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In Episode 37 of Coffee with Catholic Workers, hosts Theo Kayser and Lydia Wong speak with Lincoln Rice of Casa Maria Catholic Worker in Milwaukee & Chrissy Kirchhoefer of St. Louis Catholic Worker.
This discussion covers the history of tax resistance in the Catholic Worker movement as well as the modern revival of tax resistance, examining different approaches to tax resistance and implications of this practice.
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In this episode of Coffee with Catholic Workers, hosts Theo Kayser and Lydia Wong speak with Maryn Hakes at Loaves and Fishes Catholic Worker in Duluth, Minnesota. The conversation explores queerness, foster children in community, and Maryn’s journey from religious formation to the Catholic Worker.
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In this episode of Coffee with Catholic Workers, hosts Theo Kayser and Lydia Wong speak with folks from the Los Angeles Catholic Worker for a second time. Mary Anne O’Connor, Megan Ramsay, Matt Harper, and Donald Nollar join in conversation focused on their experiences offering personalist end of life care to guests.
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“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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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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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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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.
ByJerry Windley-Daoust
About 75 people attended the 2025 gathering this past weekend; Jerry Windley-Daoust shares the highlights.
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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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Mauro Heck and Mary Farrell share their best photos from the Midwest Catholic Worker Gathering, September 12 – 14, 2025.
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Members of Philadelphia’s House of Grace Catholic Worker released the following statement on November 14 regarding Kay Lasante Clinic.
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After nearly fifty years, the Denver Catholic Worker is closing, the community announced in a letter to fellow Catholic Workers. Jennifer Haines and Sr. Anna Koop, who have been with the house since its beginning in 1978, are stepping back after several years of efforts to attract new stewards for the community did not work out.
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You may have missed the National Catholic Worker Gathering in Chicago earlier this month, but we’re pulling together summaries of some the roundtables. Here’s what people were talking about.
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In this episode of the Coffee with Catholic Workers podcast, co-hosts Theo Kayser and Lydia Wong are in conversation with Daniel Delapava, Dan Justman, and Quinn Smith from St. Francis House in Chicago. They chat about their preparations for St. Francis House’s 50th birthday, the national gathering to celebrate that occasion, and what it has been like to look back at the history of the house.
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In this episode of the Coffee with Catholic Workers podcast, co-hosts Theo Kayser and Lydia Wong interview Martha Hennessy, granddaughter of Dorothy Day. Martha shares insights into her unique upbringing, her personal journey away from and back to the Catholic Worker movement, and her reflections on the intersection of faith and activism today.
ByRenée Roden
About 75 people came together for the 2024 Midwest Catholic Worker Gathering last weekend. But the gathering is a tradition that is nearly fifty years old. Here’s a brief history.
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Dawn McCarty shares stories of the many types of hospitality offered to immigrants at Casa Juan Diego. This article was first printed in the July – September edition of the Houston Catholic Worker newspaper.
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After attempting to educate subsistence farmers about their legal rights, Elizabeth Nakiwolo and Michael Setikoleko of the Uganda Catholic Worker were illegally detained in early June. Nakiwolo, a mother of three, was recently released. Setikoleko reports that the farmers’ village was raised, and several have died, in the wake of an illegal land seizure.
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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.
ByScarlett Rose Ford
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.
