Mercy without borders :the Catholic Worker and immigration /Mark and Louise Zwick.

Book

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Community of Christ Library

Name/Title

Mercy without borders :the Catholic Worker and immigration /Mark and Louise Zwick.

Description

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. vii, 272 p. ;23 cm.

Book Details

Author

Zwick, Mark.

Place Published

City

Mahwah, N.J.

Date Published

circa 2010

Publication Subjects

Church work with immigrants--Catholic Church. Church work with immigrants--Texas--Houston. Immigrants--Services for. Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects--Catholic Church. Catholic Worker Movement. Zwick, Mark. Zwick, Louise.

Call No.

BX2347.8 .I46 Z85 2010

ISBN

9780809146895 (alk. paper), 0809146894 (alk. paper), 9780809146758 (alk. paper), 0809146754 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2010009727

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-272).