Summer/Advent Newspaper 2017 - Cherith Brook Catholic Worker
Summer/Advent Newspaper 2017 - Cherith Brook Catholic Worker
C A T H O L I C W O R K E R Summer/Advent 2017
So E lijah did according to the word of the L ord; he went and lived by the C herith Brookand the ravens brought him bread I KINGS
Continued from Page 1 Divesting of our material leads to fearing or regretting the many important outcomes.
follows the Spirit of God. The wealth and social collateral is dullness of life, read Matthew For one thing, they create
Spirit pushes him into deserts one way to claim the abundance 6:25-34 or Br. Lawrence. If while the opportunity to establish
or storms the seas around of the Divine Life. We need scrubbing pots and pans you feral hives in nature outside
him. The Spirit of God leads to practice greater economic wish you were doing something of human shenanigans. They
Jesus as she invites him to foolishness as a living parable sexier or more radical, read also diversify the gene pool,
banquet halls and kicks him out of the richness of our inter- Jesus wilderness temptation or strengthening future hives.
of synagogues, thrusting him dependence in Christ. Dorothy Days journals. At other times it is better,
among both amiable and hostile frankly, for weak hive to die.
crowds. Even to the end, Jesus Pray without ceasing Swarming matters Ultimately, swarms remind
follows her from the charismatic In washing, drying, hanging, Swarms are an amazing us that, no matter how much
entry into Jerusalem to the folding, sorting, hoeing, pulling, phenomenon of bee life and work is invested in a hive, we
humiliation of his cross. thinning, weeding, watering, nothing gets a beekeeper more are not really in control.
Woven into the egalitarian dumping, turning, spreading, animated. A swarm happens At one point we dreamed
and servant life of Jesus is scrubbing, sweeping, wiping, when a queen decides to leave a and wrote a lot about roots and
the conviction that folks flushing, dusting, mopping, hive. Secreting her pheromone stability. I still dream for such
deserve to be treated with chopping, rinsing, stirring, on the way out, the queen things, but lately I have come
equal dignity, their gifts and mixing, fixing, replacing, invites a huddle of worker bees to accept that, like bee swarms,
presence received by all, and cleaning, emptying, filling, to escort her on her journey. If community leavings are
to be given their place at the hauling, raking, shoveling, the the conditions are right, a new, ultimately good. It is a natural
podium of our life together. Catholic Worker way is to see feral hive will be established in process for folks to come and
Its not simply a question and claim the divine life when some hollowed tree or a lucky go, although even the best
of how to welcome the gifts surrounded by the mundane. beekeeper will catch it. leavings can be accompanied
of those who have been left It calls us to explore the God Hives swarm when they get with feelings of tension, loss,
out; we must constantly incarnate in the unremarkable crowded, when old queens are sadness and introspection
be looking to acknowledge events of everyday. If we rush making way for new ones or all healthy but hard.
leadership in places we have through the now to get to some when young queens dont want to Like swarms, I believe God
been conditioned to overlook future event, we have potentially risk a fight. Sometimes swarms uses mobility to create new
or to notice when we have missed that divine-mundane. oer relief to an overcrowded communities where none
arrogantly pushed our way to The Biblical expression to pray hive; other times they weaken an existed, to send out new leaders
the head of the line. Leading without ceasing can be a chance already impotent one. into new vocations and to give
and following well is a dance. to do every act and experience We beekeepers love to brag stale communities a fresh start.
every moment as prayer. about catching swarms, but we And, though not all closings are
Release When sorting clothing hate to see our hives diminished a sign of a problem, God can
When communities give donations brings boredom, by this self-imposed eviction. close communities when things
into the pressure to become isolation or wishing that your life We like to think we can are diseased or infested. Ive
bigger, more eective, more was more exciting and meaningful, prevent, predict or redirect a come to accept that through
bureaucratic, more successful read Jean-Pierre de Caussade or hive that is showing the signs, these cycles of comings and
by the standards of dominant Kathleen Norris. When mopping although by then it is often goings we learn about sin and
culture, then its time to give the floor for the hundredth time too late. But swarms have grace, redemption and hope.
