Kay Lasante Clinic to Close
Members of Philadelphia’s House of Grace Catholic Worker released the following statement on November 14 regarding Kay Lasante Clinic.
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Duluth Catholic Worker Community Explores Direct Aid Connection to Gaza
Hildegard House Catholic Worker (Duluth, Minnesota) has taken up Garry Jones’ invitation to provide direct support for Palestinians living in Gaza.
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Denver Catholic Worker Closes
After nearly fifty years, the Denver Catholic Worker is closing, the community announced in a letter to fellow Catholic Workers. Jennifer Haines and Sr. Anna Koop, who have been with the house since its beginning in 1978, are stepping back after several years of efforts to attract new stewards for the community did not work out.
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How ‘Radical Monopolies’ Destroy Our Communities and Local Economies
One of the main features of our consumerist society, writes Colin Miller, is that the production of basic necessities ceases to be internal to local communities and is taken over by large impersonal institutions in what Miller calls “radical monopolies.”
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How the Houston Catholic Worker Feeds the Hungry: A History
If there’s one thing that connects Catholic Worker communities everywhere, says Dawn McCarty, it’s doing the works of mercy…and at the Houston Catholic Worker, feeding the hungry has been a major focus since its inception. McCarty traces this history from its 1980 founding sheltering Salvadoran refugees to today’s massive food distribution program serving 1,200 families weekly.
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New Book Collects the Poetry of Anne Montgomery, RSCJ, Plowshares Pioneer
People mostly know Sr. Anne Montgomery. RSCJ, as an educator and peace activist who worked with poor youth in New York City and was among the eight individuals who participated in the very first Plowshares action. But she was less well known for her poetry, until now. This new volume of her poetry should help to change that, as Rosalie Riegle writes in her review.
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Marj Humphrey, Former CW Editor, Heads to East Africa on Restorative Justice Mission
Marj Humphrey will return to Uganda and Kenya on a mission to promote restorative justice as a Maryknoll lay missioner. Humphrey was part of the New York Catholic Worker from 1976 to 1984, and served as editor of The Catholic Worker newspaper during part of that time. This article is reprinted with permission from Maryknoll Lay Missioners.
