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Author Dietrich, Jeff, 1948- author
Title The good Samaritan : stories from the Los Angeles Catholic Worker on Skid Row / Jeff Dietrich ; photographs by Madeline Wilson ; illustrations by Rufo Noriega
Published Los Angeles, CA : Marymount Institute Press : Tsehai Publishers & Distributors, 2014
Copyright ©2014
Edition First edition
Location Call number ITEM STATUS
 MAIN STACKS  BX810.C393 D56 2014  Nearby on shelf  AVAILABLE
 MAIN STACKS  BX810.C393 D56 2014 c.2  AVAILABLE
Description xxix, 183 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Note Essays, most of which originally appeared in The Catholic agitator
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page xxix)
Contents The good Samaritan by Vincent van Gogh / Theresia de Vroom -- Who is my neighbor? -- Dorothy Day and the Catholic worker / Thomas P. Rausch -- The essays: The reluctant saint (2003). Wheelchair Bob (2012). On trial (1976). A pacifist's fight to keep the courage of his convictions (1980). Wrestling and reconciling (1999). On L.A.'s Skid Row, the challenge of the resurrection (2014). Harming the national defense (2013). Jail makes war protest significant (1991). Exorcizing Jesus (2008). The miracle of birth in a Skid Row manger (1982). Their story seemed like nonsense : women in the Gospel of Luke (2005). Sheba, queen of Skid Row (2012). Death is the most natural thing in the world (1996). The story of Jacob and the homeless with a stone for a pillow (2006). Jesus wept (2004). 100 years of homeless veterans, 1914-2014 (2014). Getting your day in court to be among the criminals (1991). Waiting, not fasting, can be the hardest part (1995). Recipe for a miracle (1985). Notes on consumerism (1993). With Pope Francis : the times are changing (2013). It's a wonderful life (2014) -- The Los Angeles Catholic Worker
Portion Title Stories from the Los Angeles Catholic Worker on Skid Row
Related Title Catholic agitator
Subject Los Angeles Catholic Worker (Organization)
Catholic Worker Movement
Skid row -- California -- Los Angeles
Homeless persons -- California -- Los Angeles
Church and social problems -- Catholic Church
Social justice -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
Social service -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
Form/Genre Essays.
Academic Subj. Catholic Church
Alternate Author Wilson, Madeline, illustrator
Noriega, Rufo, illustrator
ISBN 9781599070674 (paperback)
1599070677 (paperback)
9781941392003



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