The Nine Provocations of Dorothy Day
Kate Hennessy identifies nine major teachings of Dorothy Day, which she calls “Provocations”, inviting us into deeper understanding and practice of Catholic Worker theology.
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Christian Friends of the Mentally Ill: Bringing Hope to Kenya
Japheth Obare, founder of Christian Friends of the Mentally Ill (CFOMI), a Catholic Worker community in Kenya that primarily serves those with mental health needs, spoke to attendees about CFOMI’s vital work, the unique challenges they face under the current government, and the hope they have to forge ahead.
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Communities | Essay | News
“In Africa, you do not need to take a vow of voluntary poverty—because poverty is already the daily reality”: Life at the Uganda Catholic Worker
In this transcript of Michael Sekitoleko’s presentation to the National Catholic Worker Gathering in San Antonio, Texas in October 2025, Michael urges the U.S. and European Catholic Workers to provide mentorship and capacity building, and shares three goals of the Uganda CW with the group.
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Communities | Essay | News
Fill the Jails! A Catholic Worker Vocation
In this transcript of Brian Terrell’s presentation to the National Catholic Worker Gathering in San Antonio, Texas in October 2025, Brian shares about his experiences with imprisonment and Dorothy’s belief that we ought to move beyond learning about the world by looking down from above, to learn about the world by looking up from below and “filling the jails.”
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Communities | Essay | News
Dorothy Day as a Template for Christian Prophecy
In this transcript of Fr. Ron Rolheiser’s presentation to the National Catholic Worker Gathering in San Antonio, Texas in October 2025, Fr. Rolheiser shares nine points that provide a framework for those who aspire to live out Dorothy’s prophetic ordinance in today’s world.
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Introductions at the San Antonio National Catholic Worker Gathering
After the opening Mass for the San Antonio National Catholic Worker Gathering, attendees introduced themselves to the group. Those in attendance represented a wide diversity in the Catholic Worker movement, with folks joining in 2025 and others having been in the movement for longer than the San Antonio Catholic Worker’s existence. Catholic Workers came from Texas, California, Vermont, Missouri, Alabama, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, New York, Kentucky, Minnesota and Arizona.
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“This Shameful Silence”: Why We Must Actively Resist the War Machine
Reflecting on Pope Francis’ address to Congress and Dorothy Day’s legacy, Brian Terrell argues that opposing the arms trade and practicing nonviolent resistance remain essential duties, not optional additions, to the Catholic Worker movement’s mission.
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Pope Leo: “Dorothy Day Took a Stand”
“I would like to remember a small, great American woman, Dorothy Day, who lived in the last century,” Pope Leo told pilgrims at his Jubilee audience on Saturday. “She had fire inside her.” See the full text of Pope Leo’s remarks on Dorothy Day.
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What I Learned from Dorothy Day
In this transcript of Robert Ellsberg’s presentation to the National Catholic Worker Gathering in San Antonio, Texas in October 2025, Ellsberg reflects on what he learned from Dorothy Day during the years that he knew her and from a long career of editing her writings.
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Living Nonviolence Every Day: Stories and Insights
Scott Schaeffer-Duffy and Martha Hennessy explored the challenges of practicing “loving-kindness” in personal confrontations and daily community life in this presentation at the October 2025 Catholic Worker gathering at the San Antonio Catholic Worker.
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Meet Oxbow Farm CW!
Meet Oxbow Farm, a Catholic Worker farm 30 miles outside Baltimore, Maryland, that runs a small organic CSA and is involved in the care farm movement.
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Opening Mass for the San Antonio Catholic Worker National Gathering
The San Antonio Catholic Worker National Gathering opened with a powerful celebration of Mass on the Feast of the Guardian Angels. In his homily, Father James Drennan said guardian angels set an example for how we should live: guiding, accompanying, protecting, lifting up, and loving one another.
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The Sower (Fall-Winter 2025)
Here’s the Fall 2025 issue of THE SOWER, the newsletter of Strangers and Guests Catholic Worker Farm. Inside: Betsy’s fall garden report; Dottie Fromal on praying with the Catholic Worker; and Brian Terrell on resistance to war and violence as an essential, not optional, element of the Catholic Worker charism.
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In Memoriam: Patrick Jordan (1944-2025)
Patrick Jordan, former editor of The Catholic Worker and a close friend of Dorothy Day died on Thursday, October 2.
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Remembering Vincent Scotti Eirine
Vincent Scotti Eirene, a longtime Catholic Worker and well-known Pittsburgh peace activist, died Sept. 11, 2025, at the age of 73. Eirene, who adopted his surname from the Greek goddess of peace, began his activism by protesting the Vietnam War. He went on to demonstrate against U.S. military interventions, mountaintop mining, and weapons research at Carnegie Mellon University. Over the years, he was arrested multiple times, once for digging a grave in the yard of then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and later protested alongside communities in Iraq and post-Katrina New Orleans. He also offered hospitality to the unhoused at the Catholic Worker house he founded, the Duncan Porter House of Hospitality and Resistance.
This page is dedicated to his memory. If you have a story, photo, or tribute to share, write roundtable@catholicworker.org. Please put Vince’s name in the subject line so we can prioritize it.
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At Sugar Creek 2025, Good Conversations and Plenty of Fun Refresh Catholic Workers
About 75 people attended the 2025 gathering this past weekend; Jerry Windley-Daoust shares the highlights.
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New Mural in NYC’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral Features Dorothy Day and the Stories of Immigrants
On Sept. 21, the International Day of Peace, a new mural was blessed in the cathedral’s narthex, linking the struggles of Irish immigrants of the past with today’s migrants and refugees. Alongside figures like St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Pierre Toussaint, and Mother Cabrini, Dorothy Day is depicted as a witness to mercy and justice. Kevin Ahern was there, and reflects on the significance of the event.
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Sugar Creek Gathering 2025 in Video
Photographer Mauro Heck shares some of the videos he took at the Midwest Catholic Worker Gathering at the Sugar Creek Retreat Center in Iowa (Sept. 12 – 14, 2025).
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Sugar Creek Gathering 2025 in Photos
Mauro Heck and Mary Farrell share their best photos from the Midwest Catholic Worker Gathering, September 12 – 14, 2025.
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Peter Maurin – Systematic Agitator
Lincoln Rice’s keynote address on the systematic “magna carta” of Peter Maurin’s Easy Essays in the first issues of The Catholic Worker, presented at the Peter Maurin Conference in Chicago, Illinois, on September 7, 2024.
