Again, you did a great job on this series and this episode in particular. A few notes:
- At one point, Peter is described as theologically self-taught, however, he would have had an extensive theological education (and learned Latin as well as how to teach) from his time with the Christian Brothers. He entered at 16 and didn't leave until he was 25, even allowing for a year away for mandatory military service, this had to be the fundamental formative and educational experience of his life. https://catholicworker.org/pm-biography-html/
- In discussing the end of Peter's life, Arthur Sheehan's, "Peter Maurin: gay believer," is moving and beautiful. Peter was largely silent for the last five years of his life after his stroke.
- Peter was, personally, a pacifist, but he taught Just War Theory as the teaching of the Church and this was one of the two most significant differences between himself and Dorothy Day (the other being the labor movement.) The fact that these differences did not divide them says something important about them both and something movements need to learn from.
- Regarding the British Distributists, mentioned at one point, they were also promoters of "back to the land."
- Finally, on the existing state of the movement and of Catholic Worker Farms, there is an ongoing boomlet in both, with at least 180 communities and "nearly two dozen farms." See:
America, "Taking Root: The history and new growth of Catholic Worker farms," Eric Anglada
Great to seem my man get his due! We named our oldest child after him.
Again, you did a great job on this series and this episode in particular. A few notes:
- At one point, Peter is described as theologically self-taught, however, he would have had an extensive theological education (and learned Latin as well as how to teach) from his time with the Christian Brothers. He entered at 16 and didn't leave until he was 25, even allowing for a year away for mandatory military service, this had to be the fundamental formative and educational experience of his life. https://catholicworker.org/pm-biography-html/
- In discussing the end of Peter's life, Arthur Sheehan's, "Peter Maurin: gay believer," is moving and beautiful. Peter was largely silent for the last five years of his life after his stroke.
- Peter was, personally, a pacifist, but he taught Just War Theory as the teaching of the Church and this was one of the two most significant differences between himself and Dorothy Day (the other being the labor movement.) The fact that these differences did not divide them says something important about them both and something movements need to learn from.
- Regarding the British Distributists, mentioned at one point, they were also promoters of "back to the land."
- Finally, on the existing state of the movement and of Catholic Worker Farms, there is an ongoing boomlet in both, with at least 180 communities and "nearly two dozen farms." See:
America, "Taking Root: The history and new growth of Catholic Worker farms," Eric Anglada
March 17, 2014 https://www.americamagazine.org/issue/taking-root