MANNA in the wilderness May 2008 The Newsletter of the Las Vegas Catholic Worker Volume 22, Number 3 Catholic Worker Movement: 75 Years! "The Catholic Worker movement celebrates it 75th birthday. It did not dissolve after Dorothy Day's passing in 1980. The seeds of the movement were planted in the most fertile and enduring soil--the daily practice of the works of mercy. The work itself is the tie that binds, sustains, unites and brings great joy." –Willa Bickham and Brendan Walsh, Baltimore Catholic Worker
by Gary Cavalier The Catholic Worker movement started on May 1, 1933 when co- founders Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin produced the first copy of the Catholic Worker newspaper and sold it in Union Square in New York for a penny a copy. In this newsletter we provide information on two new DVD's and two new books which focus on Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement. At the end of each article is information on where to order the DVD or book. We will also have copies available at the Catholic Worker to borrow. In April, Mark Kelso moved into the Catholic Worker house. He has been cooking the soup on Saturday mornings for many years and is a member of the Third Order of the Carmelites. Mark is also studying Religious Studies at Regis University. The DVD of Sarah Melici's one- lights of my lifetime. Without her We mourn the passing of Fr. person play, Fool for Christ: The courage and constancy, the church James Swenson , Pastor of St. Story of Dorothy Day is now avail- (and myself) would have been im- Bridget's Roman Catholic Church in able. Sarah performed her play in poverished beyond my power of tell- downtown Las Vegas. Fr. Swenson Las Vegas seven years ago for the ing. We need not mourn her death: was very generous to our ministry Las Vegas Catholic Worker's 15th in this monologue, passionate, funny and he had a big heart for "God's anniversary. In the play Sarah dis- and heartfelt, Dorothy lives. Sarah poor". cusses Peter Maurin, co-founder Melici has graced us with a splen- Since March, parishoners of St. with Day of the Catholic Worker did evening. I can think of no greater John Neumann have been making Newspaper and Movement, her praise, Fool for Christ is worthy of about 100 sack lunches every daughter,Tamar; Forster Batterham, the original Dorothy." Thursday which we have been her common law husband and many For further information, the giving out to day laborers around the others. website is www.foolforchrist.com or neighborhood. Daniel Berrigan, SJ, poet and call (732) 345-0573. This August the Las Vegas activist writes: "Fool for Christ To order the DVD send a check Catholic Worker will celebrate 22 brings to the stage the story of a or money order for $19.99 per DVD years of service to the poor and woman whose folly immeasurably plus $5 shipping to: Sarah Melici, 28 homeless citizens of this city. Thank surpassed the wisdom of this world. Riverside Ave. #7L, Red Bank, NJ you for your generous support over Dorothy Day was one of the guiding 07701. these many years.
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