October 8 (Thur) 6:30-8pm: Clarification of Thought on Zoom
Casa Maria worker Lincoln Rice recently published a new edition of Catholic Worker cofounder Peter Maurin's Easy Essays (The Forgotten Radical Peter Maurin published by Fordham University Press). Lincoln will discuss the life and thought of Peter Maurin. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion. If you would like to be on the Zoom call, just send an email to casamariamke(at)gmail(dot)com, requesting to attend the clarification of thought.
“I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to
Disregard their talk and judge only their actions.” ---Dorothy Day
Those who think that America is great need to look at our true history, not that which was usually taught to us as children in school. America has the ability to eliminate poverty in the world, but it spends most of its wealth making weapons, creating wars, pandering to the very rich and still calls itself great. In the eyes of our great spiritual leaders sacrificing for the sake of helping others is not a suggestion, but a command, from God. Many Americans call themselves “Christian” but fail to act as Christ would act. They say they love their neighbor, but they still support wars that kill, injure and create much misery for their neighbor. When has America actually done good to its enemies? When has America forgiven seventy- seven times seven times? ---Don Timmerman
“Sometimes being a good Christian meant being a bad Roman. So before you accuse people of being unpatriotic ask yourself which empire they are actually serving.” Stephen Mattson “The face mask does not cover hunger and misery” ---Rights Action
DON’’S JOKES
What did the elephant do when he broke his toe? He called a toe truck. How much did the psychiatrist charge the elephant? Thirty five dollars for the visit and $350 for the couch. Two race horses met at Santa Ana, and they were eyeing one another. “Don’t I know you?” asks one. “I think so, but don’t recall your name, but the pace is familiar. Two goats were busy eating garbage. One finds a roll of film and chews it up. “Did you enjoy the film?” “Actually, I preferred the book.” I still remember the last words that my Granddad said to me. “Are you still holding the ladder? A sweater I bought was picking up static electricity, so I returned it to the store. They gave me another one, free of charge. My boss came to me at lunch, "Where the heck have you been? I've been trying to find you all morning!" I shrugged and said, "Good employees are hard to find!"
INTERESTING FACTS
The U.S. is imposing economic sanctions against 39 countries. This denies the sanctioned countries access to medicine, medical equipment and even necessary foods. From 1990 until 2010 the U.S. put sanctions on Iraq so as to keep control over Iraq’s oil revenue. As many as 1.2 million Iraqis died as a result of U.S. sanctions, the majority being children. The U.S. destroyed Iraq’s way of life by bombing their water treatment facilities, food delivery systems, sewage treatment, electrical systems and communication. The sanctions on Venezuela killed 40,000 people and cost the country $116 Billion. On Feb. 26, 20, the U.S House of Representatives introduced HR 35, the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act. It passed the House, but it was blocked by the Senate. About 4,742 Americans, mostly African Americans, were lynched between 1882 and 1968. ----Peace Action
Some $758 Billion of the U.S. budget goes to the military while only $11 Billion to the Centers for Disease Control.—Code Pink
Some 231,000 women and girls are jailed in the U.S. and a million are on probation and parole. A third of the imprisoned women identify as lesbian and bisexual women and are more likely to receive longer sentences than their heterosexual peers. Makeshift jails do not allow real letters, limiting mail to postcards. This is hard for 80% of the women who are mothers and want to contact their children. ---The Movement
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is deepening amid the pandemic and cuts to international aid from the United States and its allies, leaving millions of Yemenis facing famine after years of a brutal U.S.-backed, Saudi-led bombing campaign that has devastated the country. ---Democracy Now
Over 400 refugee deaths have been recorded so far this year in the Mediterranean Sea.---Democracy Now
The Trump administration may end immigration protections for some 400,000 people under the temporary protected status program. Nationals with TPS from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan could be subject to deportations starting next year, some as early as January. ---The National TPS Alliance
A nurse at a Georgia Immigration and Customs Enforcement prison says the Irwin County Detention Center is performing hysterectomies on prisoners without their consent. ---The Intercept
In Greece, thousands of refugees remain without shelter one week after the burning down of the massive, overcrowded Moria encampment. Some 13,000 people were left homeless, and many still do not have access to running water or food and are unable to leave the island of Lesbos.
