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Helen Ch\u00e1vez, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez, and Juana Estrada Ch\u00e1vez at a mass ending C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez’s fast at Forty Acres, Delano, March 10, 1968. Photo by John Kouns.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”1.6em” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n On Wednesday, February 14, 1968, C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez declared at a union meeting that he was beginning a fast in response to some union members and leaders who resorted to violence when violence was used against them. Ch\u00e1vez had studied the words and actions of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King and firmly believed that violence would not further la causa. Ch\u00e1vez was a man of great faith, and fasting was as much a spiritual journey as it was a political statement.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”http:\/\/farmworkermovement-csun.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/17.41.JK_.N35.B8.03.02.1A-scaled.jpg” background_position=”top_center” background_vertical_offset=”8%” min_height=”65vh” link_option_url=”https:\/\/cdm17169.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/FMC\/id\/3194″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”336.8px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”auto||auto||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” link_option_url=”https:\/\/digital-library.csun.edu\/fmc” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary Sisters carry boxes of bread to the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC) event at Delano Memorial Park commemorating the end of C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez’s fast for nonviolence, Delano, March 10, 1968. Photo by John Kouns.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”1.6em” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The fast Ch\u00e1vez undertook in 1968 was an atonement for the violence committed by other members of his organization, and it spoke to the deeply faithful farm workers. He wanted to bring back into focus their fight for justice, prevent further acts of violence by the strikers, and rededicate the movement. Many farm workers were Catholic, and this faith was a unifying force within the union.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#D22030″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#D22030″ width=”100%” max_width=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/farmworkermovement-csun.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/17.41.JK_.N35.B8.03.02.png” alt=”Father Eugene Boyle offers the Catholic sacrament of the holy communion to C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez on the day Ch\u00e1vez broke his twenty five day fast. A debilitated Chavez is helped by people surrounding him. A UFWOC flag waves behind Ch\u00e1vez. El padre Eugene Boyle ofrece el sacramento cat\u00f3lico de la sagrada comuni\u00f3n a C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez el d\u00eda que Ch\u00e1vez rompi\u00f3 su ayuno de veinticinco d\u00edas. Un Ch\u00e1vez debilitado necesita la ayuda de los que le rodean para mantenerse en pie. Una bandera de la UFWOC ondea detr\u00e1s de Ch\u00e1vez.” title_text=”Father Eugene Boyle offering C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez the sacrament of communion at Forty Acres, Delano, March 10, 1968.” url=”https:\/\/cdm17169.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/FMC\/id\/3224″ url_new_window=”on” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_font_size=”40px” text_line_height=”1.2em” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”|10vh||5vh|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Father Eugene Boyle offers Senator Robert F. Kennedy the sacrament of communion at Forty Acres, Delano, March 10, 1968.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”1.6em” header_4_text_color=”#FFFFFF” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”|10vh||5vh|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n In 1965, Boyle supported Martin Luther King\u2019s protest in Selma, Alabama. He also joined C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez in the 1966 march from Delano to Sacramento, advocating for farmworkers. He learned to fly so he could quickly fly anywhere in California to join picket lines, rallies, marches, fasts, demonstrations, and Masses. He officiated mass on the last day of C\u00e9sar Chavez\u2019s first fasting on March 10, 1968. Boyle taught the Social Action Seminar at St. Patrick College Seminary but faced opposition from Archbishop McGucken due to his vision of modern priesthood and training that McGucken thought was too political<\/span>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”auto||auto||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”1.6em” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n His supporters began conducting nightly Catholic services at Forty Acres, hoping to lift his spirits and show support. Midway through his fast, on February 26, Ch\u00e1vez was scheduled to appear in court for charges the growers brought against him, claiming he had been inciting violence. His followers came to the courthouse and quietly lined the corridors of the building in prayer.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Farm workers were there to create a spiritual space of safety and reverence for Ch\u00e1vez\u2019s weakening condition. After 25 days, Ch\u00e1vez finally ended his fast on March 10\u2014he had lost 35 pounds. Senator Robert Kennedy traveled to Delano to participate in the event. Union organizers planned a non-denominational service, with Jewish and Christian prayers and religious leaders. Father Eugene Boyle<\/a> presided over the Catholic portion. Nuns from the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary distributed loaves of bread so the crowd could partake in the symbolic breaking of bread. Kennedy, a great supporter of the farmworker movement, was also Catholic.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”http:\/\/farmworkermovement-csun.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ceasarrfk-fasting0002-1.png” background_position=”top_center” background_vertical_offset=”32%” min_height=”70vh” link_option_url=”https:\/\/cdm17169.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/FMC\/search\/searchterm\/1968-03-10\/” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” link_option_url=”https:\/\/digital-library.csun.edu\/fmc” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Senator Robert Kennedy gives C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez a piece of bread ending Ch\u00e1vez’s 23-day fast. Helen Ch\u00e1vez is seated next to Senator Kennedy, Delano, March 10, 1968. Photo by John Kouns.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”1.6em” global_colors_info=”{}”]His presence on the last day of Ch\u00e1vez’s fast was key to spreading the word about the grape boycott in America. It also reinforced the importance of Ch\u00e1vez\u2019s desire for nonviolent action when working towards the union\u2019s goals, as many of its leaders admired Kennedy. The fast helped win the hearts and minds of his community of farm workers\u2013and the hearts and minds of the nation. 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