
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Announcement Concerning the September Farm Gathering
Hi Everyone Unfortunately, due to fast moving events I am forced to postpone our gathering which was scheduled for September 12-14. As you are all by now aware we
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Announcing the first annual Gaudium et Spes 22 fellowship on the farm event of "roundtable discussions"
I am excited to announce that I will be hosting the first annual Gaudium et Spes 22 “roundtable discussions” here on the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker farm. The event will
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On the immorality of the obliteration bombing of cities: Dresden 80 years later and its ongoing significance. My latest in the National Catholic Register
Linked below is the Register article. Linked below that is a reposting of a related blog post of mine from a few years back. https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/chapp-
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A letter of support for the fundraiser from our friend and contributor, Paul Seaton
I cannot thank my friend Paul Seaton enough for the following short letter he sent to me and which he wants me to publish here. It is his hope that
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The Idolatry and Enchantments of Mammon: My latest in the "What We Need Now" substack
My latest in the "What We Need Now" Substack run by Jayd Henricks: https://whatweneednow.substack.com/p/mammon-and-the-church-we-need
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The Church and politics on this election day.
As I write these words today is election day in the United States. And for that I am thankful. Not because I value our government but because I don’t.
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My Presentation at Mount Marty's 5th Annual Aquinas Lecture 2024
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The Catholic Worker Movement: Larry Chapp, Michael Baxter and Benjamin Peters
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The Good Distinctions podcast interviews me on the Catholic Worker movement
Follow the link below for the podcast. It was a fun conversation with someone I had not conversed with before. https://www.gooddistinctions.com/p/ep-27-insights-from-larry-
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Announcing Our First Fundraiser: The Farm, The Blog And Beyond
In our ten years on the farm we have never engaged in an official fundraiser. And that has been by design. But the increase in our expenses which has been
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Dorothy Day's Anarchism. My latest in Catholic World Report
Given the ongoing debates swirling around what passes for "politics" in America these days, I thought to once again post on Dorothy's Anarchism https://www.catholicworldreport.
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Eucharistic Incoherence: Part Two
As I stated in part one, I wanted to share with my readers an email I received from someone who wishes to remain anonymous for many reasons. But trust me
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Eucharistic Incoherence: Part One: A reposting of my essay on the American Nuclear Deterrent
I have decided to repost this blog post because I have many new followers since it was originally posted. Furthermore, a friend of mine recently sent me an email which
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My latest in the Register: Whither the Catholic Worker Movement?
Linked below is my latest in The National Catholic Register. I discuss Dorothy Day and the manner in which the modern Catholic Worker Movement has in many ways moved away
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Our Messianic Politics: A short essay in The National Catholic Register
https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/catholics-primary-politics
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The Weirdness of Christ and the Authenticity of the Church
The hits just keep on coming. In France a retired Cardinal has admitted that several decades ago he sexually abused a fourteen year old girl. He has now dutifully made
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Augustine's Two Cities and America's Nuclear Onanism
“Bring out the holy hand grenade of Antioch.” King Arthur Monty Python and the Holy Grail Part I: The Augustinian Option and the Libido Dominandi. Central governments arise, at least
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Dorothy Day's Anarchism and our Current Moment
“The bigger the unit you deal with, the hollower, the more brutal, the more mendacious is the life displayed. So I am … against all big successes and big results; and
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A Manifesto of the New Traditionalism
A Manifesto of the New Traditionalism He said unto them: Therefore every scribe instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a man that is a householder, who bringeth
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A Personal Post: Gratitude and Love for Father John Gribowich as He Enters the Abbey of the Genesee.
Many of you are probably not aware that our Catholic Worker farm is co-owned by Father John Gribowich. Father John is a former student of ours from back in
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Dorothy Day on the Precarity of Love and Voluntary Poverty
Dorothy Day, who founded the Catholic Worker movement in 1933 along with Peter Maurin, was praised by Pope Francis in his recent address before the Congress of the United States.
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Bourgeois and Beige Christianity: The Prosperity Gospel and the American Cult of Mammon
In January of 2018, Kenneth Copeland, the octogenarian prosperity Gospel televangelist, took possession of a fifty-million-dollar Gulf Stream jet aircraft, for the purpose of helping him “spread the
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Introduction to, and rationale for, yet another blog: Introducing Gaudium et Spes 22
“After one has rendered unto God what is God’s, there is nothing left for Caesar”. Dorothy Day I choose to call this blog Gaudium et Spes 22 because the
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