A large chunk of ice twice the size of the island of Manhattan has broken off the Arctic’s largest remaining ice shelf in Greenland. Last month, scientists said Greenland’s ice sheet has shrunk past the point of return. In related news, U.S. government scientists said this summer broke the record for hottest ever in the Northern Hemisphere.
During active production years (between 1942 and 1976), industrial wastewater was discharged from Badger Army Ammunition Plant through a series of settling ponds inside the plant and ultimately to Gruber’s Grove Bay on Lake Wisconsin. Sediment contaminants include lead, copper, arsenic, zinc, ammonia, nitroglycerine, nitrocellulose, PCBs and methylmercury – the most toxic form of mercury. Mercury is a highly toxic element and there is no known safe level of exposure. This is the effect of war and preparations for war. ---- CSWAB
Demonstrators including gun owners and open-carry advocates held a “Second Amendment March” featuring a gathering on the steps of the Michigan State House on Wednesday, September 17, before marching to the Michigan Hall of Justice. The 11th annual march was scheduled to take place on the United States’ Constitution Day. ----Yahoo News
The total net worth of the nation’s billionaires has soared by nearly $850 billion since mid-March — a 29% increase. ---- Institute for Policy Studies. This comes as a new poll conducted by NPR and researchers at Harvard finds economic fallout from the pandemic has hit communities of color the hardest. The study found 72% of Latinx households, 60% of Black households and 55% of Native American households have reported “serious financial problems” this year, with trouble paying for food, housing and debt.---Democracy Now Did you realize that 26 billionaires now own as much as the world’s 3.8 billion poorest people in the world?
As the United States marks 19 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, a new report finds at least 37 million people in eight countries have been displaced since the start of the so-called global war on terrorism since 2001. The Costs of War Project at Brown University also found more than 800,000 people have been killed since U.S. forces began fighting in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan and Yemen, at a cost of $6.4 trillion to U.S. taxpayers.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, at least 50 people have died after heavy rains caused a gold mine to collapse in South Kivu province. Deadly accidents are not uncommon in the mostly unregulated artisanal mines. In addition to gold, Congo also produces 60% of the world’s cobalt, used in cellphones and other electronic devices.
Congress is launching an investigation after a series of deaths at the Fort Hood military base in Texas. Nearly 30 soldiers have died so far this year, including Vanessa Guillén, who was sexually harassed before she was murdered. The main suspect in her case died by suicide. Two soldiers from Navajo Nation have also died at Fort Hood this year ---Democracy Now
Please order a copy of Dorothy Day in Australia which is another book on the life of Dorothy Day
PRICE: $30 includes postage anywhere within Australia Email your order to: <[email protected]>,
A former Casa Maria community member, Tom Sitter, came out with another book, A Hard and Twisted Road Let us know if you would like a copy. He is now 97 years young. Casa Maria helps people to live longer!
Hanna and Davis are still working hard on fixing up Mapendo House for hospitality for the homeless. Jerry Danks is also continuing to help them with the electrical issues. These three are great people. The Casa Maria Community is continuing to give a home to the homeless families. We are grateful to all those who help. Catlin donated a special tool that disinfects the rooms for the guests. We thank her for all the good she does for others. We still need lots of help painting if you are willing!
Please join us for our weekly Stand for Peace. You will find the dates. times and locations on the Peace Action Website. Thank you.
NOTES FROM 21ST STREET: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, age 87, died. She was an advocate for equality for all. She was especially a staunch supporter of women’s rights. It was difficult to hear of her death. Her battle with cancer was well known. It was also well known she was trying to continue on in the Supreme Court until after the election. One of her last requests was that her seat would not be filled till after the Presidential election. Our country has lost two tremendous leaders this summer. Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon, died in July, and now Ruth Bader Ginsberg. During this tumultuous times I think their words may help in maintaining a strong spirit. Rep John Lewis said, “Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America!” (delivered in March, 2020, in Selma AL). Ruth Bader Ginsberg said about her legacy and hope for others, to “make life a little better for people less fortunate than you, that’s what I think a meaningful life is. One lives not just for oneself but for one’s community.” May we take what they said and how they lived to heart. Then they will continue to live on. Peace, Roberta
Casa Maria worker Lincoln Rice recently published a new edition of Catholic Worker cofounder Peter Maurin's Easy Essays (The Forgotten Radical Peter Maurin published by Fordham University Press). Lincoln will discuss the life and thought of Peter Maurin. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion. If you would like to be on the Zoom call, just send an email to casamariamke(at)gmail(dot)com, requesting to attend the clarification of thought.
