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Catholic Worker Movement

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Catholic Worker Kicks Out the Jams for the Homeless

    Jam will be flowing at the Catholic Worker's Isaiah House in Santa Ana Saturday.So will jams.The neighborhood homeless shelter is combining an event where jam is made for the homeless and jams are made by jazz musicians whose music will be playing.

  • Columns

    January 26, 2012

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    Jam will be flowing at the Catholic Worker's Isaiah House in Santa Ana Saturday.So will jams.The neighborhood homeless shelter is combining an event where jam is made for the homeless and jams are made by jazz musicians whose music will be playing.

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Esther Adler Shares Her Tragedies at Catholic Worker to Help Others Dealing with Their Own

    ​And you thought you had it rough: Esther Adler was physically abused by a family member from age 3 and forced into becoming a caregiver to her handicapped mother at age 8. She ran away from her ultra-conservative Jewish family but was later "married off" at 18 to a controlling, abusive husban ... More >>

  • News

    June 23, 2011

    100 Reasons to Be Ecstatic About Summer In OC!

    Summer here is bliss, better than anyplace else in the States

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Jan Meslin and Lee Marie Sanchez, Local Unitarian-Universalist Activists, To Appear in Phoenix Court for Anti-SB1070 Protest

    ​After the Catholic Worker, my favorite batch of religious folks are the various Unitarian-Universalist (UU) congregations in Orange County. I've spoken at the Fellowship at Laguna Beach, will speak at Tapestry in Mission Viejo next weekend, and have long-haunted the Anaheim congregation. They are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    How a Charitable Person Mistook a Seal Beach Family Camping Out for Black Friday as Homeless and Gave Them a Full Thanksgiving Dinner

    Nice meal if you can get it...​I spent the Sunday after Christmas at Isaiah House, the base for the Orange County Catholic Worker, one of the biggest batch of mensches in Orange County. The chica and I arrived shortly after they had just prepared a free meal for anyone who needed it, and given the ... More >>

  • News

    September 2, 2010

    Killer Quince

    Happy Quinceañera to us! A look back at 15 years of telling the other side (that is, the real side) of OC's story

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Santa Ana Civic Center's New Solution to the Homeless Problem

    UPDATE: After hearing the Catholic Workers concerns, Santa Ana city officials contacted the contractor who agreed to move the fence between the benches and the grass. Ta da!Have a seat.​Santa Ana's Civic Center is picking on the homeless again, according to Orange County's best Catholic, Dwight Sm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Rally Tonight Opposes Obama and Town-Hall Criers in Health-Care Debate

    All for one and one for OC Healthcare for All.​OC Healthcare for All and other groups peeved about the current health-care debate march to the Ronald Reagan Federal Building in downtown Santa Ana tonight and rally in support of the following message:Both sides--the ones personified by President Ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2009

    Rick Warren is a Big, Fat Coward

    So Purpose Driven® Rick Warren is blaming his no-show on the ABC news program This Week because he sniffed too many fumes at the pulpit? Is this the beginning to a bad Catholic joke? And Warren is still insisting that every culture in human history has defined marriage as between a man and a woman, ... More >>

  • Columns

    April 9, 2009

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] Does Only Bart Simpson Say '¡Ay, Caramba!'?

    So Purpose Driven® Rick Warren is blaming his no-show on the ABC news program This Week because he sniffed too many fumes at the pulpit? Is this the beginning to a bad Catholic joke? And Warren is still insisting that every culture in human history has defined marriage as between a man and a woman, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2008

    Gustavo KPFK Show, Part II--Preview and Review

    www.centerfortruth.org*Updated, with new info on the bottom...Gracias to those of you who listened last week to my debut on KPFK-FM 90.7 and left supportive comments (rest of you can listen to the archived version here; scroll down to "Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, 4:03 p.m. and click "Play"--never mind ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2008

    Tim Carpenter: Back With a Vengeance

    “I haven't seen you since 1988,” Tim Carpenter says with astonishment as he finally recognizes the progressive activist whose hand he's been shaking during a brief break between a press conference and rally for Democratic candidates at the Teamsters Local 952 union hall in Orange last Friday. B ... More >>

  • Features

    June 19, 2008

    Notes From a Gayer-Than-Usual Tuesday at the Old Courthouse in Santa Ana

    “I haven't seen you since 1988,” Tim Carpenter says with astonishment as he finally recognizes the progressive activist whose hand he's been shaking during a brief break between a press conference and rally for Democratic candidates at the Teamsters Local 952 union hall in Orange last Friday. B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2008

    Gay Marriage Day today in OC - Now With Video!

