Casa Maria, Author at Casa Maria Soup Kitchen

Archbishop Oscar Romero (15 August 1917 – 24 March 1980)

Casa Maria March 23, 2015

< 1 min readThis week marks the 35th anniversary of the martyrdom of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador. “His love of people who were poor, his faithfulness to the Gospel, led him to confront the people who had become captive to their own wealth and power. Risking his life day after day, he spoke out and walked with his people. Romero gave living witness to what it means to hate the life of the world. His life became a walking, talking profession of faith. Nothing could have ben more fitting than his martyrdom during the eucharistic celebration that proclaims the death and

Needed: Someone to articulate a new vision for economic justice for Pima County (TREO, the Southern Arizona Leadership Council, and the Downtown partnership need not apply)

Casa Maria March 19, 2015

3 min read(Chuck Huckelberry, County Administrator) By Brian Flagg, My feeling is that any and all of you concerned with the Liberation of the People owe it to yourself to read Inside Tucson Business. Seriously. How else are you going to know what the enemy (it’s nothing personal,) is thinking and doing? They did a little blurb (ITB, March 6, 2015) entitled: County Administrator Releases Economic Plan for Public Comment Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry has released a draft of the Pima County Economic Development Plan, 2015-2017. The plan details 13 strategies and 92 specific actions the county proposes to pursue to

THANKS TO AWASA FOR…

Casa Maria March 18, 2015

< 1 min read

PADRE JUAN ELIAS

Casa Maria March 16, 2015

2 min readBy Brian Flagg, We’ve got this soulful, humble and very spiritual young Chicano priest from San Jose, Califas at Santa Cruz Parish (really! at Santa Cruz Parish!) His name is Padre Juan Elias and the vato really inspires me. Over my almost two decades of attending masses there, on occasion I’ve been challenged or gained some insights from homilies by some extremely lame priests. The good thing about being Catholic is that it’s not about how good the priest is or isn’t, it’s about being there for that hour linked to all the other sisters and brothers who make up

HOMELESSNESS POVERTY & HUMAN SUFFERING IN TUCSON

Casa Maria March 11, 2015

< 1 min readBy Brian Flagg, Contrary to what the media promotes, the issue ain’t John McLane. Yes, he was stupid and he got busted for pot. And he has some big skeletons in his closet. The real issue is that all those dream pods in the downtown streets have raised the issue of the sin of massive poverty, homelessness and human suffering to the front burner of people’s consciousness. It has forced our Bishop to try to deal with it. It has forced Peggy Hutchison, Director of Primavera Foundation to come to a meeting and inform the community that in spite of

TERROR ATTACKS IN PARIS: ANGER & SOLIDARITY

Casa Maria March 9, 2015

8 min read This is reprinted from the February 2015 Catholic Agitator, the newsletter of the Los Angeles Catholic Worker. _________________ Each of these drone attacks are worse than the attacks in Paris. Yet we act as if the attacks in Paris were somehow unrelated to this drone warfare. TERROR ATTACKS IN PARIS: ANGER & SOLIDARITY The following is an interview with Blase Bonpane, longtime social justice, human rights, and peace activist. Blase is Director of the Office of the Americas, which he co-founded with his wife Theresa in 1983. He is a former Maryknoll priest, author of several books, and host

MARIA AGUIRRE

Casa Maria March 5, 2015

2 min readMaria Aguirre is the mom of Casa Maria’s Cesar Aguirre (little Cesar), grandma of Alissa and Jasmine, and wife of Cesar Aguirre (big Cesar). Recently she moved here for about three months, to provide much needed help in the Free Kitchen. She has been a real inspiration, and her tacos dorados are to die for! Here are her words! _________ Que Ondas Brian, Thank you for your letter. It is wonderful to turn 60, but what do I know I’m 10 years behind you. I really do understand about your knee pain (ouch!) You shared a bit of what you

COMPASSION AND GENEROSITY TOWARD THE SUFFERING

Casa Maria March 4, 2015

3 min readThis story by Eric Debode, fellow Catholic Worker is dedicated to the homeless residents of SAFE PARK and Councilman Steve Kozachik and his colleagues on the City Council, for NOT ACCEPTING THE STATUS QUO and instead trying to find short and long term solutions to inequality and human suffering on the mean streets of Tucson and America. HALF MOON BAY CATHOLIC WORKER COMPASSION AND GENEROSITY TOWARD THE SUFFERING February 2015 by ERIC DEBODE On Christmas Eve morning one of our regular guests, Madelia, called me to tell me that she had been in the hospital the night before

BLAMING IT ALL ON THE POOR PEOPLE…

Casa Maria March 2, 2015

3 min readHumberto Lopez Owner of Hotel and HSL Properties Hotel Downtown By Brian Flagg, I just got my new National Catholic Reporter (2-27-2015) and was enjoying the front page article about how Pope Francis challenged the hell out of 160 cardinals from around the world during a homily at a Mass on February 15. He told them that the credibility of the Church rests entirely on how Christians serve those marginalized by society. “Dear brothers”, Francis told the cardinals, “I urge you to serve the church in such a way that Christians – edified by our witness – will not

GUEST SPEAKER AT SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY

Casa Maria February 26, 2015

2 min read By: Gilberto Contreras I have been honored by a professor in the gender and women’s studies department of San Diego State University to speak in his graduate class about my involvement in the Raza Studies Movement. Being a gender and women’s studies class, many of my favorite feminist activist authors are talked about. The ideas of Gloria Anzaldua, Audre Lorde, and Cherrie Moraga supplied the content for this class. Theory in the Flesh was the main topic from last Friday. Theory in the Flesh, coined by Cherrie Moraga states “A theory in the flesh means one where the physical realities

NEED HELP PAYING YOUR RENT OR BILLS? CLICK HERE FOR RESOURCES

CASA MARIA
SOUP KITCHEN

Voces de Casa Maria