Although voluntary poverty is a core part of the Catholic Worker lifestyle, most Catholic Worker communities depend on donations to help keep things running. From the start, Dorothy Day didn’t hesitate to appeal to the Catholic Worker’s wider community of readers for financial help.
If you’d like to support the Catholic Worker Movement, browse the appeals below; you can also check out the Catholic Worker Community Directory. Send your donations directly to the Catholic Worker community you’re supporting. Although CatholicWorker.org only accepts appeals from known Catholic Worker communities, we can’t offer any guarantees about how your donation will be used. If you have questions, reach out to the community you want to support.
Support Ciaron O’Reilly’s Vigil for Assange
Since early April 2023, Ciaron O’Reilly has been camped at the entrance of HM Prison Belmarsh (London) in solidarity with Julian Assange. Now, his friends are asking for financial support to help him continue the vigil in good health.
Mustard Seed Community Farm & Catholic Worker Seeks Interns, Community Members
Mustard Seed Community Farm (Ames, Iowa) is actively seeking interns and community members to live and farm with us for the 2024 season
New Kansas City CW Will Nurture Creativity and ‘a Listening Society’
A new Catholic Worker community in Kansas City, Missouri, will focus on hospitality, nurturing creativity, and “building a listening society,” according to founders Wilhelm and Sally Höjer. The couple hope to raise nearly $200,000 to launch the project; their appeal letter follows.
Newly Formed CW Farm Seeks Gifts & Loans to Purchase Property in Wisconsin
The newly formed Little Platte Catholic Worker Farm, is actively seeking monetary gifts or interest-free loans to aid in the purchase of a 37-acre property in Platteville, Wisconsin!
Can You Help St. Louis CW Start a House of Hospitality?
We are in the process of finding a physical space to purchase in the St. Louis area to headquarter our works of mercy and revolution of the heart. If you find yourself in a place of abundance at this time, please consider helping us start this new House of Hospitality.
Casa Juan Diego Christmas Appeal
We know that the person in need who comes to our door is not just Maria Garcia or Samuel Smith, but the Lord himself present in the poor. We Catholic Workers are just a few. We cannot solve all the problems of people seeking help, but we can, with the help of our readers, provide what may seem like just a few loaves and fishes. We pray that the Lord may transform and multiply them.
Catholic Worker Farm (UK) Seeks Support, Advice, Prayer to Pay Off £300,000
After 17 years of service, the Catholic Worker Farm (Hertfordshire, England) is seeking help to pay off the remaining £300,000 that it owes on the farm.
Support Tampa CW’s new Dorothy Day Hospitality House Drop-In Center
The new Dorothy Day Tampa Hospitality House will provide critical services such as showers, laundry, mail collection, computer access, coffee, and community meals, as well as compassion and respite.
St. Peter Claver CW Appeal for Sustaining Contributors
As we have worked to establish the Motels4Now program and ensure its sustainability, we have struggled to meet the monthly financial obligations of Our Lady of the Road and our Catholic Worker household. Would you please consider helping on a monthly basis and inviting others in your circle to do so? Together, we can continue practicing the works of mercy, listening for the promptings of God’s Spirit.
Dixon Appeals for Help Planting an Olive Grove in Tuba
As she prepares to return to Israel for the trial of the man who assaulted her, Cassandra Dixon (Mary House Catholic Worker, Jackson, Wisconsin) is asking supporters to help the people of Tuba plant an olive grove on their land. Her appeal letter is reprinted here.