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"On Pilgrimage - June 1960" DOC #765, Score = 79.67
Summary: Comments on not being arrested at the annual civil disobedience against New York City's air raid drills. Visits Tamar in Vermont. Continues her account of a West Coast trip focusing on the farm labor situation there.
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"On Pilgrimage - February 1967" DOC #847, Score = 77.42
Summary: Remembers the work of A.J. Muste for peace and justice at his death. Supports demonstrators against the Vietnam War who disrupt a Mass, saying, however, she would not have participated. Regrets her age keeps her from working for peace in Vietnam as a nurse.
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"Pilgrimage to Cuba--Part I" DOC #793, Score = 77.42
Summary: Departs for Cuba to see for herself life under Castro's communism, especially farming communes, the life of the family, and religious freedom. Humorously comments on the 40 rules in fine print on her steamship ticket. Deflects critics who say she won't be truthful and see much. Reaffirms her pacifism even though Cuba "is an armed camp." " I will try to make the Cuban story come alive."
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"On Pilgrimage - July/August 1962" DOC #792, Score = 77.42
Summary: Mentions her travails in getting a new book about the Catholic Worker movement, Loaves and Fishes, ready for the publisher. Disapproves of the attitudes and behavior of "a group of beats" who came and went, especially their sexual behavior and disrespect for the body. Hopes to travel to Brazil and Cuba. Recommends reading Chekhov and numerous other books.
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"On Pilgrimage - June 1974" DOC #541, Score = 77.42
Summary: Focuses on fasting, how hard it is for her, and the call to be holy, to become whole persons--spiritually, mentally, and physically. Lists the many speaking s tops and visits with friends and workers in a trip through the Midwest. Keyword: saints
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"On Pilgrimage - January 1974" DOC #537, Score = 77.42
Summary: Describes Christmas among family and friends in Vermont. Apologizes for always being behind in her mail. Reprints a letter from Ed Forand describing the tremendous inflation in the price of basic food commodities like beans. Continues the description of her trip to Ireland from the December 1973 Catholic Worker. Compares Belfast to cities like Detroit after the riots. Mentions several books about prisons. Concludes with a plea that readers remember all prisoners in their prayers.
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"No Party Line" DOC #184, Score = 77.42
Summary: Points to the Little Way of St. Therese of Lisieux as the way to respond to the suffering and tragedy around us. Ties Therese's desire to increase love in the world with acts of protest, picketing, speaking out - the importance of even one person's actions and collaborating with others who affirm life.
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