ACCESS TO CATHOLICSOCIAL JUSTICE TEACHINGS
ACCESS TO CATHOLIC
SOCIAL JUSTICE TEACHINGS
WARNING: The study, practice, and spirituality of Catholic social justice teachings may be hazardous to your hard-heartedness, complacency, skepticism, indifference, and hubris. Proceed at your own risk! | Those who shut their ears to the cry of the poor will themselves also call and not be heard. Proverbs 21:13 | You are the God of the lowly, the helper of the oppressed, the supporter of the weak, the protector of the forsaken, the savior of those without hope. Judith 9:11
NEW at Justpeace
On Pilgrimage in Oklahoma City,
A Catholic Worker Blog, updated May 1, 2008 - The 75th
Anniversary of the Catholic Worker movement
How to Help the OKC Catholic Workers
New website for the Dorothy Day Center:
http://www.thedorothydaycenter.com/
The Execution of Joe Hill by the State of Utah, a mural
painted by Ammon Hennacy.
Dear Catholic Bishops, a letter from Osama bin Laden -
a religious and political satire in 240 words. Postcard version, a PDF document suitable for printing and copying so you
can mail it to your favorite bishop. Flyer version, 2 per sheet, a PDF document suitable for copying and distributing at
meetings, demonstrations, etc. See also More Letters from Osama, June 26, 2007
Keeping warm in a winter weather emergency, http://www.energyconservationinfo.org/printwarmth.pdf
Lent 2007 OKC Catholic Worker, internet edition
The bishops fiddle,
while the ship of state
sails serenely towards
its doom.
Art by J.D. Thomason
Morning Prayer for the Martyrdom of Romero
, March 24th is the anniversary of Romero's martyrdom.
US Bishops guilty of material cooperation with unjust war
- Catholic Worker commentary on the bishops' statements of Nov 2006 and Jan 2007.
Our Annual Advent Appeal
Response to November 13, 2006 US Bishops Statement on Iraq
Response to Stephen Colecchi, November 9, 2006
I received a response to my article Liturgy and War, from the head of the bishops' Office of Social Development and World Peace. This is my
response to Mr. Colecchi's letter.
Reflections on the Lectionary Readings , by Bob Waldrop, in the context of the music I select for the Sunday Masses at Epiphany of the Lord Church in Oklahoma City, where I am director of music, September 30, 2007
Obituary of my father, Max Waldrop
The Essentials
On Pilgrimage in Oklahoma City, a Catholic Worker Blog updated Sept. 17, 2007
About the Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House
How to start a Catholic Worker House
The Works of Justice and Peace
Evangelical Poverty and the Healing of Nations
A Little Way of Justice and Peace
Building a civilization of life and love
Getting the Right Eats
Garden Blog
Volunteering and Visiting at the OKC Catholic Worker
OKC Catholic Worker Calendar of Events
2006 Catholic Worker Call to Peace
issued at the National Catholic Worker Gathering,
October 19-21, Panora, Iowa
The 2007 Lenten Ember Days are February 28th and March 2nd and 3rd
Call to prayer and fasting
Summer 2006 Oklahoma City Catholic Worker newspaper
internet edition, August 10, 2006
Liturgy and War and the U.S. Catholic Bishops
July 11, 2006
Presanctified Liturgy for Victims of the War in Iraq
to be celebrated by Bishop John Michael Botean, March 19, 2007. Bishop Botean is the only US Catholic bishop to issue a formal
canonical statement that the war on the people of Iraq was and is an unjust war. High quality poster version.
To receive occasional announcements regarding social justice issues and the Catholic Worker movement, subscribe to Catholic Justice and Peace Announcements , chronicling journeys of justice and peace through these days of turmoil for the American Empire.
Our Associated Websites:
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Better Times Access to Simple and Frugal Living Resources + Access to Energy Conservation
Resources + Central Oklahoma Transportation Issues + Oklahoma Clothing + Oklahoma Food
Cooperative + Oklahoma City Common Good Campaign +
Catholic Peace Fellowship of Oklahoma
Pathways to Justice and Peace. . . a labyrinth of discovery. . .
