Category Archives: OWS

#OWS presents a ‘fracture of good order’ for Trinity Church w/ Chris Hedges and Daniel Berrigan HT @Micahbales

Jesuit priest and war resister Daniel Berrigan, soft-spoken but still eloquent at 91, and journalist Chris Hedges joined members of Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Faith at Zuccotti Park on Thursday morning. They gathered to sing, pray and denounce the continued determination of Trinity Church, an Episcopal parish, to cooperate with the prosecution of OWS protesters. http://wagingnonviolence.org/2012/06/ows-presents-a-fracture-of-good-order-for-trinity-church/ To understand why Continue Reading

A body blow for the US labour movement via@AJEnglish #OWS #OccupyChurch

“Obama didn’t want to come here to this state because he didn’t want to touch this race with a ten-foot pole. He wanted more than anything to avoid this race becoming a referendum on his presidency, because this recall election is going to affect his campaign in November,” says Ben Sparks, communications director for the Republican Party of Wisconsin.” http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/06/201267172957750224.html?utm_content=features&utm_campaign=features&utm_source=twitter&utm_term=rss&utm_medium=tweet Continue Reading

Trinity Church @ WS and upcoming trial of ‘trespassers’ #OWS #OccupyTheology HT @MicahBales

@MicahBales tweeted an article from DailyKOS on continued conflict bewtween Trinity Wall St. Church. other Episcopalians,  and the #OWS movement. On June 11th, the first trials of Occupy activists accused of trespassing on church land at Canal Street and Sixth Avenue on December 17th are scheduled to begin. Activists said they hoped to establish a new encampment on the vacant lot, though Continue Reading

#NDAA ‘s “associated forces” language is scary #OWS

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But just what are “associated forces”? That question appeared to stump Obama administration lawyers when pressed by Judge Katherine Forrest during a recent hearing.”I dont have specifics,” an attorney told her. via 7 Ways To Get Yourself Detained Indefinitely. Are you kidding me?  “Don’t have specifics”?  Then you don’t have a case (if this is to attain the stature of a Continue Reading

The Reluctance to Discuss Economic Justice @GBCS

Here’s a post by Bill Meffords of  the @UMC ‘s Global Board of Church and Society @GBCS  about his noticing the LACK of discussion in church circles of “economic justice”,  but even here,  no mention of #OWS. http://main.umc-gbcs.org/blog/the-reluctance-to-discuss-economic-justice  

Belonging, Behaving, Believing by @MIcahBales #OccupyChurch #OWS

Belonging, Behaving, Believing Awesome.  Great post on the key role of belonging.  The FORMATIVE role that keeps us grounded, energized,  and comissioned to be attuned to the opportunities to participate in God’s activity. http://lambswar.blogspot.com/2012/05/belonging-behaving-believing.html I think this is key to how the Occupy movement has become the force that it has.  The relationships forged in face to face meetings.  If you Continue Reading

Toward a Theology of Occupy Wall Street via @OccupyCatholic

from a post by Kathryn Anderson:  I wondered how a theology of Occupy Wall Street could clarify our purpose and ideology, while inviting Catholics and other people of faith to engage with the movement with confidence and conviction. This post offers the beginnings of a theology for the Occupy Movement. It aims to identify the theology expressed by the movement Continue Reading

Labor and Work in Catholic Social Teaching and the Occupy Movement CST & OWS, PT 4 « The Theology Salon

Fr. Thomas Massaro SJ, Professor of Moral Theology at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry: As diffuse and disputed as its agenda may be, the Occupy movement has called unprecedented attention to the great imbalances in power and material outcome experienced by Americans today. One could quibble with the movement’s tactics and demands or even with its math (that Continue Reading

MIssing Something Speical via The Occupied Bishop

As I read this story by Bishop Packard,  these words stood out as if to signal a common rally point for church folks who long to see the church active and enagaged again the deep sadness of our Church missing something special in history   http://occupiedbishop.blogspot.com/2012/05/arrestedagain.html