- I. , ~ I ·...·- ;.· I ~-;;:, CATHOLIC.. < .. Subacription1 Vol. XVII No. 3 September, 1950 25c Per Year Price lo · 1ns~ne Will Triumph CHR1ST On Pilgrimage By ROBERT LUDLOW thcWo.. kmafl By DOROTHY DAY With the growing monism of our times we are confronted - There is a great deal of laughing at each other around the with compelling evidence of the futility of the pacifist and Catholic Worker. And we don't agree with each other either~ libertarian positions.. The triumph of the concrete, of the ex­ There is no party line, Peter Maurin used to'say. We are all ternal world, of popular materialism,· makes any ·appear to Catholics, here at our New York headquarters, and while transcendental values incomprehensible to the majority. The real world is conceived of as,._____________ _ there is true unity at the altar rail, and also in our acceptance 1 in prin«iple of voluntary poverty measurable in terms of results, re­ and the works of mercy as part sults that are apparent and ac­ and parcel of our Christian life. knowledged and evident. Father Mott Street SUmmer Hl·11 (some put into practice this prin- Keller, of Notre Dame, upholds There is nothing so paralyzing By. IRENE NAUGHTON ciple better than others) there ls capitalism because he is satisfied as this deep freeze feeling of nos­ always difference of opinion about with the economic results' of talgia as I contemplate our drastic In the Green Revolution it is war and peace and the use of cap~talism-he becomes thereby a move from Mott street to Chrystie good to remember the Italian prov­ force to defend one's country and Marxist without the Marxian thirst change the world. Officially we street. Our quarters are 110 erb that "the best is the enemy for justice. America and Common­ cramped on Mott street that I had of the good." If we· cannot do a are a Catholic pacifist paper and weal, while recognizing the moral to cq_me down here to Chinatown's thing the best way, we often sulk generally accepted as such. Actu­ difficulties apparent in supporting Church of Transfiguration to mull and sink into a lethargy, and re­ ally, there are not many pacifists war, nevertheless capitulate to the over a few items for this last fuse to do it at all. We are not among us. Bob and Irene and I demands of the "real" world and column. But even in this house humble enough to go towards our are pacifists and call ourselves from the standpoint of utility sup­ of God you are not emancipated goal step by step. We want to be such. Tom does not. And yet Tom port the war in Korea. The French from the grinding noises of the gods in the old proud, pagan sense, may be more pacifist in his be­ t;ardinals condemn atomic war street. Especially the juke box. forgetting that the God of Chris­ haviour than Bob. Fr. O'Connor and the Pope points out that mod­ recordings of. ten and twenty years tianity is the Suffering Servant, of Dunwoodie Seminary, theolo­ ern war involves the slaying of ago that fasten their cloying Jesus, whose life was full of humil­ gian of the diocese, is supposed the innocent. And yet the ·conclu­ fingers upon you with their futile ity, hard work and contradictions. to have said, "It is as much as your sions from these observations have attempt to recapture things past. When we first begin to love life life is worth to argue about paci­ not been forthcoming. In all prob­ As my eyes wander around this on the land, it appears to us as a fism at the CW." ability the majority of Catholics dear old familiar church with its combination of the Garden of Eden I personallY stand in back of will be counselled to submit to numerous statues I couldn't help Fasting and and the- communities of the first everything Bob Ludlow writes, the demands of the State, to par­ but realize all the sweet things Christians. At last the possibility though his way of expressing him­ ticipate in what we theoretically this church has meant to us in our seems to draw near to us of living self is at times peculiar, to say the deplore. Because of the demands little world. At one time or an­ Picketing in the beautiful countryside, of least. I don't think the majority of the "real" world. other all of us Catholic Workers By AMMON HENNACY being free men, and like all men of our readers know what he ls who see a vision, we want it at talking about when he says, "The Enemy Of CbrlA have prayed here down through the years. Peter Maurin was Before the Korean War I had once. The trouble is that many compulsion to revolt is explained The "real" world then Is the buried from here. Other mem­ told the- TreasUfY man Ca Catholic men and women spend their liv,..s as a manifestation of the libido.'" enemy of Christ, It .la what He bers of the group were mafl'ied wbcl th g: .....~ ~ intm~ some dream, As I read it over this morning meant when He referred to the here. Some of the group's chil­ WORKER was a Cemmunist paper) muddlihg through the day's work, before sending copy to the printer. world, when He stated that He dren baptized, confirmed an"d re­ who was here trying to garnishee and neglecting tlli! possibilities, I thought of something Irene said. and His disciples were not of this ceived their First Communion in my wages from the day work I did the actual ·graces, that are right at yesterday on her way home from world. That He gave a peace other this same church. Many of us among farmer!i, that I was going to hand. On the other hand, others Mass . than that given by the world. For made good use of the confessionals picket his office on Aug. 7th the work hard, but grow bitter, be­ . "Human nature is passionate the peace of the world is the mock also. Priest :"fiends such as Father Fifth Anniversary of the A-Bomb. cause things do not go smoothly. and demands violence," she said. peace of commerce and disappears Clarence Duffy, Father Roy, When Dave Dellinger and ' others There is a story told of St. Cath­ "Those who espouse the celibate as the interests of commerce are Father Carrabine, Father Meenan commenced thefr two week fast I erine of Siena, that she had a life are very likely to find them~ better furthered by a war economy. and Father Hessler have said Mass wrote him that although I was un­ vision in which Our Lord embrac­ selves constantly tempted toward The peace of Christ is interior and here for us. Charlie O'Rourke used sympathetic with his World Citi­ ed her, and that she prayed that anger. Hence they must struggle when it manifests itself externally to pay his daily_ visit and make zen emphasis, I would fast and she might die and go to heaven for sweetness of soul and cheer­ it makes for the society of the the Way of the Cross since there picket for five days commencing at once. But Our Lord rebuked fulness of temperament. Otherwise tneek who are to inherit the earth. are no steps leading up to this August 7th from my anti-tax her for being selfish, and reminded they will make themselves and The American society ls hardly church. And it was in this place Christian Anarchist viewpoint. her of the work. that she had to everybody around them miserable, that of the meek-therefore the that we attended Charlie's month's According to the Gandhian tech­ do. So it is with our natural vi­ and bltterness and misanthropy ultimate defeat rests wltll the mind Mass said by Father Neil nique of goodwill and frankness I sions and dreams; they are given will characterize t h e i r ·vocation. American government. To those Boyton. During the bitter cold wrote to the City Manager and to to sustain and inspire us. But we The violence and energy of our (Continued on page 2) <Continued on page 3) the T man telling them of my ex­ (Continued on page 7) (Continued on page 2) tended plans. I also wrote 94 in­ ~...,-~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~~~ dividual letters to e very prlest, preacher, Morm·on 1 e a d er and Definition of Poverty other religious leaders in P.hoenix The Keys Jo Knowledge telling them of my fast. I quoted By J ACK ENGLISH ' By WILLIAM GAUCHAT "The fervent prayer of a righteous "What a fine place Christ said: "The poor you have man availeth much," and asked One of the undisputable marks the idea of the apostolate of the this world would be always with you." them that if their prayerli. were of of Truth is that beauty will be factories and mines was conceived if Roman Catholics St. Francis loved poverty, and this quality they would help me in linked with it, linked in such a she entered into her lonely life tried to keep up with the courtesy "Qf a troubadour acting with wlsdom during my five fashion that our intellects will be with the worker in his factory and with St. Francis of Assisi." regarded Lady Poverty as his love­ days. I had one reply from a focused more readily on the real­ in his mine, and on his farm. She (Peter Maurin). ly mistress.