THE
CATHOLIC WORKER
OUR PAPER: THE COMMON GOOD
LEADING ARTICLES & EDITORIALS

No 44, Easter 2008

Editorial: Those Medals

Blessed Are The Poor - Kathleen Gallagher and Jim Consedine

Parihaka Day Campaign

Laying to Rest - An Alternative Funeral - Jim Consedine


No 43, Advent 2007

Editorial: Ruatoki in the spotlight

Editorial: Parihaka Day not Guy Fawkes?

A Consistent Ethic of Life - Ten Years On

No Future without Forgiveness - Jim Consedine

Walking the Talk - Response to Global Warming - Anne Rampa


No 42, Spring 2007

Editorial: The Americas Cup

Faith or Ideology - What Takes Precedence?- Jim Consedine

Centenary - Te Whiti and Tohu, prophets of non-violence - Jim Consedine

The Ongoing NZ Climate Change Debate - Michael Gormly

The Role of Spirit in Environmental Activism - Liz Remmerswaal Hughes

Editorial: Graeme White RIP


No 41, Pentecost 2007

Editorial: Murder, She Said

Editorial: The Bradford Law - A Step in Non-violence

Confronting Australian militarism: Christian peacemakers at Pine Gap - Brian Law

Pioneering Study Shows Richest 2% Own Half World’s Wealth - Robert Consedine

A Reign of Terror ­ the Philippines Today - Sharon Rose Joy Ruiz-Duremdes

What is a Catholic Worker vocation? - Jim Consedine


No 40, Lent 2007

Honouring the Prophets - John Miller - A Passion for Justice

HIRUHARAMA/JERUSALEM DAYBOOK - CATHOLIC WORKER HUI, Jan 21 ­ 24, 2007

Statement on Environmental Issues - Sept. 2006 from the New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference

Growing Organic - Terrelaine Kennedy

Close Waihopai Spy Base - Graeme White

Climate Change ­ Seeking the Common Good- Sean McDonagh SSC

Interview: Pius Ncube, Catholic Archbishop of Matabeleland, Zimbabwe

In Praise of Walking

Honouring the Prophets - John Miller - A Passion for Justice

HIRUHARAMA/JERUSALEM DAYBOOK - CATHOLIC WORKER HUI, Jan 21 ­ 24, 2007


No 39, Advent 2006

Editorial: The Common Good - 10th Birthday

Editorial: Bread ­ not circuses

Honouring the Prophets - John Curnow - Development Prophet

Opting for the Poor - Pauline O’Regan

The Dorothy Column - The Scandal of the Works of Mercy


No 38, Spring 2006

Editorial: War and Peace - The Pit Stop Ploughshares

Radical Love: The Way of Christ - The Common Good Editors

Letter from Israel - Tiberias, Sea of Galilee - Margaret Ingram

Fresh Campaign Launched - Demilitarise Shannon Airport

Action at Pine Gap


No 37, Pentecost 2006

Editorial: Heroic Witness: Flight Lieutenant Malcolm Kendal-Smith

Editorial: Peacemaking in our time

Corporate Capitalism : A Structure of Sin - Robert Consedine

Prison: the Last Resort - Letitia James

Honouring the Prophets - Kitty McKinley

It's not God's Fault - Shay Cullen

The Dorothy Column - The Pearl of Great Price

Arrested for Peace - list of thousands


No 36, Lent 2006

Editorial: Lazarus at the Gate - David Tutty

Make Affluence History - Joseph Land

Nursing in Calcutta - Kathryn Campbell

CW Hui, Moria Marae, Whirinaki, January 2006

Peace on Earth: Action at Pine Gap - Jim Dowling

Honouring the Prophets - Rod Donald (1957 ­ 2005)