N.B.: The Justpeace website is not well organized. There are actually hundreds of pages here and the site index is way out of date. I first published this website to the Internet in 1997, and it has grown since then, one page at a time, without any overall plan or organizing scheme. I know it would be nice to have an up to date site index, and it is on the list of things to do, but that is a Very Long List, and it has yet to make it anywhere close to the top 100. Generally, the links on this page from here on are chronological, with the most recent just below this "Nota Bene", and going further back towards 1997 from there down. The Site Index has links to the pages here as of 2001. Pages since then are generally linked on this page or on pages linked to this page.
The War on Immigrants: Statement by the Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House on proposed new harsh immigration laws, in English and Spanish, AND a discussion of the theological basis for our statement. Woe to the Rich (Immigration version), full text of the religious tract that has four Oklahoma congressional candidates and the president of the NW OKC Republican Club in a tizzy. Spring 2006
Blessed Are the Poor + A Holy Day Blessing to the Poor, to all who accompany them in their journeys, and to those who stand firm against the powers of hell and the culture of death, from the Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House - this is the text of a card we included with our grocery deliveries this Christmas and are sending to other Catholic Worker houses. Christmas 2005
Woe to the Rich + A Holy Day Warning to all Politicians, the Selfish Rich, and the Politically Well-Connected, from the Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House - this is the text of a card we have sent this year to many notorious oppressors of the poor in Oklahoma, including the members of the State Legislature, the Governor, the State Board of Education, and the Directors and Officers of Oklahoma Natural Gas and Oklahoma Gas and Electric. Christmas 2005
Fall 2005 Oklahoma City Catholic Worker newspaper, internet edition
Our 2005-2006 Annual AppealJourneys of Justice and Peace:
On Pilgrimage in Oklahoma City
Bob Waldrop's Catholic Worker Blog,
A new plot against the poor in Oklahoma City. May 2, 2006
Catholic Workers condemn new immigration laws! March 24, 2006
An open letter to Senator Tom Coburn, February 28, 2006
A message of solidarity with GM workers, Nov 22, 2005 | Depraved Justices on the US Supreme Court Declare OPEN
SEASON on Poor and Working Class Neighborhoods! June 23, 2005 | St. Joseph's Day and Palm Sunday, March 19-20,
2005 | A prayer to Dorothy Day for the people of Iraq, Jan 26, 2005 | December 18, Do you hear the angels speaking to
you tonight? | December 10, the 36th anniversary of the death of Thomas Merton | December 2, Letter to all the Catholic
Worker houses | November 25, Thoughts on Thanksgiving, and the "Letter of Paul the Apostle to the Agrarians" |
November 20, Thanksgiving Deliveries | November 9, Free Camilo Mejia | November 13, Picketing St. Peter's in
Rome | October 29, 2004, Tear down the garage day! | Oct 12, Against the support of objective evil in the
voting booth | |September 24, We pray for the people of Beslan in Russia | August 24, the monks of Clear
Creek: Finding the "monk within" |June 19, 2004, "Juneteenth," "We ask ourselves "What would Jesus do?,"
but the idea of living next door to Jesus fills us with dread, fear, and loathing." | June 6, 2004, Dear Malcolm
Berko, "Wal Mart stockholders are parasites on the productive efforts of others." | May 16, 2004: "My advice to
Catholics is to flee the Sodom and Gomorrah that we call the Democratic and Republican political parties.
Getting the Right Eats: Bob Waldrop's Oklahoma Food Blog
2004 Forest Garden Blog, chronicling our gardening adventures on the corner of McKinley Street and NW 21st in Oklahoma City
The Lent 2005 edition of the Oklahoma City Catholic Worker Newspaper, internet edition
OKC Catholic Worker Calendar of Events and How to Help us
Email Bob Waldrop: robert@justpeace.org
Better Times Almanac of Useful Information, 5th edition, Internet Edition
The Better Times Almanac is useful for anyone who wishes to live more frugally, simply, and sustainably. We consider the proper care and stewardship of Creation to be part of the social justice ministry of the Church, and this publication can help people to do this. Pope John Paul II was a Catholic environmentalist, and we follow his teaching in encouraging simple and frugal living. To receive a printed copy of this 32 page tabloid newspaper size publication, please send a stamped, self-addressed 9" x 12" envelope with $1.06 postage on it to: Better Times, 1524 NW 21st, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73106. There is no charge for the publication, although we do accept donations to help with our work. Donation checks should be made payable to the Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House. Donations of $15 or more will receive a copy of the CD, Venite Adoremus, improvisational piano meditations on Advent, Nativity, and Epiphany melodies, recorded live at Epiphany Church by Robert Waldrop.
