Mercy without borders: the Catholic Worker and immigration
From El Salvador to the Houston Catholic Worker -- Just read the lives of the saints : Casa Juan Diego begins -- Why Juan Diego? a saint for nobodies -- Can the works of mercy be illegal? -- Casa Juan Diego rises from the ashes -- Oh, freedom! -- God will say, "where are the others?" -- &q...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Mahwah, N.J
Paulist Press
c2010
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| In: | Year: 2010 |
| IxTheo Classification: | RG Pastoral care |
| Further subjects: | B
Zwick, Louise
B Zwick, Mark B Immigrants Services for B Emigration and immigration Religious aspects Catholic Church B Catholic Worker Movement B Church work with immigrants (Texas) (Houston) B Church work with immigrants Catholic Church |
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| Summary: | From El Salvador to the Houston Catholic Worker -- Just read the lives of the saints : Casa Juan Diego begins -- Why Juan Diego? a saint for nobodies -- Can the works of mercy be illegal? -- Casa Juan Diego rises from the ashes -- Oh, freedom! -- God will say, "where are the others?" -- "Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing" -- Escaping violence, only to find it again -- Their bones will rise again -- Deportation is a sin -- Christ did not die for profit -- Angel's story : "I almost suffocated in the trailer" -- Afterword : "how did you get that way?" -- Appendix 1 : FAQs: the truth about Casa Juan Diego -- Appendix 2 : houses of hospitality (albergues) in Mexico and Guatemala |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-272) |
| Physical Description: | vii, 272 p, 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8091-4689-5 0-8091-4689-4 978-0-8091-4675-8 0-8091-4675-4 |
