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A Distributive Society is a Co-Creative Society…What’s That You Say?

A Distributive Society is a Co-Creative Society…What’s That You Say?

As co-creators our work consists of loving, which is to say, of receiving that which was given by God, then giving it back in all its original goodness made even more precious by our seeing to it that through our dominion vigil it had not diminished in quality or condition.

The Mistake About Distributism

The Mistake About Distributism

“I choose a visible manifestation of faith over the armchair. I choose not to walk away as Nero burns Rome, but to turn around, and follow my Master as He walks back toward the flames. Join us, there is a fire and we intend to put it out.”

The Week in Review – 7th August, 2010

The Week in Review – 7th August, 2010

Grace Potts writes about ‘The Distributist Moment’.

Free Cars for the Poor?

Free Cars for the Poor?

The poor need to get jobs in order to improve themselves. But before they can get a job, they need to have a car; but before they can get a car, they need to have a job to pay for that car.

When Small is Sensible: Culture, Technology, and Subsidiarity

When Small is Sensible: Culture, Technology, and Subsidiarity

We might consider the suggestion that we should try to see how much can be produced locally, rather than how little. Apart from special cases occasioned by climate of lack of raw materials, is there anything to be gained by all the importing and exporting that we do?