HOUSE NEWS: Observing Lent with the GCW

The season of Lent, a time for reflection, repentance, prayer, and almsgiving, begins on Ash Wednesday, February 25. Over the past eight years, some folks have made it part of their Lenten discipline to become more involved in some of the activities here at the Jubilee House. If you’re interested, here are some ways to plug [...]

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HOUSE NEWS: Our week with the stars

Dear friends,
To see what is happening at the GCW this week, click here.
OUR WEEK WITH THE STARS: Thursday, February 12th thru Thursday, February 19th was “our week with the stars” at the Gainesville Catholic Worker. We were incredibly fortunate to have visits from theologian and author Jim Douglass, Bishop Robert Baker of Birmingham, Fr. [...]

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HOUSE NEWS: Two Roundtables this week?!! Cool.

Dear friends,
To see what is happening this week, click here.
ROUNDTABLE, PART ONE: We are excited and honored to host our good friend Fr. Chepe Perez from Jesus Nipalikin community in Guatemala for a special TUESDAY Roundtable this week. The Jesus Nipalikin community is the sister parish of Holy Faith Catholic Church and Kelli from [...]

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HOUSE NEWS: Additional Jim Douglass event!

For students (and others), Rusty Poulette will host Jim Douglass on the UF campus tomorrow, Thursday, at 3:30pm for a discussion on his book and other matters. You can reach Rusty at busyrusty@gmail.com if you need more information. I’ll be dropping Jim off at the Presbyterian/Disciples Student Center on University Ave across from UF at [...]

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HOUSE NEWS: Theologian, author, activist Jim Douglass joins us this week

Dear friends,
To read what is happening this week, click here.
JIM DOUGLASS ON JFK: We are really excited to have Jim Douglass join us this week to talk about his new book, JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters.  Jim is an author, activist and theologian (as well as fellow CW) [...]

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SCRIPTURE STUDY: Mark 1:29-39 – Irrelevant widows, to be sick and poor, and when religion goes rogue

In this middle section of Mark’s first chapter, we’re seeing early scenes from the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry. There are three distinct, short passages contained in these eleven verses, which continue the 24 hour period which began in verse 21 and sort of represents “a day in the life of Jesus.”
In verse 29, as [...]

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SCRIPTURE STUDY: Flyer with dates and readings for this semester

For folks coming to the scripture study this semester or those who want to follow along, here is a flyer with the dates and readings for scripture study over the next few months: Scripture Study: January-April 2009
Feel free to join us anytime! I’ll also be posting regular reflections after each scripture study if you want [...]

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OPINION: Our favorite Catholic Worker newspaper

Many folks don’t know that the first “Catholic Worker” was a newspaper–NOT a house of hospitality. From the very beginning, Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin were consistent (maybe insistent) in the belief that a newspaper was an important, even essential part of the Catholic Worker movement.
We make no secret of our great admiration of the [...]

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HOUSE NEWS: Cold nights and our first Mass in over a year

Dear friends,
To see the schedule for this week, click here.
COLD NIGHTS: When the weather is particularly bad–cold, rainy, etc.–we open our doors and share our home with people who are trying to find a safe and welcoming place to sleep for the night. We don’t have extra bed space for any long-term guests, but we [...]

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