“I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to
Disregard their talk and judge only their actions.” ---Dorothy Day
Those who think that America is great need to look at our true history, not that which was usually taught to us as children in school. America has the ability to eliminate poverty in the world, but it spends most of its wealth making weapons, creating wars, pandering to the very rich and still calls itself great. In the eyes of our great spiritual leaders sacrificing for the sake of helping others is not a suggestion, but a command, from God. Many Americans call themselves “Christian” but fail to act as Christ would act. They say they love their neighbor, but they still support wars that kill, injure and create much misery for their neighbor. When has America actually done good to its enemies? When has America forgiven seventy- seven times seven times? ---Don Timmerman
“Sometimes being a good Christian meant being a bad Roman. So before you accuse people of being unpatriotic ask yourself which empire they are actually serving.” Stephen Mattson “The face mask does not cover hunger and misery” ---Rights Action
DON’’S JOKES
What did the elephant do when he broke his toe? He called a toe truck. How much did the psychiatrist charge the elephant? Thirty five dollars for the visit and $350 for the couch. Two race horses met at Santa Ana, and they were eyeing one another. “Don’t I know you?” asks one. “I think so, but don’t recall your name, but the pace is familiar. Two goats were busy eating garbage. One finds a roll of film and chews it up. “Did you enjoy the film?” “Actually, I preferred the book.” I still remember the last words that my Granddad said to me. “Are you still holding the ladder? A sweater I bought was picking up static electricity, so I returned it to the store. They gave me another one, free of charge. My boss came to me at lunch, "Where the heck have you been? I've been trying to find you all morning!" I shrugged and said, "Good employees are hard to find!"
INTERESTING FACTS
The U.S. is imposing economic sanctions against 39 countries. This denies the sanctioned countries access to medicine, medical equipment and even necessary foods. From 1990 until 2010 the U.S. put sanctions on Iraq so as to keep control over Iraq’s oil revenue. As many as 1.2 million Iraqis died as a result of U.S. sanctions, the majority being children. The U.S. destroyed Iraq’s way of life by bombing their water treatment facilities, food delivery systems, sewage treatment, electrical systems and communication. The sanctions on Venezuela killed 40,000 people and cost the country $116 Billion. On Feb. 26, 20, the U.S House of Representatives introduced HR 35, the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act. It passed the House, but it was blocked by the Senate. About 4,742 Americans, mostly African Americans, were lynched between 1882 and 1968. ----Peace Action
Some $758 Billion of the U.S. budget goes to the military while only $11 Billion to the Centers for Disease Control.—Code Pink
Some 231,000 women and girls are jailed in the U.S. and a million are on probation and parole. A third of the imprisoned women identify as lesbian and bisexual women and are more likely to receive longer sentences than their heterosexual peers. Makeshift jails do not allow real letters, limiting mail to postcards. This is hard for 80% of the women who are mothers and want to contact their children. ---The Movement
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is deepening amid the pandemic and cuts to international aid from the United States and its allies, leaving millions of Yemenis facing famine after years of a brutal U.S.-backed, Saudi-led bombing campaign that has devastated the country. ---Democracy Now
Over 400 refugee deaths have been recorded so far this year in the Mediterranean Sea.---Democracy Now
The Trump administration may end immigration protections for some 400,000 people under the temporary protected status program. Nationals with TPS from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan could be subject to deportations starting next year, some as early as January. ---The National TPS Alliance
A nurse at a Georgia Immigration and Customs Enforcement prison says the Irwin County Detention Center is performing hysterectomies on prisoners without their consent. ---The Intercept
In Greece, thousands of refugees remain without shelter one week after the burning down of the massive, overcrowded Moria encampment. Some 13,000 people were left homeless, and many still do not have access to running water or food and are unable to leave the island of Lesbos.
