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College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University

2022

A Canticle for Leibowitz

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Everyone Wants A Revolution, No One Wants To Do The Dishes, Henry O. Widdicombe Apr 2022

Everyone Wants A Revolution, No One Wants To Do The Dishes, Henry O. Widdicombe

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This piece is a reflection on climate despair, filtered through the novel A Canticle for Leibowitz, the Catholic Worker Movement, and Benedictine spirituality to imagine what the response of a faithful Catholic might be. It posits that the only adequate response to, seemingly, insurmountable challenges is to hope against hope.