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- No 107, Advent 2023……….Issue #107 full download (.7mb pdf)
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- No 97, Pentecost 2021……….Issue #97 full download (.5mb pdf)
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- No 91, Advent 2019……….Issue #91 full download (.8mb pdf)
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- No 89, Easter 2019……….Issue #89 full download (.6mb pdf)
- No 88, Lent 2019……….Issue #88 full download (.8mb pdf)
- No 87, Advent 2018……….Issue #87 full download (.9mb pdf)
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- No 85, Pentecost 2018……….Issue #85 full download (.7mb pdf)
- No 84, Lent 2018……….Issue #84 full download (.9mb pdf)
- No 83, Advent 2017……….Issue #83 full download (.8mb pdf)
- No 82, Spring 2017……….Issue #82 full download (1.6mb pdf)
- No 81, Pentecost 2017……….Issue #81 full download (1.9mb pdf)
- No 80, Lent 2017……….Issue #80 full download (.9mb pdf)
- No 79, Advent 2016……….Issue #79 full download (1.6mb pdf)
- No 78, Spring 2016……….Issue #78 full download (.7mb pdf)
- No 77, Pentecost 2016……….Issue #77 full download (.5mb pdf)
- No 76, Lent 2016……….Issue #76 full download (.5mb pdf)
- No 75, Advent 2015……….Issue #75 full download (.7mb pdf)
- No 74, Spring 2015Weeding roses in Kabul – Martha HennesseyEnvironmental Manifesto CW Response to Pope’s Encyclical – Bob WaldropEditorial: Joined At The Hip Justice and The Common Good – Jim Consedine……….Issue #74 full download (1.1mb pdf)
- No 73, Pentecost 2015Restorative Justice – Building a Parallel System – Jim-ConsedineOppose the TPPA Open letter from CW to MPs8th National CW Hui……….Issue #73 full download (.9mb pdf)
- No 72, Lent 2015Welcoming refugees and migrants – Patrick O’ConnorEditorial: Stay out of Iraq – Iraq Dominican Sisters and Jim ConsedineEditorial: Go to the margins – Pope Francis……….Issue #72 full download (.5mb pdf)
- No 71, Advent 2014No to the Trans Pacific Partnership – Jim ConsedineNZ Workers’ Rights Eroded – Dion MartinA Plea for Safer Communication Technology – Anne Gastinger……….Issue #71 full download (.8mb pdf)
- No 70, Spring 2014Christchurch Rebuild Workers Exploited – Jim ConsedineNagasaki and Hiroshima Remembered – Jill HawkeyEveryday Prophets in Our Midst – Thomas Gumbleton……….Issue #70 full download (.5mb pdf)
- No 69, Pentecost 2014Gospel Challenge; To Be a Church of the Poor – Joshua McElweeRaising children within the CW – Susan HurtadoMy Three Kidneys – Jim Consedine……….Issue #68 full download (1.0mb pdf)
- No 68, Lent 2014Editorial: Waihopai Ploughshares: Crown drops claimIs Climate Change Our Biggest Moral Issue? – Jim ConsedineThe Philippines – The Capture of The Children and The Nation – Shay CullenRoom for Christ – Dorothy DayBook Review: Pope Francis – Untying the Knots, Paul Vallely. Reviewer: Robert Consedine.……….Issue #68 full download (.5mb pdf)
- No 67, Advent 2013Editorial: Funeral Dignity for the PoorHoly Innocents – The Forgotten Feast – Jim ConsedineOur Beautiful World – Robert Consedine……….Issue #67 full download (.6mb pdf)
- No 66, Spring 2013Editorial: When Market Forces FailA Call to Discipleship – Anne RampaCritical Housing Crisis – Helen Gatonyl……….Issue #66 full download (.6mb pdf)
- No 65, Pentecost 2013Child Poverty — New Zealand’s Shame – Susan St JohnGospel Obedience – John Dear SJGrowing up on a CW Farm – Teresa Land……….Issue #65 full download (.9mb pdf)
- No 64, Lent 2013Forgiveness – A Radical Option for Healthy Living – Jim ConsedinePeace Trip to Afghanistan – Culley PalmerSaint Dorothy Day? A View from Down Under – Jim Consedine……….Issue #64 full download (.6mb pdf)
- No 63, Advent 2012The Spirituality of James K. Baxter – John Weir SMSecond-Generation CW – Marissa DowlingObituary: Kieran Gallagher-Power (1987-2012)……….Issue #63 full download (1.1mb pdf)
- No 62, Spring 2012Rio – summit fishy going on… – Tony WatkinsEveryday prophets are in our midst – Thomas GumbletonA Tale of Two Cities – Jim Consedine……….Issue #62 full download (.5mb pdf)
