We are doing some repairs and deep cleaning this month to Casa Maria so we will not always be available to accept donations. Please give us a call if you'd like to drop items off this month since the hours when we are available will be limited. Thanks for understanding!
We want to let you know that there is a new worker at Casa Maria. His name is David. He is an EMT and just finished school at Marquette University.
We congratulate Tom Sitter, a long-time worker at Casa Maria. He will be 100 years old on August 16th this year. He wrote a great book called Costellos that we encourage you to read. Some of his stories and comedy can be found here: youtube.com/@kathysitter5094
The Uganda Catholic Worker is in dire need of funds. Please go to their Go Fund Me page. Thanks!
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We know that the military corporate entities never really cared about the well-being of the soldiers. The flag that the corporation’s CEOs pledge allegiance to is NOT the Stars and Stripes, but it is a flag that has their corporate logo on it. And they are NOT for us. Too many American military veterans are now physically, neurologically and/or spiritually dead or dying (often by suicide – 22 per day for active duty soldiers and veterans combined!). These once-gung-ho, now-wounded warriors were too easily seduced by the pseudo-patriotic jingoism coming from the “military-industrial complex” during the best years of their lives. And then they were sacrificed, not for American “democracy”, but for American capitalism and the money-hungry, pro-militarism, war-profiteering corporations (and their subservient politicians and presidents of both political parties) that cunningly waved the flag and dutifully wore the flag pins on their 3-piece suit coat lapels. The military continues to waste lives and resources with their military air shows. The military uses 15,120,000 gallons of fuel just for the hours spent training those pilots for the military fly-overs. The aviation industry says that JP-5 jet fuel costs 2-3 times more than automotive fuel. The post-combustion exhaust from jet engines is equally poisonous to air, water, soil animal, plant and all forms of aquatic life. -----Don Timmerman
“This Fast for Gospel Nonviolence, for Jesus’ Nonviolence, is a prayer and a plea that the Universal Church gather in Ecumenical Council in the not too distant future and declare once and for all that violence is not the Christian Way, and thereby disassociate Herself and Her membership forever from the xenophobic, nationalistic, jingoistic, tribalistic, parochial, ethnocentric, racist, bigoted, monster gods of violence and enmity, and from their brutal theologies and politics.” -----Emmanuel Charles McCarthy
JOKES
A drunk driver was stopped by an officer on the road. The officer, testing the drunk driver, asked the driver to say the alphabet starting with the letter “m”. The driver replied, “Malphabet.” One day the teacher asked a young girl, “Who signed the Declaration of Independence?” and of course, she didn’t know. The teacher asked her every day for a week but still, she couldn’t give the right answer. Finally, in desperation, he called the girl’s father to come and see him. He said to him, “Your girl won’t tell me who signed the Declaration of Independence.” The father said to his daughter, “Come here and sit down.” The girl duly did as she was told and then her dad said to her, “Now if you signed that stupid thing, just admit it so we can get out of here.” A little girl was sitting on her grandpa’s lap. She was stroking her grandpa’s cheek, and alternately stroking her own cheek, then his again. Finally, she spoke up, “Grandpa, did God make you?” “Yes, sweetheart,” he answered. “God made me a long time ago.” The little girl said, “God is getting better at it, isn’t She?” My wife accused me of being immature. So I kicked her out of my fort. What did the pig say on a hot day? “I’m bacon!”
INTERESTING FACTS
The Department of Interior allocates $63.8 million to clean up orphaned oil and gas wells on public lands. Flooding in Sylhet and other northeastern districts of Bangladesh between May and June of 2022 displaced an estimated 15 million people. Bangladesh suffered $3.72 billion dollars worth of economic losses due to climate change.
