Catholic Worker Mary K. Meyer, a Tom Fox interview
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Editor's Note: Mary K. Meyer passed away the morning of Feb. 5, 2007. Meyer was the director and mother spirit of the Shalom Catholic Worker House in Kansas City, Kan., for 18 years. A Dorothy Day look alike, Meyer was one of the pillars of the Catholic Worker network and an important member of the Catholic community of Kansas City. The Shalom Catholic Worker house continues to provide hospitality and food to countless needy people. In late 2006, Meyer talked with Tom Fox about her spiritual journey, summing up deep insights crafted through decades of selfless service to others.
Episode 1: 'God is in this some how, some way' (14 min.)
After more than 30 years of work with refugees and homeless men, Mary K. Meyer tells Tom Fox, "I could never do it unless I believe that God loved that person and that God was in this some how, some way. If I didn't believe that I couldn't do this." Meyer talks about how growing up in a Depression-era small Kansas town prepared her for the radical life of a Catholic Worker.
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Episode 2: 'I've lived long enough to know that I can trust God' (20 min.)
"I can trust God. I think that is the greatest grace I know. I have lived long enough to know that I can trust God," Meyer says. What do you mean by that? Tom Fox asks. "I mean that when I see misery I can know that God is in it, some how, and trust that is bigger than what I see. What I see is such a small part of what God sees."
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