- No 61, Pentecost 2012Editorial: Back In ANZUSIdeology or Faith – Jim ConsedineThe Eucharist’s New Covenant Of Non-violence – J Dear……….Issue #61 full download (.9mb pdf)
- No 60, Lent 2012Editorial: Trans-Pacific Partnership AgreementA New Year of Non-violence – John DearTrading our Sovereignty – Mary-Ellen O’Connor……….Issue #60 full download (2.1mb pdf)
- No 59, Advent 2011Editorial: Kingdom EconomicsVatican endorses ‘Robin Hood’ Tax – Jim ConsedineWaihopai Ploughshares Reflection – Gerard Burns……….Issue #59 full download (700kb pdf)
- No 58, Spring 2011Editorial: Earthquake Crony CapitalismMajor Quake Issues – Mike ColemanThe free-market quake – Fiona Farrell
- No 57, Pentecost 2011Jesus’ illegal Holy Week activity – John Dear SJParihaka – A legacy of non-violence – Tariana TuriaWar – Twenty Years Too Many – Moana Cole……….Issue #57 full download (2.3mb pdf)
- No 56, Lent 2011Editorial: This Wounded City will RiseAfter the Quake – Cathy HarrisonThe Philippines: A Culture of Impunity – Corazon Miller
- No 55, Advent 2010Where Are The Prophets? – Liz McAlisterAnarchism and the Catholic Worker – Jim Consedine30th Anniversary – Dorothy Day (1897-1980) – Robert Ellsberg
- No 54, Spring 2010Interview:Fr Peter Murnane OPDon’t Come Monday! New labour laws – John MaynardEditorial: The Day the Earth Shook
- No 53, Pentecost 2010Waihopai Wrap-up – Jim ConsedineAnzac Day Sentimentalising War – Jim ConsedineIs ‘Three Strikes’ Sinful?
- No 52, Lent 2010Editorial: Closer US Relations A Poisoned ChaliceGet out of Afghanistan – Interview with John DearLiving the Dream, St Francis CW – Annie Wilson
- No 51, Advent 2009Editorial:We Are At WarForgiveness or Serial Vengeance – Jim ConsedineReview: Franz Jägerstätter: Letters and Writings from Prison
- No 50, Spring 2009Editorial 1: Celebrating 50 Editions – The Common GoodA Green Saint – Francis of Assisi – Jim ConsedineRay Scott (1930-2009) – Jim Consedine
- No 49, Pentecost 2009Editorial 1: Easter EconomicsA Spirituality for Today – Dorothy Day on Justice – Jim ForestEditorial 2: The Non-violent Jesus
- No 48, Easter 2009Editorial: Gaza: Worse Than An EarthquakeTelling the Truth – Media and the Treaty – Robert ConsedineWitness to Peace in Gaza
- No 47, Advent 2008Sins of the Wallet – Faith and the Financial Crisis – Jim ConsedineParihaka A Call to Non-Violence – Cecily McNeillGlobal Crisis and Unregulated Debt in New Zealand – Paul Dalziel
- No 46, Spring 2008Warehousing the Poor: NZ’s High Imprisonment Rate – Kathy Dunstall Restorative Justice A Truly Non-Violent Alternative – Jim Consedine Catholic Worker 75th Anniversary Statement
- No 45, Pentecost 2008Unmasking Waihopai – War Complicity Exposed – Jim Consedine Prayer Breaks Spiral of Violence at Waihopai – Letitia James Celebrating 75 years of the Catholic Worker – Jim Consedine
- No 44, Easter 2008Editorial: Those MedalsBlessed Are The Poor – Kathleen Gallagher and Jim ConsedineParihaka Day CampaignLaying to Rest – An Alternative Funeral – Jim Consedine
- No 43, Advent 2007Editorial: Ruatoki in the spotlightEditorial: Parihaka Day not Guy Fawkes?A Consistent Ethic of Life – Ten Years OnNo Future without Forgiveness – Jim Consedine Walking the Talk – Response to Global Warming – Anne Rampa
- No 42, Spring 2007Editorial: The Americas Cup Faith or Ideology – What Takes Precedence?- Jim Consedine Centenary – Te Whiti and Tohu, prophets of non-violence – Jim Consedine The Ongoing NZ Climate Change Debate – Michael Gormly The Role of Spirit in Environmental Activism – Liz Remmerswaal HughesEditorial: Graeme White RIP
- No 41, Pentecost 2007Editorial: Murder, She SaidEditorial: The Bradford Law – A Step in Non-violenceConfronting Australian militarism: Christian peacemakers at Pine Gap – Brian Law Pioneering Study Shows Richest 2% Own Half World’s Wealth – Robert ConsedineA Reign of Terror – The Philippines Today – Sharon Rose Joy Ruiz-DuremdesWhat is a Catholic Worker vocation? – Jim Consedine