No 35, Advent 2005

Editorial: the Inclusiveness of Jesus

Voluntary Poverty and Contemplative Action - Kathleen Gallagher

Interest and Usury - Matt Vogel: NY Catholic Worker

Choosing Life: Micro-economics

On Pilgrimage - Mary Hancox

Honouring the Prophets - Donna Mulhearn


No 34, Spring 2005

Editorial: We Choose Non-violence

Zimbawbe: the Moral Choice - Letitia James

The Wonders of Bio-diversity - Frank Hoffman

Torchbearers - Prophets and Saints for dark times

Honouring the Prophets - Marilyn Pryor, champion of the unborn


No 33, Pentecost 2005

Editorial: Copping the Flack - the CW and the corporate media - Kathleen Gallagher

Autumn at the Promised Land CW

A Spirituality of Social Justice - Bill Quigley

Around the Traps: Pope John Paul II ­ Prophet of Peace

Ireland on Trial - Carmen Trotter

Irish Peace Trial Aborted

Hands On Death - Kathryn Campbell

Institutionalised Poverty: the Philippines - John and Leony Miller

Honouring the Prophets - Archibald Baxter; a moral leader for our time


No 32, Lent 2005

Editorial: Time to Apologise to Vietnam?

Editorial: Faith in a Seed - the GE debate

God of All Creation - Pat McMullen

Passover Remembered - Alla Bozarth-Campbell

Inside Lent - Ardeth Platt O.P

Vatican Hijacked by GE lobby - Peter Murnane OP

Seed Carriers Hikoi - Joseph Land

Honouring the Prophets - Peter and Judith Land


No 31, Advent 2004

US Election: Blinkered Morality - Letitia James

Interview: A Protestant reflects - Bill Wylie-Kellerman

Irish Government's Role in the Iraqi War - Ciaron O'Reilly

Eh Mary - Poem by Kathleen Gallagher

Honouring the Prophets - John Osmers; a Voice in Africa


No 30, Spring 2004

Editorial: Wherein lies peace?

Editorial:Scapegoating Private England

On Modern Warfare - John Paul II, 1993 New Year Peace Message

Following the Non-Violent Jesus - Emmanuel Charles McCarthy

Wrecking the Public Sector - Kathleen Gallagher

The Thailand - New Zealand Free Trade Agreement - John Maynard

Catholic Worker National Hui, Waikanae, July 2004

Daily Bread - Barbara Corcoran

Honouring the Prophets - Tom Newnham


No 29, Lent 2004

Editorial: the Last Passion of Christ (the movie)

Waitangi and the Foreshore - Robert Consedine

Stations of the Soul - Joy Ryan-Bloore

From Israel - Kibbutz Kinneret

Jesus and Non-Violence - Emmanuel Charles McCarthy

Diary from Baghdad - Donna Mulhearn

Honouring the Prophets - Mary Baker


No 28, Advent 2003

Editorial: Meeting Christ in Advent - Joy Ryan-Bloore

Slow down, you move too fast! - Donella Meadows

Palm Sunday Peace March Speech, Sydney Domain, 13 April 2003

On Voluntary Poverty (2) - Dorothy Day

Living in the Spirit: the Story of St Francis CW Farm - Joseph and Catherine Land