Please keep praying against the Oklahoma City I-40 relocation project! + A prayer against the I 40 highway project in Oklahoma City
Lenten alms for the Poor and for the Environment February 26,2004
Open letter to the Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce, Feb 21, 2004
Oklahoma City Rail the latest Justpeace website, January 2004 +
2003 Advent Letter, December 4, 2003 +
Letter to Archbishop Martino regarding genetically modified organisms November 12,2003 |
Oklahoma Food Cooperative ,
More errors of Michael Novak , and others regarding the justice of war with Iraq, February 20, 2003 +
The errors of Michael Novak , an answer to his presentation of February 10th in Rome, February 17, 2003 +
Fall 2002 edition , Oklahoma City Catholic Worker newspaper +
Ember Days , a devotion reminding us of the importance of moderation in the use of material goods, September 10, 2002
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What is the Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House? September 3, 2002 +
Governor Frank Keating and the U.S. Catholic Bishops , August 31, 2002 +
All the Front Page links , archives all 1083 annotated links posted in the Justpeace Front Page social justice webzine,
1998 to 2002, June 13, 2002 +
Front Page Commentaries , archives the miscellaneous comments and introductory notes for the Front Page webzine,
1998 to 2002, June 13, 2002 +
Venite Adoremus , 10 improvisational piano meditations on the music of Christmas, recorded live by Robert Waldrop at Epiphany Church, proceeds benefit OKC Catholic Worker Ministries,Scroll to the bottom of the page to search the Justpeace websites!
Welcome Benedict XVI! John Paul the Great, Ora Pro Nobis!
A prayer at the burial of Pope John Paul II
READ MORE -- LEARN MORE!
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam.
Robert Waldrop, Justpeace webservant, also moderates these listservs . Click the links for more info or to subscribe:
Catholic Justice and Peace Announcements +++ announcement only email listserv chronicling journeys of justice and peace through these days of turmoil for the American Empire. traffic is typically less than 5 posts/week, often less, depends on how busy I am, this is "Bob's Blog". . ..)
Catholic Justice and Peace Discussion +++ discussion of justice and peace issues in the Catholic context, all subscribers may post.
Caelum et Terra , This forum continues the conversation which began in the pages of the Caelum et Terra magazine which published during the 1990s. Rural, agrarian, Chestertonian, distributist, faithful to the teachings of the Church.
Runningonempty2 - not a Catholic or a religious discussion, but a long-running conversation on energy issues and peak oil, moderated by Bob Waldrop, established 2001, 7,000 members, 65,000 messages in the archives.
Catholic Church Music Discussion , discussion of all aspects of Catholic liturgical music.
Better Times , announcement only listserv, featuring news and views about sustainable, simple, and frugal living.
Catholic Worker , ongoing conversation about the Catholic Worker movement.
Oklahoma Food Cooperative , discussion and planning developing a local food system in Oklahoma
Magnificat anima mea Dominum!
God has shown might with his arm, dispersed the arrogant of mind and heart, God has thrown down the rulers from their thrones, but lifted up the lowly. The hungry he has filled with good things; the rich he has sent away empty. Mary, Queen of Justice, Pray for Us!
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This site opened December 22, 1997, the Memorial of St. Anastasia of Sirmium. On that day, in Acteal, Chiapas,
Mexico, 49 Mayan people praying in a church -- 21 women (4 were pregnant), 15 children, and 9 men -- were murdered
by paramilitary forces who had been organized and trained by the Mexican Army, while the national police force nearby
refused to intervene to protect the people. See The Acteal Massacre for more information.
Holy Martyrs of Acteal, pray for us.
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Three billion people live on less than $2.00 a day. One billion 300 million people live on less than $1.00 a day. The number of people living on less than $1/day increased by 30% during the past 10 years.
Among the poor of this world, infant mortality is rising, daily caloric intake is decreasing, deadly epidemics are raging, & life expectancies are declining, with several countries approaching negative population growth due to rapidly rising mortality rates. Such are the consequences of the Globalization of Greed and Economic Tyranny.
Statistics courtesy of the World Bank.