    There were just a few couples waiting to get married this morning at the old historic courthouse in downtown Santa Ana, but by 9 a.m.—an hour after the county clerk/recorder's office opened—what had been a trickle had turned into a flood. The occasion, of course, was the first hour that same-sex ... More >>

  • Film

    May 15, 2008

    Special Screenings

    There were just a few couples waiting to get married this morning at the old historic courthouse in downtown Santa Ana, but by 9 a.m.—an hour after the county clerk/recorder's office opened—what had been a trickle had turned into a flood. The occasion, of course, was the first hour that same-sex ... More >>

  • Film

    April 17, 2008

    [Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Una Historia Adolescente en el Medio de la Nada,' More

    There were just a few couples waiting to get married this morning at the old historic courthouse in downtown Santa Ana, but by 9 a.m.—an hour after the county clerk/recorder's office opened—what had been a trickle had turned into a flood. The occasion, of course, was the first hour that same-sex ... More >>

  • Film

    February 14, 2008

    [Special Screenings] Where to see La Strada, Labyrinth, more

    There were just a few couples waiting to get married this morning at the old historic courthouse in downtown Santa Ana, but by 9 a.m.—an hour after the county clerk/recorder's office opened—what had been a trickle had turned into a flood. The occasion, of course, was the first hour that same-sex ... More >>

  • Film

    January 17, 2008

    Special Screenings

    Movie of the Week: New Year Baby

  • Columns

    December 7, 2006

    Commie Girl

    Everyone Has AIDS! (AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS, AIDS!)

  • Columns

    October 5, 2006

    Commie Girl

    A Simple Story: If you lived here, youd be homeless by now

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2006

    Requiescat in Pace, IVth Amendment

    FOURTH AMENDMENT: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to b ... More >>

  • News

    February 2, 2006

    Un-Made in Mexico

    Sex, drugs and the American flag: The true tale of an Orange County family

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2006

    Politics

    Sex, drugs and the American flag: The true tale of an Orange County family

  • Columns

    April 7, 2005

    Welcome to Pope Week!

    Now love it or leave it

  • News

    February 3, 2005

    You Cant Count On Me

    As homeless gather for census dinner, county officials are out to lunch

  • Features

    November 25, 2004

    Scoring the Quiz

    As homeless gather for census dinner, county officials are out to lunch

  • Culture

    September 30, 2004

    A Walk on the Not So Wild Side

    Rude Guerrillas annoy when they should be entertaining

  • Columns

    September 16, 2004

    Eight Days

    Rude Guerrillas annoy when they should be entertaining

  • News

    March 11, 2004

    I Am a Terrorist: I Teach

    A radicals journey from thin mints to the classroom

  • News

    December 11, 2003

    Homeless For The Holidays

    A radicals journey from thin mints to the classroom

  • Columns

    December 11, 2003

    The Barkeeps Keeper

    A radicals journey from thin mints to the classroom

  • Columns

    November 6, 2003

    The Plight of Dwight

    A radicals journey from thin mints to the classroom

  • News

    April 11, 2002

    'Jesus, Remeber Me?'

    Homeless kids spend Good Friday in shadow of Santa Anas Glamour Slammer

  • Features

    August 9, 2001

    Active Eats

    And its one, two, threewhat are we dining for?

  • Culture

    July 5, 2001

    Food Not Bombs

    Rocking, rolling and water guns

  • Features

    December 28, 2000

    In the Name of the Father

    Growing up Wiley Drake Jr.

  • Features

    December 14, 2000

    Happy Homeless Christmas

    Growing up Wiley Drake Jr.

  • Columns

    November 16, 2000

    I Voted For George W. Bush!

    And now Im loving Charlies Angels!

  • News

    March 23, 2000

    The Importance of Being Tim

    Carpenter honored for cobbling together OCs peace and justice movement

  • Columns

    December 2, 1999

    Neutral and Unbiased Girl

    Taking a whack at this newfangled objective thing

  • Columns

    May 27, 1999

    Lock Our Asses Up!

    And hey! Why not free Ireland while youre at it?

  • Columns

    May 27, 1999

    Kicked in the Balkans

    And hey! Why not free Ireland while youre at it?

  • Columns

    January 21, 1999

    Look What the Cats Dragged In

    Animal rights, A Civil Action and other teenage drivel

  • Columns

    December 31, 1998

    Good God, Y'all!

    Just another day for you and me in paradise

  • Columns

    October 8, 1998

    The Straight Guy at the Gay Pool Party

    And other tales from the political season

  • Columns

    October 8, 1998

    Letters

    And other tales from the political season

  • Columns

    September 17, 1998

    Let Jerry Speak!

    And let me perform reparative therapy on the drag queens!

  • News

    August 13, 1998

    Three Strikes Stinks!

    Death, taxes and the self-inflicted stupidity of Three Strikes

  • Columns

    August 13, 1998

    Bowling for Dullards

    Scowling, butt-grinding guy is on the loose

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