How Father Twomey got sugar-cane workers out of slave quarters
The 1967 initiative presaged Habitat for Humanity
Matters Twomey
Sneak previews of research for my biography-in-progress of Father Louis J. Twomey, S.J. (1905–1969).
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LISTEN NOW: I share my Father Twomey research at the International Symposium on Jesuit Studies
Today I was blessed to share my Father Twomey research with an academic audience for the first time, addressing scholars at the International Symposium on Jesuit Studies at Boston College.
A Day to remember: Catholic Worker founder visits Father Twomey's institute
"We see in her ... a high degree of selfless dedication in Christ’s name"
From 1951: A Southern Jesuit assails antisemitic Catholics
Part three of a series on Father Twomey's social-justice newsletter Christ's Blueprint for the South
A Jesuit in 1949 slams the 'heresy' of 'rugged individualism'
Part two of a series on Father Twomey's social-justice newsletter Christ's Blueprint for the South
'We cannot be satisfied with anything less than the full social action of Catholicism'
Part one of a new series on Father Twomey's newsletter Christ's Blueprint for the South
"We need prayers": MLK to Father Twomey and friends, April 1963
In the midst of the Birmingham campaign, King reached out to his Jesuit friend for spiritual help
Jesuit vs. Nazis, part 3
Full transcript of Father Twomey's speech at 1961 NAACP rally
New sainthood candidate credited Father Twomey for his vocation
Richard M. Thomas might have been a horse trainer were it not for the Jesuit's guidance
"Standing up to the racists"
When Uptown New Orleans shunned anti-segregation Judge J. Skelly Wright, Father Twomey stood by him