Around the Traps: Listening To The Animals - Graeme White

Human Shield: A Diary from Baghdad - Donna Mulhearn

Obituary: Bishop Antonio Fortich


No 27, Easter 2003

Lenten Reflection: Imagining growing old

Depleted Uranium and the People - Robert Green

Honouring the Prophets: Noel Ginn

Honouring the Prophets: Prophetic Women

On Voluntary Poverty (1) - Dorothy Day

Obituary: Phil Berrigan


No 26, Advent 2002

Honouring the Prophets: Resurrected into peacemaking - Philip Berrigan

The Folly of the Cross - Moana Cole

For a Just peace in Palestine - NZ Catholic Bishops Conference


No 25, Spring 2002

Editorial: Joan Chittister on War as Social Annihilation

New Twin Towers: Justice and Development - Jim Consedine

War: a Radical Repudiation - Pope John Paul II

Honouring the Prophets: James K Baxter (1926-1972) - Jack Doherty


No 24, Pentecost 2002

Editorial: East Timor is Free

A Sinful Underbelly: the Prison System Exposed - Jim Consedine

The Scandal of the Church's Support for War - John Dear SJ

Honouring the Prophets: Patrick O’Connor; Prophet of Inclusion


No 23, Lent 2002

Free Trade: Is it a Religious Issue? - Jim Consedine

What is Voluntary Poverty? - Nicholas Drake

Honouring the Prophets: The Aranui Sisters


No 22, Advent 2001 (response to 9/11)

Constructive Pacifism: Our Only Hope - Jim Consedine

Even after all this... the only solution is love

Reflection: Advent 2001 - Herod and Mary - Brian Terrell

Christian Peacemaking: Pacifism in the Early Church - Ronald G. Musto

Poem: Everywhere there are Saints Walking - Kathleen Gallagher

Honouring the Prophets: Interview with Ciaron O’Reilly

Honouring the Prophets: Daniel Berrigan reflects on Ciaron O’Reilly


No 21, Spring 2001

Editorial: The Knowledge Wave

Editorial: Racism Alive and Well in NZ

The Middle East: An Alternative Jewish View - Marc Ellis

GE: Tampering with Creation - John Corcoran

Economic Apartheid: How Western Banks are Strangling Africa - Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane

Honouring the Prophets On Retreat: Transforming the Earth - Liz McAlister


No 20, Pentecost 2001

Editorial: Pentecost - a call to action

Editorial:Peacemakers of Peacekeepers?

Winkin, Blinkin or Nod? NZ Defence changes: peace promoting or business as usual? - Alyn Ware

Pentecost Reflection: The Spirit Creates Community - Eveline Crotty

The Dilemma of a Christian Pacifist: Kathleen Hall - Tom Newnham

Restorative Justice: A truly Non-Violent Alternative - Jim Consedine

Who are the poor? What is Justice? - Bill Quigley

Brief reflection - St John of God

Interview: Helen Prejean


No 19, Easter 2001

Editorial: Robson supports halt to uranium munitions use

The Iraq Sanctions: Not a Price Worth Paying - Moana Cole

Spirituality and Social Change - Jim Consedine

Utu: to Restore Honour - Henare Tate

CW Spirituality - Abraham Land


No 18, Advent 2000

Parihaka Non-violence: the Heart of Peaceful Resistance - Paul Reeves

Dorothy writes.. Love is the Measure - Dorothy Day

Usury in the Modern World - Paul Dalziel

De-Politicizing Dorothy: Thoughts on the canonization of Dorothy Day - Jo Roberts

Interview: Dorothy Day: Not Your Everyday Saint - Jeff Dietrich


No 17, Spring 2000

Editorials: (1) The War Economy: Engine Room of Profit and Death (2) USURY: the Rotten Heart of Capitalism

Holding the World Hostage: the Immorality of Banking - Jim Consedine

Crime is Down, Crime is Rampant: in Defiance of God, Justice, Peace - Ardeth Platte

How Green is My Church? - Michael Gormly


No 16, Pentecost 2000

Editorials: (1) The Path of Non-Violence (2) The WTO

What Kind of People Worship Here? Who is their God? - Jim Consedine

No DNA Testing and other jail tales - Ciaron O'Reilly

Interview: CW farmer - Jim Albertini in Hawai'i


No 15, Easter 2000

Editorials: (1) Cancellation of F16 purchase by Government (2) Ploughshares activists jailed in Baltimore

Peace Witnesses Imprisoned: Ploughshares act against Depleted Uranium - Elizabeth McAlister

