San Antonio Catholic Worker

06/22/2026

Quote of the Week: 06/22/2026

“It is lacking in faith in God to be discouraged. We offer Him what we are going to do. If He wishes it to prosper, it will. We must depend on Him. As St. Ignatius said, ‘Work as though everything depended on ourselves and pray as though everything depended on God.’”

06/22/2026

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06/18/2026

Juneteenth is tomorrow and a lot of people still look confused when it is mentioned or brought up. Juneteenth is the official recognition of the Emancipation Proclamation enforcement in Texas. Texas was the last state to officially learn of the Emancipation Proclamation and also the last state to officially free the slaves. That is why Juneteenth is called our 2nd Independence Day.

This link is to the National Museum of African American History and Culture's articles about the timeline from the Emancipation Proclamation to Juneteenth. It's important that we acknowledge our shortcomings and where we've gone wrong in dealing with people of different backgrounds. If we don't learn from our mistakes, we are bound to repeat them.

Juneteenth is an often overlooked event in our nation’s history. On June 19, 1865, Union troops freed enslaved African Americans in Galveston Bay and across Texas some two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

06/18/2026

Happy Juneteenth's eve to all our African-American brothers and sisters ❤️‍🔥🔥✊🏾

Johann Sebastian Bach, Marian Anderson, Victor Sinfonietta, Robert Shaw · LIFT EVERY VOICE! Honoring the African American Musical Legacy · Song · 2009

06/17/2026

A Radical Change
Peter Maurin

The order of the day
is to talk about the social order. Conservatives would like
to keep it from changing
but they don't know how.
Liberals try to patch it
and call it a New Deal.
Socialists want a change,
but a gradual change.
Communists want a change,
an immediate change,
but a Socialist change.
Communists in Russia
do not build Communism,
they build Socialism.
Communists want to pass
from capitalism to Socialism
and from Socialism to Communism.
I want a change,
and a radical change.
I want a change
from an acquisitive society
to a functional society,
from a society of go-getters
to a society of go-givers.

06/15/2026

Quote of the week: 06/15/2026

“Hospitality is gracious and welcoming … and includes material help, inclusion in community, and a respect for them that values their identities, stories, and contributions.”