Liam Myers is a freelance writer and educator currently teaching at Iona University and with Sacred Heart Transformative Learning. You can find more of his writing on his Substack: no new ideas.
Gustavo Gutiérrez's lifework powerfully conveyed that spirituality must be connected to the material conditions of the people one is in community with. So I ask myself: Are you able to hear the prophets on the subway?
Like many others, we in the New York City Catholic Worker community do not know what to do in the midst of our heartbreak and deep sorrow for all lives lost in Israel and Palestine.
A group of Catholic activists blocked the entrance to the United States Mission to the United Nations in New York City on Nov. 30, drawing attention to its lack of participation in UN meetings discussing nuclear disarmament that week.
Every month, a Catholic group protests against a Planned Parenthood clinic in New York City. But other Catholics take part in what they call "clinic defense," to ensure those seeking care that day can enter the facility.