- No 40, Lent 2007Honouring the Prophets – John Miller – A Passion for Justice HIRUHARAMA/JERUSALEM DAYBOOK – CATHOLIC WORKER HUI, Jan 21 24, 2007 Statement on Environmental Issues – Sept. 2006 from the New Zealand Catholic Bishops’ Conference Growing Organic – Terrelaine Kennedy Close Waihopai Spy Base – Graeme White Climate Change Seeking the Common Good- Sean McDonagh SSCInterview: Pius Ncube, Catholic Archbishop of Matabeleland, ZimbabweIn Praise of Walking
- No 39, Advent 2006Editorial: The Common Good – 10th Birthday Editorial: Bread not circusesHonouring the Prophets – John Curnow – Development Prophet Opting for the Poor – Pauline O’Regan The Dorothy Column – The Scandal of the Works of Mercy
- No 38, Spring 2006Editorial: War and Peace – The Pit Stop PloughsharesRadical Love: The Way of Christ – The Common Good EditorsLetter from Israel – Tiberias, Sea of Galilee – Margaret IngramFresh Campaign Launched – Demilitarise Shannon Airport Action at Pine Gap
- No 37, Pentecost 2006Editorial: Heroic Witness: Flight Lieutenant Malcolm Kendal-Smith Editorial: Peacemaking in our timeCorporate Capitalism : A Structure of Sin – Robert ConsedinePrison: the Last Resort – Letitia JamesHonouring the Prophets – Kitty McKinleyIt’s not God’s Fault – Shay Cullen The Dorothy Column – The Pearl of Great PriceArrested for Peace – list of thousands
- No 36, Lent 2006Editorial: Lazarus at the Gate – David TuttyMake Affluence History – Joseph LandNursing in Calcutta – Kathryn CampbellCW Hui, Moria Marae, Whirinaki, January 2006Peace on Earth: Action at Pine Gap – Jim DowlingHonouring the Prophets – Rod Donald (1957 – 2005)
- No 35, Advent 2005Editorial: The Inclusiveness of JesusVoluntary Poverty and Contemplative Action – Kathleen GallagherInterest and Usury – Matt Vogel: NY Catholic WorkerChoosing Life: Microcredit-economicsOn Pilgrimage – Mary HancoxHonouring the Prophets – Donna Mulhearn
- No 34, Spring 2005Editorial: We Choose Non-violenceZimbawbe: the Moral Choice – Letitia JamesThe Wonders of Biodiversity – Frank HoffmanTorchbearers – Prophets and Saints for dark timesHonouring the Prophets – Marilyn Pryor, champion of the unborn
- No 33, Pentecost 2005Editorial:Copping the Flak – the CW and the corporate media – Kathleen GallagherAutumn at the Promised Land CWA Spirituality of Social Justice – Bill QuigleyAround the Traps: Pope John Paul II Prophet of PeaceIreland on Trial – Carmen TrotterIrish Peace Trial AbortedHands On Death – Kathryn CampbellInstitutionalised Poverty: The Philippines – John and Leony MillerHonouring the Prophets – Archibald Baxter; a moral leader for our time
- No 32, Lent 2005Editorial: Time to Apologise to Vietnam?Editorial: Faith in a Seed – the GE debate God of All Creation – Pat McMullenPassover Remembered – Alla Bozarth-CampbellInside Lent – Ardeth Platt O.PVatican Hijacked by GE lobby – Peter Murnane OPSeed Carriers Hikoi – Joseph LandHonouring the Prophets – Peter and Judith Land
- No 31, Advent 2004US Election: Blinkered Morality – Letitia JamesInterview: A Protestant Reflects – Bill Wylie-KellermanIrish Government’s Role in the Iraqi War – Ciaron O’ReillyEh Mary – Poem by Kathleen GallagherHonouring the Prophets – John Osmers; a Voice in Africa
- No 30, Spring 2004Editorial:Wherein lies peace?Editorial:Scapegoating Private EnglandOn Modern Warfare – John Paul II, 1993 New Year Peace MessageFollowing the Non-Violent Jesus – Emmanuel Charles McCarthyWrecking the Public Sector – Kathleen GallagherThe Thailand – New Zealand Free Trade Agreement – John MaynardCatholic Worker National Hui, Waikanae, July 2004Daily Bread – Barbara CorcoranHonouring the Prophets – Tom Newnham
- No 29, Lent 2004Editorial: The Last Passion of Christ (the movie)Waitangi and the Foreshore – Robert ConsedineStations of the Soul – Joy Ryan-BlooreFrom Israel – Kibbutz KinneretJesus and Non-Violence – Emmanuel Charles McCarthyDiary from Baghdad – Donna MulhearnHonouring the Prophets – Mary Baker