more things away. Downward
mobility is a solution for the
church in our post-Christian
world. Where Christians have
Once Upon a Time Where the
by Jared
consumed more than our
Once upon a time, quite some time ago
Sidewalk Ends
share and stued our bellies
full, where we have justified I hadnt had a shower or no place to go. by Jennifer Wake
endowments, glorified Where the sidewalk ends and the road begins
I stayed in the trees, Are the doors to Cherith Brook.
in our buildings projects, battling mosquitoes and the bees
inflated sta salaries and And with some encouragement,
expensive programming for Where the sidewalk ends and the road begins
I fell to my knees. I found Jesus out of a book.
the comfortable, we must
call for renunciation. As the I met a fine lad, I wanted what he had.
institutional church continues Where the sidewalk ends and the road begins
He showed me the ways of Christians, I got a brand new look.
to flounder, I believe God is now I cherish good, and let go of the bad.
helping us divest when we were
not willing to do it ourselves. Sometimes Im smiling and sometimes I pout! Where the sidewalk ends and the road begins
We need a new call to But one things for sure, Cherith Brook, I hope you can drive down the road
voluntary poverty--to work for I leave with a smile and thats no doubt! instead of walk.
free and with a free conscience.
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Inspiration
by NaNa
The Myth is that
Storms have to do with punishments.
I am that flower.
THANK YOU!
A special thank you to the local businesses
who regularly donate to us.
April 2008:
- (2nd call from Nick Pick)
- Sarah Cool and Izabelle (daughter) move in
May 2008:
- Host Faith and Resistance Retreat
(Immigration focus, Eric arrested!)
June 2008:
-Burmese refugee families moves in
September 2008:
- (3rd call from Nick Pick)
October 2008:
- Raymond Scott moves in
- Nick Pickrell and Micah Waters move
in for only 3 months
November 2008:
- Started hosting Womens Day once
a month
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April 2011:
- Tuck point and paint building
May 2011:
- Host midwest Catholic Worker Gathering,
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arrested include: Jodi, Eric,
Elisabeth, Josh, MicahandNick
June 2011:
- Sarah moves to Atlanta
- Bees move in!
- Allison Rozga and Sophia
Reed move in
September 2011:
- Micah & Taryn get married
- Carol Harr and Jeffrey New move in
2011
January 2010:
2010 2012
January 2012:
- Receive 6 non-interest loans to pay - Roland Smith moves in
off the bank
March 2012:
March 2010: - Brian Straussberger interns
- Gary & Tims apartment burn
- Chickens move in! - Lonnie arrives
September 2010:
- Elisabeth moves in
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February 2013:
- Lonnie Welch moves in
- Katherine Ebling interns
March 2013:
- Mural installed
- Sean Ferguson interns
- Chickens get a fence and house
- Gary gets new apartment
April 2013:
- Josh and Elisabeth Armfield get
married and move to Sweden February 2015:
- Rodney and Caleb Madison
June 2013: move in
- Participate in first KC Garden Tour
June 2015:
September 2013: - Olivia Paschal and Micah
- Nick moves out Chrismann intern
August 2015:
- Austin Dey and Kimberly
Hunter intern
2013 2015
2014
May 2014:
- Caleb Madison, Theo Kyser and
Nicole Linnemann and Melanie
Kowalski intern
June 2014:
- Pay off all non-interest loans!
- Dickey Stogsdill moves in
September 2014:
-Nick Pickrell and Sarah Dunne
get married
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January 2017:
- A group travels to Washington, D.C. for
the Womens March Shower
May 2017:
- Virginia Davis moves in
Needs
July 2017: Socks, Socks, Socks
- Grace and Ben Parker Sutter move in Tennis Shoes (esp. mens 9-15)
August 2017: Jeans & Belts (30-34; 4-6)
- Allison moves out Boxers & Panties (S & M; 4-7)
October 2017: Cold/Flu Medicine
- Celebrate 10 years with barbecue! Cough drops
Winter Coats
Hats and Gloves
Shampoo & Conditioner
Body Wash/Shower Gel
Deodorant
Razors & Toothbrushes
Foot Powder
Tampons & Pads
2017
Ibuprofen
Chapstick
Antibiotic Cream
Cherith Brook
Catholic Worker
3308 East 12th Street
Kansas City, MO 64127
(816) 241-8047
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