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Keron McHugh is booked solid the next 14 months with people eager for ink and the slightest semblance of permanence.
The artist was in demand even before the pandemic forced him to shutter the Cardinal Skin Art & Gallery the Mebane, North Carolina, tattoo studio, art gallery and community space he opened nearly four years ago so it was not unusual for his appointment book to be full months ahead. But the tattoo queries kept coming even during the shop’s closure in the early stages of the coronavirus crisis, McHugh said, and it’s been “a nonstop wave” ever since.
Can I Get a Witness? Thirteen Peacemakers, Community Builders and Agitators for Faith & Justice, edited by Charles Marsh, Shea Tuttle and Daniel P. Rhodes. William B. Eerdmans Publishing (Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2019). 398 pp., $26.99.
This is the cover of Dorothy Day: An Introduction to Her Life and Thought by Terrence C. Wright. The book is reviewed by Rachelle Linner. (CNS)
Help us expand our reach! Please share this article Dorothy Day: An Introduction to Her Life and Thought by Terrence C. Wright. Ignatius Press (San Francisco, 2018). 162 pp., $15.95. The Reckless Way of Love: Notes on Following Jesus by Dorothy Day, edited by Carolyn Kurtz. Plough Publishing House (Walden, New York, 2018). 128 pp., $8.
Terrence Wright, an associate professor of philosophy and director of the pre-theology program at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver, has written a well-intentioned introduction to Dorothy Day, setting out to rebut the false idea that she was a dissenting Catholic.
Walking with Fr. Daniel Berrigan, S.J., A Criminal for Peace
Today is a day to celebrate the prophetic voice and witness of Fr. Daniel Berrigan, the non-violent anti-war activist and poet, whose life and witness has touched so many lives. He was born on May 9, 1921 and would have been 100 years old today. He died five years ago, but his spirit continues to animate and inspire so many others. The following essay is from my recent book,
Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies.
Radical dissidents and prophets have never had an easy time of it. When alive, that is. Once safely dead, however, honors and respect are often heaped on their heads. The dead can’t talk back, or so it is assumed. Nor can they cause trouble.