- No 28, Advent 2003Editorial: Meeting Christ in Advent – Joy Ryan-BlooreSlow down, you move too fast! – Donella MeadowsPalm Sunday Peace March Speech, Sydney Domain, 13 April 2003On Voluntary Poverty (2) – Dorothy DayLiving in the Spirit: the Story of St Francis CW Farm – Joseph and Catherine LandAround the Traps: Listening To The Animals – Graeme WhiteHuman Shield: A Diary from Baghdad – Donna MulhearnObituary: Bishop Antonio Fortich
- No 27, Easter 2003Lenten Reflection: Imagining growing oldDepleted Uranium and the People – Robert GreenHonouring the Prophets: Noel GinnHonouring the Prophets: Prophetic WomenOn Voluntary Poverty (1) – Dorothy DayObituary: Phil Berrigan
- No 26, Advent 2002Honouring the Prophets: Resurrected into peacemaking – Philip BerriganThe Folly of the Cross – Moana Cole For a Just peace in Palestine – NZ Catholic Bishops Conference
- No 25, Spring 2002Editorial: Joan Chittister on War as Social AnnihilationNew Twin Towers: Justice and Development – Jim ConsedineWar: A Radical Repudiation – Pope John Paul IIHonouring the Prophets: James K Baxter (1926-1972) – Jack Doherty
- No 24, Pentecost 2002Editorial:East Timor is Free A Sinful Underbelly: the Prison System Exposed – Jim ConsedineThe Scandal of the Church’s Support for War – John Dear SJHonouring the Prophets: Patrick O’Connor; Prophet of Inclusion
- No 23, Lent 2002Free Trade: Is it a Religious Issue? – Jim ConsedineWhat is Voluntary Poverty? – Nicholas DrakeHonouring the Prophets: The Aranui Sisters
- No 22, Advent 2001 (response to 9/11)Constructive Pacifism: Our Only Hope – Jim ConsedineEven after all this… the only solution is loveReflection: Advent 2001 – Herod and Mary – Brian TerrellChristian Peacemaking: Pacifism in the Early Church – Ronald G. MustoPoem: Everywhere there are Saints Walking – Kathleen GallagherHonouring the Prophets: Daniel Berrigan reflects on Ciaron O’Reilly
- No 21, Spring 2001Editorial: The Knowledge WaveEditorial: Racism Alive and Well in NZThe Middle East: An Alternative Jewish View – Marc EllisGE: Tampering with Creation – John CorcoranEconomic Apartheid: How Western Banks are Strangling Africa – Archbishop Njongonkulu NdunganeHonouring the Prophets On Retreat: Transforming the Earth – Liz McAlister
- No 20, Pentecost 2001Editorial:Pentecost – a call to actionEditorial:Peacemakers of Peacekeepers?Winkin, Blinkin or Nod? NZ Defence changes: peace promoting or business as usual? – Alyn WareThe Dilemma of a Christian Pacifist: Kathleen Hall – Tom NewnhamRestorative Justice: A Truly Non-Violent Alternative – Jim ConsedineWho are the poor? What is Justice? – Bill QuigleyBrief Reflection – St John of GodInterview: Helen Prejean
- No 19, Easter 2001Editorial: Robson supports halt to uranium munitions useThe Iraq Sanctions: Not a Price Worth Paying – Moana ColeSpirituality and Social Change – Jim ConsedineUtu: To Restore Honour – Henare TateCW Spirituality – Abraham Land
- No 18, Advent 2000Parihaka Non-violence: the Heart of Peaceful Resistance – Paul ReevesDorothy writes.. Love is the Measure – Dorothy DayUsury in the Modern World – Paul DalzielDe-Politicizing Dorothy: Thoughts on the canonization of Dorothy Day – Jo RobertsInterview: Dorothy Day: Not Your Everyday Saint – Jeff Dietrich
- No 17, Spring 2000Editorial: THE WAR ECONOMY – Engine room of profit and deathEditorial: USURY – the rotten heart of capitalismHolding the World Hostage: the Immorality of Banking – Jim ConsedineCrime is Down, Crime is Rampant: in Defiance of God, Justice, Peace – Ardeth Platte How Green is My Church? – Michael Gormly
- No 16, Pentecost 2000Editorial: The Path of Non-ViolenceEditorial: The WTOWhat Kind of People Worship Here? Who is their God? – Jim ConsedineNo DNA Testing and other jail tales – Ciaron O’ReillyInterview: CW farmer – Jim Albertini in Hawai’i
- No 15, Easter 2000Editorial: (1) Cancellation of F16 purchase by GovernmentEditorial: (2) Ploughshares activists jailed in BaltimorePeace Witnesses Imprisoned: Ploughshares act against Depleted Uranium – Elizabeth McAlisterThe Path to Equality: Charity or Justice? – Pauline O’ReganViolence in Prison: One Woman’s Experience – Kathleen Rumpf