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The following statement of beliefs, values, and commitments from the June 2023 Catholic Agitator (newspaper of the L.A. Catholic Worker) offers another take on how different Catholic Worker communities frame what they do.
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In June 2023, Brother Johannes r Maertens of the London Catholic Worker visited the Dunkirk refugee camp in the Northern France with the charity Art Refuge and joined the local team of the NGO Doctors for the World. Here’s his report.
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Ellen Grady, one of several Catholic Workers arrested at Vokel Air Base this summer, wrote a letter prior to her departure explaining her decision to join the protests at Peace Camp Vokel. The text of that letter follows.
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The Catholic Archbishops of Santa Fe, Seattle, Nagasaki, and the Bishop of Hiroshima have formed a partnership to work for a nuclear-free world, setting goals for action to be taken by 2025. What follows is the text of their joint press release.
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This is the sixth in a continuing series of articles about how to start a Catholic Worker community, told through the lived experience of the Tampa Catholic Worker.
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St. Martin de Porres is a Catholic Worker community located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. There is currently only one community member here and he is planning on applying to religious life with the hopes of beginning in the summer of 2024. Therefore, the community is seeking at least one new community member to come, be trained, and take over the operation.
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In this issue: Reflecting on “ecological conversion”; Theo Kayser protests NAATO exercises with Kommuniteten Senapskornet (Mustard Seed Community) in Luleå, Sweden; the canonization debate continues; a reflection on Dorothy Day’s complicated attitude toward sex; the complexity of racism in the Catholic Worker Movement; Des Moines CW receives a hefty bequest; and more.
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The following press release was issued by John LaForge, Frits ter Kuile, and Susan Crane in advance of Peace Camp Volkel August 4-10. The action centered on climate and nuclear disarmament issues is coordinated by the Amsterdam Catholic Worker, and the U.S. delegation includes many Catholic Workers.
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Here’s the July 2023 issue of via pacis, the newsletter of the Des Moines Catholic Worker.
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All I was asking for was a little retreat and reprieve from all the sufferings of my heavy heart. Instead, Brian and Betsy and a menagerie of goats put me to work.
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“A Catholic Worker Primer” was originally drawn by Chuck Trapkus in 1986 and continues to be distributed and reprinted in Catholic Worker circles as much for its ability to distill the essence of the Movement as for its fun and irreverent style.
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Sacred Tent CW is currently looking for two female live-in community members.
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The Iowa City Catholic Worker recently appealed for financial help for a migrant farmworker badly injured in a grain elevator accident.
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A delegation from the Archdioceses of Santa Fe and Seattle is embarking on a Pilgrimage of Peace to Japan for the purpose of building stronger ties with the Church there and advocating for universal, verifiable nuclear disarmament.
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Here’s the Summer 2023 issue of THE SOWER, the newsletter of Strangers and Guests Catholic Worker Farm.
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Matt Harper of the Los Angeles Catholic Worker sent out this invitation for Catholic Workers to join a conversation about raising a family in a Catholic Worker setting. His note is reprinted below.
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There’s a new Catholic Worker community coming to the St. Louis area; here are the details.
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The Uganda Catholic Worker Community, currently homeless after eviction from its Kiboga district location, is appealing for $56,000 in donations. The funds will be used to purchase a house, a key step in their plan for self-sustainabilit
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The New York Catholic Worker has put out a call to all Catholic Worker communities to help it update its master list.
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In the wake of the deadly shipwreck that killed several hundred refugees, the London Catholic Worker held a prayer vigil outside the Home Office to name and remember all refugees who have died trying to seek sanctuary in Europe and the United Kingdom. This news release is from Brother Johannes Maertens of the London Catholic Worker.