Between 1765 and 1938, Britain plundered almost $45 trillion from the India subcontinent.---Portside
Mexico continues to be one of the deadliest countries for environmentalists in the world.---Democracy Now
The U.S. has been at war nonstop since September 12, 2001. It's poured our taxpayer dollars -- an estimated $8 trillion of them -- down the sinkhole of those disastrous wars. The two biggest ones in Afghanistan and Iraq are officially over, though the U.S. still has 2,500 troops in Iraq.---Tom Dispatch
The U.S. is building ANOTHER Illegal Military Base In Syria. The U.S has 33 there already. WE MOURN THE DEATH OF DANIEL ELSBERG WHO HAD THE COURAGE TO TELL THE TRUTH OF THE ATROCITIES OF THE VIETNAM WAR. HE WAS A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR PEACE AND WROTE MANY BOOKS, INCLUDING THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS. You can read about the Pentagon Papers here: history.com/topics/vietnam-war/pentagon-papers
Thursday, July 20th noon to 1 p.m. Anti-Gun Vigil at Dunham Sports, 2707 N, 108th St.
If you'd like to join the action for release of Julian Assange: Contact Peace Action Milwaukee or call Ann Batiza at 414-238-3903
NOTES FROM 21ST STREET: I look out at the beautiful roses in my backyard. They are flourishing because of the rain we had. The weeds also are growing. I had planned to pull them out after the rain, but now I am unable to. The air quality is at 217 and is deemed very unhealthy. So I will stay inside. Fires are burning out of control in Canada. I worry about the people, the birds, the animals and the trees that are affected. If we ever needed to be reminded that we are all connected this event should do it. Whatever happens in another country, good or bad, will affect us. Therefore, we all need to live lightly on mother earth because nature has a wonderful way of restoring herself. The following is a portion of a reply by Chief Seattle to the US president in 1854 when he offered to buy a large area of Indian land. When possible, I used inclusive language. “Every part of this earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every clearing and humming insect is holy in the memory and experience of my people. The sap which courses through the trees carries the memories of the red man. Our dead never forget this beautiful earth, for it is the mother of the red man. We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumed flowers are our sister; the deer, the horse, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the juices in the meadows, the body heat of the pony, and man—all belong to the same family. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons and daughters of the earth. We did not weave the web of life: we are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.” May we all grow in our reverence and care of mother earth. Peace, Roberta
We want to let you know that there is a new worker at Casa Maria. His name is David. He is an EMT and just finished school at Marquette University.
We congratulate Tom Sitter, a long-time worker at Casa Maria. He will be 100 years old on August 16th this year. He wrote a great book called Costellos that we encourage you to read. Some of his stories and comedy can be found here: youtube.com/@kathysitter5094
The Uganda Catholic Worker is in dire need of funds. Please go to their Go Fund Me page. Thanks!
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We know that the military corporate entities never really cared about the well-being of the soldiers. The flag that the corporation’s CEOs pledge allegiance to is NOT the Stars and Stripes, but it is a flag that has their corporate logo on it. And they are NOT for us. Too many American military veterans are now physically, neurologically and/or spiritually dead or dying (often by suicide – 22 per day for active duty soldiers and veterans combined!). These once-gung-ho, now-wounded warriors were too easily seduced by the pseudo-patriotic jingoism coming from the “military-industrial complex” during the best years of their lives. And then they were sacrificed, not for American “democracy”, but for American capitalism and the money-hungry, pro-militarism, war-profiteering corporations (and their subservient politicians and presidents of both political parties) that cunningly waved the flag and dutifully wore the flag pins on their 3-piece suit coat lapels. The military continues to waste lives and resources with their military air shows. The military uses 15,120,000 gallons of fuel just for the hours spent training those pilots for the military fly-overs. The aviation industry says that JP-5 jet fuel costs 2-3 times more than automotive fuel. The post-combustion exhaust from jet engines is equally poisonous to air, water, soil animal, plant and all forms of aquatic life. -----Don Timmerman