The Path to Equality: Charity or Justice? - Pauline O'Regan

Violence in Prison: One Woman's Experience - Kathleen Rumpf


No 14, Christmas 1999

Editorial: Christmas: Season of Hope

Jubilee 2000: Freedom from Debt - Robert Reid

Catholic Worker Spirituality - Hospitality


No 13, Spring 1999

Why APEC Should Worry You - Bill Rosenberg

The Truth About APEC: Cheating the Poor, Rewarding the Rich - Jim Consedine

Jubilee 2000: Amnesty Call for Prisoners - Christchurch Prison Chaplains

New Cosmology and Ecological Engineering - Andrew Dakers


No 12, Pentecost 1999

Editorial: Disband NATO: Peace Through War an Illusion

NATO: Messiah or Menace? - Sandi Huckaby and Donald Nollar

Catholic Worker Spirituality - Pacifism and Non-Violence

Interview: Jacques de Maio, veteran Red Cross Worker


No 11, Lent 1999

Engaging the World - Redeeming the Principalities and Powers of the 1990s - Jim Consedine

Catholic Worker Spirituality - An Option for the Poor

Around the Traps - Rebuilding Cardijn House (with pics)

Poem: the Waimakariri and the Hikoi -Kathleen Gallagher


No 10, Advent, 1998

Making the Links: Study War No More

Stop the Genocide: Lift the Sanctions in Iraq - Jim Consedine

Parihaka: Tragedy or Triumph? - Marilyn Prior

A Week with the Hikoi - Teresa Windle


No 9, Spring 1998

Editorial: The Hikoi - a defining moment

The Hikoi of Hope - Tony Church

Migrants and Refugees: A Christian Response - Patrick O'Connor

Ploughshares Action: Blockage of Australian Uranium Mine


No 8, Pentecost 1998

Editorial: Budget '98: Stalking the Poor

A National Disgrace - Russian Seamen Abandoned in NZ - Jim Consedine

Dorothy Day: the Only Solution is Love - Murphy Davis


No 7, Lent 1998

Editorial: Hands Off Iraq

Re-colonising New Zealand: the Empire Strikes Again - Jim Consedine

Blessed are those who Work for Peace - Phillip Berrigan

Nuclear Weapons Cannot be Justified - Vatican Declaration at the UN.


No 6, Advent 1997

English/Welsh Bishops Pastoral Letter on the Common Good.

MAI: Anti-democratic International Treaty on Investment - Bill Rosenberg

From Welfare to Work - Jane Higgins

Mindanao - Island of Promise? - Maureen McBride


No 5, Winter 1997

Editorial: Sounding the Alarm Bells - NZ and ANZUS

A Consistent Ethic of Life - NZ Catholic Bishops Conference

Nuclear Abolition - A Possible Dream? - Kate Dewes

Waihopai: Marlborough's Sour Grape - Greg Jones


No 4, Pentecost 1997

Penal Abolition: Is it the Christian Option? - Jim Consedine

Prison Abolition, An Impossible Dream? - Thomas Mathieson

From Misery Justice to Transformative Justice - Ruth Morris

Prisons - An Anachronism that Destroys Life - Pita Sharples

Restorative Justice - Towards Abolition or Retrenchment? - Jim Consedine


No 3, Lent 1997

Editorial: Structural Sin: the Winebox Inquiry

The Treaty of Waitangi: Our Sacred Covenant - Robert Consedine

Evidence to South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Michael Lapslie

Book reviews: Michael Lapslie and Suzanne Aubert


No 2, Advent 1996

Editorial: Shedding the Blood of the Innocent in East Timor

East Timor: Genocide at Our back Door - Jim Consedine

The Scandal of the Works of Mercy - Dorothy Day

Stuffed Turkey and a Hollow Heart: Christmas in Prison - Jim Consedine


No 1, Spring 1996

Editorial: Dusting Off the Church's Social Dynamite

Opting for the Poor - Pauline O'Regan

Fresh Bombing of Iraqis - Moana Cole

Church Labour Theory: Still Good News - Jim Consedine