Finding My Footing: A CW Climate Activist’s Story
Anthony Lanzillo, of Loaves and Fishes Community in Duluth, MN, shares the first part of his journey of coming to…
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Marc Ellis, Pioneer of Jewish Liberation Theology, Dies at 71
Marc Ellis, the theologian who pioneered Jewish liberation theology and whose career trajectory was profoundly transformed by his encounter with…
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European CWers Gather for Community, Clarification, and Fun
About 25 Catholic Workers from five European communities gathered in Cudham, Britain, in May. They shared community news, held roundtable discussions on pressing issues…and competed for top prize in the talent contest.
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Reconstructing the Social Order Through the Works of Mercy in an Age of Migration
The mass migration of people today is causing a surge of anti-immigrant sentiment, hatred, and violence among those who follow a false god, write Louise Zwick and Noemí Flores. But if Christians recall how the Church responded to a previous age of mass migration, they might find that today’s “migrant crisis” is in fact a golden opportunity for reconstructing the social order.
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The Parallel Lives of Dorothy Day and St. Maria Skobstova
Although they were born more than 4,200 miles apart, Dorothy Day and Mother Maria Skobstova shared much in common: both were writers and intellectuals, both became involved in the radical and revolutionary movements of the day, both lost children and husbands…and both would ultimately be honored by their respective religious communities.
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‘Do You Want to Come Home?’ 18 Years Running a Kansas City Christ Room
For 18 years, Charles Carney and Donna Constantino hosting a Christ room in their modest Kansas City home. In this interview with Roundtable editor Jerry Windley-Daoust, they describe how they decided to open up their home and the ups and downs that followed. “This is a very doable thing and it’s not as daunting as people might think,” Carney said. “Our lives changed way more than probably the people that live with us changed.”
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Christ Room Hospitality is about Relationships and Family, Hosts Say
Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin called for every Christian household to have its Christ room. What would it be like if even a fraction of Christian households adopted the ancient practice of opening up a room to someone in need? Generally, people object to the idea on practical grounds. And yet, some people have taken the leap and found the experience to be deeply enriching and rewarding, if not always without its stresses and problems. Their stories provide a glimpse of what it might look like to realize Peter and Dorothy’s original vision in which hospitality was a habit of every Christian community.
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Akron Catholic Worker Seeks House Manager
We seek 3 full-time live-in volunteers to propel our mission forward.
Our work of hospitality grounds us in the daily needs of the most vulnerable. We are strongly rooted in faith and we act out of our commitment to the principles and tenets of the Catholic Worker Movement for which we look to the Aims and Means for guidance.
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Alexandria Addesso Comes Home to Start a New Jersey CW (CCW Ep 24)
In this episode of “Coffee with Catholic Workers,” Theo Kayser and Lydia Wong interview Alexandria Addesso, founder of the Elizabeth, New Jersey, Catholic Worker.
Alex talked about her journey to the Catholic Worker; her time at the Los Angeles Catholic Worker; and coming home to Elizabeth, New Jersey, to found a Catholic Worker there. Along the way, she talks about the intersection of Catholicism and anarchism, mutual aid, the pros and cons of registering a Catholic Worker as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization, and the ups and downs of operating a Catholic Worker largely on her own.
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From Resistance to Resurrection: Jeff Dietrich Recalls His Journey to the LACW
After refusing induction into the army, a 24-year-old Jeff Dietrich hit the road, traveling to Europe, then back across the United States, in search of an “alternate American dream.” With the Jesus Prayer constantly on his lips, he finally found what he was looking for when he met a band of Catholic Workers on their way to a peace conference. What follows is the text of the talk Dietrich gave at De Paul University after receiving the Fourth Annual Berrigan – McAlister Award for the Practice of Christian Nonviolence on behalf of the Los Angeles Catholic Worker. The talk was given on May 13, 2024 and has been lightly edited.
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The Christ Room Network
In 2016, Casa Alma Catholic Worker launched its Christ Room Network. Here, you’ll find an excerpt from the resource guide they wrote to support the project, along with the full PDF available for download.
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War Tax Resistance: A Catholic Worker Tradition
As early as 1943, Dorothy Day was advocating withholding taxes in order to avoid complicity in military violence. War tax resistance has been a Catholic Worker tradition ever since, and interest in the practice has been growing in the wake of the U.S.-funded killing of thousands of civilians in Gaza.
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Alice McGary and Mary Kay McDermott: The CW’s Land and Craft Vision (CCW Ep 23)
In this episode, hosts Theo Kayser and Lydia Wong are joined by Alice McGary from The Mustard Seed Farm in the Ames, Iowa region and Mary Kay McDermott from St. Isidore Farm in Southwest Wisconsin. They explore if the word “cult” in Peter Maurin’s alliterative vision of “cult, culture, and cultivation” is scary or a turn off and how they’re trying to be producers and not just consumers.
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After Arrests, Students Renew Call for Notre Dame to Follow Catholic Teaching on War, Investments
At the University of Notre Dame, student protesters and their allies are drawing on Catholic social teaching and the Catholic Worker tradition to press the university to divest from companies that violate Catholic teaching on war and the arms trade. The South Bend Catholic Worker has been providing practical and pastoral support.
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Stop the Killing!: A Review of Philip Berrigan’s “A Ministry of Risk”
In a new collection of his writings, Philip Berrigan continues to be a mentor and a master of nonviolent civil disobedience. The collection, A Ministry of Risk, should move us all to Christian action, our reviewer writes.
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Casa Juan Diego Seeks Community Members to Work with Immigrants
Casa Juan Diego, the Houston Catholic Worker, Is seeking community members to assist in the Works of Mercy with immigrants and…
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The Many Miracles of Bethany House
After opening Bethany House of Hospitality in the early 1990s, Harank and a circle of volunteers spent the next nine years working to break through the fear and stigma of AIDS with love. Along the way, he participated in an underground clinic and witnessed more than one Lazarus-style “resurrection.”
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Who is ‘My’ Property for, Anyway? Property and the Common Good (Part 2)
In his continuing series of articles for The Catholic Citizen, Colin Miller reflects on the Church’s social teaching that property is only legitimately “mine” when it is used for the common good. Lawsuits, insurance, risk, property codes, a money economy, liability, consumer culture, single-use-disposable containers—all of this and much more help make a world where every item belongs “absolutely” to someone, rather than “loosely” as a trust for the purpose of building community.
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Remembering Bishop Gumbleton: Voices from House of Grace CW & Kay Lasante Clinic
House of Grace Catholic Worker (Philadelphia) sent this letter to its community remembering Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, who passed away on April 4. Community members and staff from Kay Lasante Clinic in Haiti, which he helped found, shared personal memories and tributes to his legacy of compassion and love.
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Philip Berrigan Confronts the Ancient Young Warrior
The following excerpt is from the new book A Ministry of Risk: The Collected Writings of Philip Berrigan, a collection of the writings of Philip Berigan compiled and edited by Brad Wolf. Philip Berrigan (1923-2002) was a Catholic priest, author, anti-war and anti-nuclear weapons activist. He and his brother, Daniel Berrigan, were deeply influenced by the Catholic Worker Movement—and influenced the movement in turn. According to the publisher (Fordham University Press), “A Ministry of Risk is the definitive collection of Philip Berrigan’s writings. Authorized by the Berrigan family and arranged chronologically, these writings depict the transformation of one revolutionary soul while also providing a firsthand account of a nation grappling with its martial obsessions.”
