Should Agents of Mercy Be Locked Up?

Casa Juan Diego Works of Mercy for the Spanish Speaking Community:

• Central office for donations of food or clothing: 4818 Rose, Houston, TX 77007. To send a check: P. O. Box 70113, Houston, TX 77270.


• Women's House of Hospitality: Hospitality and services for 50 immigrant women and children, especially serving pregnant or physically battered women and their children.


• Assistance for 50 paralyzed or seriously ill immigrants living in the community.


• Padre Jack Davis Men's House: Hospitality for up to 60 immigrant men.


• Casa Don Bosco for sick and wounded men.


• English classes for guests of the houses.


• Casa Maria Social Service and Medical Center.


• Dorothy Day Medical and Dental Center.


• Food and clothing centers: For 500 families weekly (open to the public).


• Liturgy in Spanish Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. at 4811 Lillian at Shepherd.

Articles on the work of Mark and Louise Zwick of Casa Juan Diego:

Believing Matthew 25 When Nobody Else Does
By Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda
This article originally appeared in Our Sunday Visitor, May 25, 1997.

The Zwicks: "Faith People"
At Casa Juan Diego, compassion -- not green cards -- has always mattered most
By Michael Serazio
Houston Press

The Garden at Casa Juan Diego
Traces, February 2005

Articles by the Zwicks on House Bill HR 4437:

House of Representatives Immigration Bill H.R. 4437 Would Destroy People, Families, and the Economy: Write To Your Congress People

Helping the Poor, the Immigrant, the Injured May Be Considered Treason (According to House Bill H. R. 4437)

New Immigration Bill Shames United States: All Hispanics at Risk