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The Festival of Shelters and the Hope for Housing

  Hospitality vol. 13, no. 9   The Lord said to the people of God, “Stand at the crossroads and look.  Ask for the ancient paths and where the best road is.  Walk in it, and you will live in peace.” (Jeremiah 6:16)   Today we stand at a crossroads, and we look about us.  [...]

The Festival of Shelters

Hospitality, vol.12. no.9   Holy Week comes and we shuffle out to the streets to live a day at a time, in solidarity with our friends who are homeless. We walk with them, eat in soup kitchens, sit in labor pools, and sleep in catholes and shelters. In so doing, we often meet Jesus Christ [...]

The Festival Of Shelters: Power For The Peace And Justice Struggle

also in HOSPITALITY READER 1982-2002  pp.   Once upon a time there was a rather large hippopotamus in a rather large room.  In order to enter the room you had to agree never to mention the hippopotamus.  you could feel it, sidle up to it, smell it, but never, never call it by name or [...]