Flipping the Tables
A podcast about Catholics working for peace and justice
Episode 10 coming Monday
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Colleen Shaddox is a journalist and activist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, America, and many other publications. She’s been recognized by the Catholic Press Association for feature writing and by the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists for excellence in podcasting.
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Episodes
Episode 9. The Eucharist and Social Justice
Author Margaret Scott discusses the political and social dimensions of the Blessed Sacrament. Margaret explains how her devotion to the Eucharist has led her on a path of activism.
Find her book on the subject here: The Eucharist and Social Justice
She also discusses her book Ignatius Was Green, available from Paulist Press.
Episode 8. Ohio Sisters Stand with Haitian Neighbors
As Haitian immigrants face danger with the end of Temporary Protected Status, Ohio’s religious women are advocating for them. Sister Sally Duffy talks about the work and offers ways that people around the country can help his embattled community, which was been the target of racist slander from J.D. Vance when he was an Ohio senator.
Below are places Sister Sally suggests you donate to support Ohio’s Haitian immigrants.
Help Build an Emergency Fund:
Haitian Support Center
Drop off Donations:
St. Vincent de Paul Springfield
Support the Legal Fight:
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality (ABLE)
Catholic Charities of Southwestern Ohio
Episode 7. Welcome the Stranger
As ICE intensifies its terror campaign across America, we talk with activist Karen Dear, of the NC Cabrini Collaborative, about Catholic social teaching on immigration. You can join her on Zoom to say the Rosary for immigration justice every Tuesday at noon Eastern time.
Note that Karen’s work is done in cooperation with her diocese’s pro-life office. Is your diocese’s pro-life office working to welcome the stranger? Find out – and if necessary, remind them why they should be. Share some of the great resources Karen mentions in our conversation.
To join the Rosary:
Zoom Link: Rosary Immigration Prayer, Tuesdays at Noon
Enlace de Zoom: Rosario de oración por la inmigración, los martes al mediodía: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85469340366?pwd=R25jZHJVWXZ5aVBSNVBwWjNEbG4xQT09
Meeting ID / ID de la reunión: 854 6934 0366
Passcode/Código de acceso: 426261
Episode 6. Extractive Industries
Marianne Comfort, justice director for the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, talks about extractive industries that harm the environment and increase inequity.
- Sign up for action alerts from the Sisters of Mercy.
- Learn more about extractives and how to respond to these industries.
- Faith principles for sourcing materials for energy transition.
- Faith organizations on deep sea mining.
Episode 5. Beyond Factory Farming
Episode 4. Civil Disobedience
Catholic Worker Mark Colville talks about his recent arrest for participating in an action to stop the shipment of weapons to Israel. He talks more broadly about how his commitment to live his faith often puts him in conflict with the law.
Read Colleen Shaddox’s account of this protest in The American Prospect.
Episode 3. War Tax Resistance
There’s a long tradition of people of conscience refusing to pay taxes to support the military. Since the genocide in Gaza, more people are choosing this path. Lincoln Rice is coordinator of the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee. The group is dedicated to providing information about the hows and whys of tax resistance. Find out more at nwtrcc.org.
Episode 2. Shareholder Activism
The Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia have a long history of using their investments to steer companies toward better behavior. Director of Corporate and Social Responsibility Natalie Wasek explains how shareholder activism works. Individual investors can make their money work toward the good too. See Investor Advocates for Social Justice and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility.
Episode 1. Fighting Xenophobia
Co-organizers of The Ark of Noah Fund talk about their work assisting families who have been targeted by ICE. Cesar Rivera and Jimmy Estrada Hannigan explain that financial help and moral support are both desperately needed when a family member is detained by ICE. The fund is sponsored by Benincasa Community, a Catholic social justice organization. Contribute here.
Checks made out to: Benincasa Community
Memo line: Ark of Noah
2160 Durham Rd
Guilford, CT 06437
If your parish is interested in holding a fundraiser, contact karen@benincasacommunity.org.
