Cesar Chavez, who died 4/23/1993, wrote a new chapter in the history of American labor by organizing the first successful union of farm workers (the UFW). He transformed a local labor struggle into a moral cause that aroused the conscience of the nation.
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UFW marches had a religious character, reinforced by prayer, banners of Guadalupe, and the predence of clergy and religious. Dorothy Day, an early supporter, was arrested on a UFW picket line at 75. Chavez ended a 25- day fast by sharing communion with Bobby Kennedy.
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“When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit that our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines what kind of men we are. It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.”
Today’s Common Prayer app has a beautiful prayer written by him that echoes Jesus’ words about daily picking up our cross and following him.