Create Your Future: How to Make Your Voice Heard from Human Rights to Civil Rights, From Anti-Apartheid to Anti-War @alternet

Create Your Future: How to Make Your Voice Heard from Human Rights to Civil Rights, From Anti-Apartheid to Anti-War @alternetThe following is an excerpt from Create Your Future: How to Make Your Voice Heard from Human Rights to Civil Rights, From Anti-Apartheid to Anti-War (Snail Press, September, 2015), by Jack Healey.






1962 was an auspicious year to arrive in Washington. That year everything
seemed possible. Pope John the 23rd had called for the second ecumenical
council of the Vatican, seeking to “open the Church windows and let in
fresh air” to align the Church with the progressive changes of the time.
The seminary was brimming with pride because America had elected its
first Catholic president, a prime subject of cafeteria chatter. If you
wanted to make new friends, it was always a sure bet to bring up the
Catholic president..... (more)