In their book Beyond Homelessness, authors Steven Bouma-Prediger and Brian J. Walsh claim that homelessness "is a matter of 'placelessness' " where one lacks a sense of connection, identity and love.
Martha Hennessy was sentenced Nov. 13 to 10 months in prison for breaking into Kings Bay Naval Base in Georgia two years ago to protest its stockpile of nuclear weapons.
Patrick O'Neill, who together with the Rev. Stephen Kelly, cut a padlock to Kings Bay Naval Base in Georgia to protest its stockpile of hundreds of Trident nuclear weapons two years ago, was sentenced Oct. 16 to 14 months in federal prison.
Commentary: In October four years ago, hundreds of Catholic Workers and fellow travelers converged on Nevada from points around the globe. "What was the spectacle that drew you into the wilderness?" Jesus once asked.
Perspective: I sit here holding out my bottle of hand sanitizer, and our guests in the food line shuffle past me to receive cleansing: dirty hands, clean pink hands, open hands as if begging to be sanitized.
Just Catholic: We cannot have any expectation of ordinary pre-pandemic Masses soon, but the tease of guidelines and statements raises a false hope. And the minimal input of women to reopening plans is obvious.
Day "understood how to live an authentic life," says filmmaker Martin Doblmeir. With "Revolution of the Heart," he hopes to bring her to a wider audience at a time when she's needed more than ever.
Grace on the Margins: In less than four years, Benincasa Community has turned a former convent into a home for progressive Catholics, activists and those in need. They have developed a Catholic lay formation program and have attracted dozens of New York City's millennials to their monthly prayer service and luncheon. But their future may be in jeopardy.
NCR Today: I jumped in with both feet, offering to edit articles as they came in. The only wrinkle: the topic had already been selected, authors invited, and I knew nothing about being transgender.