A large chunk of ice twice the size of the island of Manhattan has broken off the Arctic’s largest remaining ice shelf in Greenland. Last month, scientists said Greenland’s ice sheet has shrunk past the point of return. In related news, U.S. government scientists said this summer broke the record for hottest ever in the Northern Hemisphere.
During active production years (between 1942 and 1976), industrial wastewater was discharged from Badger Army Ammunition Plant through a series of settling ponds inside the plant and ultimately to Gruber’s Grove Bay on Lake Wisconsin. Sediment contaminants include lead, copper, arsenic, zinc, ammonia, nitroglycerine, nitrocellulose, PCBs and methylmercury – the most toxic form of mercury. Mercury is a highly toxic element and there is no known safe level of exposure. This is the effect of war and preparations for war. ---- CSWAB
Demonstrators including gun owners and open-carry advocates held a “Second Amendment March” featuring a gathering on the steps of the Michigan State House on Wednesday, September 17, before marching to the Michigan Hall of Justice. The 11th annual march was scheduled to take place on the United States’ Constitution Day. ----Yahoo News
The total net worth of the nation’s billionaires has soared by nearly $850 billion since mid-March — a 29% increase. ---- Institute for Policy Studies. This comes as a new poll conducted by NPR and researchers at Harvard finds economic fallout from the pandemic has hit communities of color the hardest. The study found 72% of Latinx households, 60% of Black households and 55% of Native American households have reported “serious financial problems” this year, with trouble paying for food, housing and debt.---Democracy Now Did you realize that 26 billionaires now own as much as the world’s 3.8 billion poorest people in the world?
As the United States marks 19 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, a new report finds at least 37 million people in eight countries have been displaced since the start of the so-called global war on terrorism since 2001. The Costs of War Project at Brown University also found more than 800,000 people have been killed since U.S. forces began fighting in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan and Yemen, at a cost of $6.4 trillion to U.S. taxpayers.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, at least 50 people have died after heavy rains caused a gold mine to collapse in South Kivu province. Deadly accidents are not uncommon in the mostly unregulated artisanal mines. In addition to gold, Congo also produces 60% of the world’s cobalt, used in cellphones and other electronic devices.
Congress is launching an investigation after a series of deaths at the Fort Hood military base in Texas. Nearly 30 soldiers have died so far this year, including Vanessa Guillén, who was sexually harassed before she was murdered. The main suspect in her case died by suicide. Two soldiers from Navajo Nation have also died at Fort Hood this year ---Democracy Now
Please order a copy of Dorothy Day in Australia which is another book on the life of Dorothy Day
PRICE: $30 includes postage anywhere within Australia Email your order to: <[email protected]>,
A former Casa Maria community member, Tom Sitter, came out with another book, A Hard and Twisted Road Let us know if you would like a copy. He is now 97 years young. Casa Maria helps people to live longer!
Hanna and Davis are still working hard on fixing up Mapendo House for hospitality for the homeless. Jerry Danks is also continuing to help them with the electrical issues. These three are great people. The Casa Maria Community is continuing to give a home to the homeless families. We are grateful to all those who help. Catlin donated a special tool that disinfects the rooms for the guests. We thank her for all the good she does for others. We still need lots of help painting if you are willing!
Please join us for our weekly Stand for Peace. You will find the dates. times and locations on the Peace Action Website. Thank you.
NOTES FROM 21ST STREET: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, age 87, died. She was an advocate for equality for all. She was especially a staunch supporter of women’s rights. It was difficult to hear of her death. Her battle with cancer was well known. It was also well known she was trying to continue on in the Supreme Court until after the election. One of her last requests was that her seat would not be filled till after the Presidential election. Our country has lost two tremendous leaders this summer. Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon, died in July, and now Ruth Bader Ginsberg. During this tumultuous times I think their words may help in maintaining a strong spirit. Rep John Lewis said, “Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America!” (delivered in March, 2020, in Selma AL). Ruth Bader Ginsberg said about her legacy and hope for others, to “make life a little better for people less fortunate than you, that’s what I think a meaningful life is. One lives not just for oneself but for one’s community.” May we take what they said and how they lived to heart. Then they will continue to live on. Peace, Roberta