[Discuss] Updates from the Romero Catholic Worker house

[Robert Waldrop]

OKC Catholic Worker newspaper
We are no longer printing and mailing our tabloid newspaper, the OKC 
Catholic Worker. (Reasons are "money and time", as in "more requests for 
help, less donations", which seems to be a common story these days). So 
we are adapting as the society around us devolves. Now we are producing 
a legal-size monthly newsletter which we primarily distribute in the 
bags of groceries we deliver each month, and it is directed at those 
whom we accompany in their journeys of poverty.  We are linking PDF's 
online at our website, www.justpeace.org . The most recent (February 
2010) is at http://www.justpeace.org/okccathworkerfeb2010.pdf .  
Christmas 2009 -- 
http://www.justpeace.org/okccathworkerchristmas2009.pdf .  January 2010 
-- http://www.justpeace.org/okccathworkerjan2010.pdf.  We aren't mailing 
any out but folks should feel free to print their own copy and make 
copies to give to others if they so desire.

Jesus Prayer
We're inviting folks to pray the Jesus Prayer during Lent -- "Lord Jesus 
Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner." I've written music for 
it if folks want to sing it -- http://www.justpeace.org/jesusprayer.pdf 
and you can listen to the choir and congregation at Epiphany Church in 
Oklahoma City singing it at Communion on Ash Wednesday -- 
http://www.justpeace.org/JesusPrayer.MP3 . It's shareright for everyone, 
so make copies if you want. As St. Augustine said, "Those who sing, pray 
twice."

In Memory
Mark Scibilia-Carver asked me to put a page at our Justpeace website to 
specifically honor Catholics killed in the unjust wars in Iraq and 
Afghanistan.  So we are collaborating on a project to find the names and 
information about Catholics killed in the wras in Iraq and Afghanistan, 
soldiers and civilians.  It is online at 
http://www.justpeace.org/inmemory.htm .  We invite everyone to send us 
names of Catholics they know of who were killed in these wars, and to 
help research.  Generally, we are looking at online directories of 
people who have been killed in the wars and then doing an internet 
search for their obituary, which tells us if they are Catholic or not.  
Mark is working on New York, but all the other states are open if people 
want to adopt a state.

We know that all who died in these wars are precious, but we are 
thinking that eventually we will go to a bishops' meeting and present 
them with a list of those whose lives they could have saved if they had 
followed the courageous example of the Most Reverend Michael Botean and 
done more to prevent those subject to their ecclesiastical jurisdiction 
from participating in those wars.  If possible, we'd like their names, 
rank/service branch, when and where killed, parish of the funeral, and 
anything else people might want to include.  The list isn't long yet, 
but even as it is, reading it is a sobering reality experience.

February grocery deliveries
Here's what was in the bags of groceries we delivered this month, thanks 
to the Regional Food Bank in Oklahoma City (and to the members of the 
Oklahoma Food Cooperative for the grass-fed ground beef). Also thanks to 
the parish of St, Charles Borromeo for the warehouse space in the 
Dorothy Day Center.

Shredded wheat, 16 oz box
1 lb macaroni
1 lb rice
2 lbs beans
1 can each -- garbanzo beans, corn, applesauce
Peanut butter
frozen blueberries, 2 lbs
frozen carrots (some diced, some shreds), 2 lbs
frozen cauliflower, 2 lbs

Families of 4 or more got an additional bag with:
Shredded wheat, 16 oz box
1 box mac and cheese
1 quart milk
1 can each -- carrots, garbanzo beans, corn
Large container (qt) Cream of Mushroom soup
1 turkey breast
1 lb hamburger or package of soup bones

Abbey of Our Lady of the Annunciation of Clear Creek
On a more happy note, the Monastery of Our Lady of the Annunciation of 
Clear Creek, which is a new Benedictine foundation from the Abbey of 
Fontgombault in France, has been elevated to the status of Abbey.  I 
have been visiting there since they first arrived, and they are very 
aware of Dorothy Day and the charism of the Catholic Worker movement and 
have been very hospitable to us.  They are online at 
http://www.clearcreekmonks.org . 

Please pray for us as we pray for all y'all.

Bob Waldrop, for the Oklahoma City Catholic Workers

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