The Good Samaritan [978-1-941392-01-0]

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Author : Jeff Dietrich



ISBN Code : 978-1-941392-01-0
Language : English
Pages number : 184 + xxxii
Format : Paperback

In this new collection of essays, Jeff Dietrich looks back over more than forty years as a member of the Los Angeles Catholic Worker community serving the poor on L.A.’s Skid Row. By exploring the theme of what it means to be “A Good Samaritan” he asks: “Who is my Neighbor?” “Am I my brother’s keeper?” and finally, “What does it mean spend a lifetime as a Catholic Worker?”

Acknowledgments/Dedication

The Good Samaritan by Vincent van Gogh by Theresia de Vroom

Who is my Neighbor? by Jeff Dietrich

Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker by Thomas P. Rausch, SJ

 

THE ESSAYS

  1. The Reluctant Saint (2003)
  2. Wheelchair Bob (2012)
  3. On Trial (1976)
  4. A Pacifist’s Fight to Keep the Courage of His Convictions (1980)
  5. Wrestling and Reconciling (1999)
  6. On L.A.’s Skid Row, the Challenge of the Resurrection (2014)
  7. Harming the National Defense (2013)
  8. Jail Makes War Protest Significant (1991)
  9. Exorcizing Jesus (2008)
  10. The Miracle of Birth in a Skid Row Manger (1982)
  11. Their Story Seemed Like Nonsense: Women in the Gospel of Luke (2005)
  12. Sheba, Queen of Skid Row (2012)
  13. Death is the Most Natural Thing in the World (1996)
  14. The Story of Jacob and the Homeless with a Stone for a Pillow (2006)
  15. Jesus Wept (2004)
  16. 100 Years of Homeless Veterans, 1914–2014 (2014)
  17. Getting Your Day in Court to be Among the Criminals (1991)
  18. Waiting, Not Fasting, Can be the Hardest Part (1995)
  19. Recipe for a Miracle (1985)
  20. Notes on Consumerism (1993)
  21. With Pope Francis: The Times are Changing (2013)
  22. It’s a Wonderful Life (2014)
  23. The Los Angeles Catholic Worker       

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