“This Fast for Gospel Nonviolence, for Jesus’ Nonviolence, is a prayer and a plea that the Universal Church gather in Ecumenical Council in the not too distant future and declare once and for all that violence is not the Christian Way, and thereby disassociate Herself and Her membership forever from the xenophobic, nationalistic, jingoistic, tribalistic, parochial, ethnocentric, racist, bigoted, monster gods of violence and enmity, and from their brutal theologies and politics.” -----Emmanuel Charles McCarthy
JOKES
A drunk driver was stopped by an officer on the road. The officer, testing the drunk driver, asked the driver to say the alphabet starting with the letter “m”. The driver replied, “Malphabet.” One day the teacher asked a young girl, “Who signed the Declaration of Independence?” and of course, she didn’t know. The teacher asked her every day for a week but still, she couldn’t give the right answer. Finally, in desperation, he called the girl’s father to come and see him. He said to him, “Your girl won’t tell me who signed the Declaration of Independence.” The father said to his daughter, “Come here and sit down.” The girl duly did as she was told and then her dad said to her, “Now if you signed that stupid thing, just admit it so we can get out of here.” A little girl was sitting on her grandpa’s lap. She was stroking her grandpa’s cheek, and alternately stroking her own cheek, then his again. Finally, she spoke up, “Grandpa, did God make you?” “Yes, sweetheart,” he answered. “God made me a long time ago.” The little girl said, “God is getting better at it, isn’t She?” My wife accused me of being immature. So I kicked her out of my fort. What did the pig say on a hot day? “I’m bacon!”
INTERESTING FACTS
The Department of Interior allocates $63.8 million to clean up orphaned oil and gas wells on public lands. Flooding in Sylhet and other northeastern districts of Bangladesh between May and June of 2022 displaced an estimated 15 million people. Bangladesh suffered $3.72 billion dollars worth of economic losses due to climate change.
Between 1765 and 1938, Britain plundered almost $45 trillion from the India subcontinent.---Portside
Mexico continues to be one of the deadliest countries for environmentalists in the world.---Democracy Now
The U.S. has been at war nonstop since September 12, 2001. It's poured our taxpayer dollars -- an estimated $8 trillion of them -- down the sinkhole of those disastrous wars. The two biggest ones in Afghanistan and Iraq are officially over, though the U.S. still has 2,500 troops in Iraq.---Tom Dispatch
The U.S. is building ANOTHER Illegal Military Base In Syria. The U.S has 33 there already. WE MOURN THE DEATH OF DANIEL ELSBERG WHO HAD THE COURAGE TO TELL THE TRUTH OF THE ATROCITIES OF THE VIETNAM WAR. HE WAS A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR PEACE AND WROTE MANY BOOKS, INCLUDING THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS. You can read about the Pentagon Papers here: history.com/topics/vietnam-war/pentagon-papers
Thursday, July 20th noon to 1 p.m. Anti-Gun Vigil at Dunham Sports, 2707 N, 108th St.
If you'd like to join the action for release of Julian Assange: Contact Peace Action Milwaukee or call Ann Batiza at 414-238-3903
NOTES FROM 21ST STREET: I look out at the beautiful roses in my backyard. They are flourishing because of the rain we had. The weeds also are growing. I had planned to pull them out after the rain, but now I am unable to. The air quality is at 217 and is deemed very unhealthy. So I will stay inside. Fires are burning out of control in Canada. I worry about the people, the birds, the animals and the trees that are affected. If we ever needed to be reminded that we are all connected this event should do it. Whatever happens in another country, good or bad, will affect us. Therefore, we all need to live lightly on mother earth because nature has a wonderful way of restoring herself. The following is a portion of a reply by Chief Seattle to the US president in 1854 when he offered to buy a large area of Indian land. When possible, I used inclusive language. “Every part of this earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every clearing and humming insect is holy in the memory and experience of my people. The sap which courses through the trees carries the memories of the red man. Our dead never forget this beautiful earth, for it is the mother of the red man. We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumed flowers are our sister; the deer, the horse, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the juices in the meadows, the body heat of the pony, and man—all belong to the same family. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons and daughters of the earth. We did not weave the web of life: we are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.” May we all grow in our reverence and care of mother earth. Peace, Roberta