Dorothy Day Foundation Seeks to Help CW Communities Stay Open
The newly launched Dorothy Day Foundation seeks to help Catholic Workers in need of funds to stay open.
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Survivors of Sexual Exploitation Find Community and Hope at St. Bakhita Catholic Worker
At St. Bakhita Catholic Worker, Anne Haines and her collaborators create a safe and welcoming space for victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation to recover, heal, and start a new life.
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Nazareth House Welcomes Those Living with HIV/AIDS in the Philippines
In the Philippines, Nazareth House Catholic Worker welcomes those living with HIV/AIDS, distributes food to the needy, and stands with the families of victims of the government’s extra-judicial killings.
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What Does It Mean to be a “Radical” Catholic?
What would the Catholic Church look like if Catholics lived the “radical roots” of their faith? Maybe something like the Catholic Worker Movement, Colin Miller writes in his new book, We Are Only Saved Together: Living the Revolutionary Vision of Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement. This is the second installment excerpting the introduction to his book.
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Jackie Allen-Doucet: From Protesting with the Berrigans to Afterschool Mentorship in Hartford (CCW Ep 26)
In this episode of the Coffee with Catholic Workers podcast, co-hosts Theo Kayser and Lydia Wong speak to Jackie Allen-Doucat about the Hartford Catholic Worker’s work with kids and what it was like to raise her own kids in the Catholic Worker.
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After Grants Pass Decision, What’s Next for L.A.’s Skid Row?
The following article is reprinted from the August 2024 issue of the Catholic Agitator, newspaper of the Los Angeles Catholic…
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Duluth’s Hildegard House Provides a Safe Refuge for Asylum Seekers
Not far from Lake Superior, the Hildegard House Catholic Worker community provides support and fosters strong connections for asylum seekers, guided by the Benedictine principle to “listen with the ear of your heart.”
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Looking for a More Joyful, Vibrant Church? Catholic Worker Ideas Point the Way, Author Says
We have all heard that following the Gospel is supposed to fill us with joy, Colin Miller writes in his new book, We Are Only Saved Together: Living the Revolutionary Vision of Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement. But far too many people experience the Church as little more than superficial “friend dating” and low-commitment workshops and service opportunities. In the Catholic Worker’s vision of personalism, community, good work, and the pursuit of justice and mercy at a real personal cost, these people might just find the “something more” they have been looking for.
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Remembering Cliff Lichter, a CW Pilgrim
Brian Terrell remembers Cliff Lichter, a former soldier, Jesuit brother, and hospital orderly, found his true calling as a wandering pilgrim. Known for living out of a knapsack and frequenting Catholic Worker houses and monasteries, he died on July 11. His ashes will be interred at a South Dakota monastery.
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New Haven Cuts Power to Tiny Homes at Amistad Catholic Worker
The city of New Haven, Connecticut, cut power to the tiny homes hosted by the Amistad Catholic Worker in its backyard. The move is just the latest chapter in a long-running conflict between the Amistad Catholic Worker and the city over the plight of unhoused people.
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Catholic Workers Bring Messages of Peace, Repentance to National Eucharistic Congress
The Catholic Worker had a tiny presence at the National Eucharistic Congress last week in Indianapolis, with about twenty Workers and pilgrims coming together in a park near the Indiana Convention Center for a picnic supper and roundtable.
But despite those small numbers, most of the 50,000 people attending the Congress got to hear about the Catholic Worker Movement and Dorothy Day.
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Martha Hennessy Addresses 10th National Eucharistic Congress
Martha Hennessy, one of the grandchildren of Dorothy Day, addressed the 10th National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Friday, July 19, before a crowd of approximately 5,000 people at the Indiana Convention Center. Here is a video of the speech, along with a transcript and the prepared text.
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Finding My Footing: A CW Climate Activist’s Story (Part 2)
by Anthony Lanzillo After being in Duluth for just over a year, I was invited to speak to a room…
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What If Work Were Personal, Local, and Communal?
Work used to be personal, local, and communal…but all of that changed with the Industrial Revolution. Colin Miller begins a new series looking at Church teaching and the Catholic Worker’s critique of society in light of those changes.
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Chrissy Kirchhoefer and Lindsey Myers: There’s A New St. Louis Catholic Worker! (CCW Ep 25)
In this episode of the Coffee with Catholic Workers podcast, Chrissy Kirchhoefer and Lindsey Myers join co-hosts Theo Kayser and Lydia Wong to talk about the new house of hospitality they are starting in St. Louis with Theo.
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Are Children a Good Idea?
“Children have become a consumer decision,” writes Lydia’s House (Cincinnati, Ohio) co-director Mary Ellen Mitchell, “a luxury item not unlike an expensive mortgage or a Tesla: good for you if you can afford them, but don’t ask for help with that. The result is a collective lack of willingness to sacrifice for children that are not our own.” But her lived experience at Lydia’s House—along with the parenting practices of the Mbendjele people—suggests that there’s a way to celebrate the birth of every child and to support every mother.
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Ugandan CW Sekitoleko Detained, Tortured, Following Intervention in Illegal Land Grab
Michael Sekitoleko, founder of Uganda Catholic Worker, was released after being detained for 28 days for intervening in an illegal land seizure. He and other activists were arrested, mistreated, and tortured. Despite his efforts to aid peasant families, corruption and land seizures remain rampant in Uganda. Sekitoleko seeks financial and international support.
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The Sower (Summer 2024)
Here’s the Summer 2024 issue of THE SOWER, the newsletter of Strangers and Guests Catholic Worker Farm.
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Dorothy Day…Superhero? New Graphic Novel Tells the Story of Her ‘Hero’s Journey’
There’s a new graphic novel that tells the story of Dorothy Day’s life and the Catholic Worker Movement she co-founded. We interviewed the writer behind Dorothy Day: Radical Devotion about why the graphic novel format suits her life, plus some of the little-known anecdotes revealed in the book.
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After 14-Year Campaign, One Catholic Worker Celebrates Assange’s Release
“Julian Assange is free. He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901…
