Joe Kruse Grew Up in the Movement (CCW Ep 17)
An interview with longtime Catholic Worker Joe Kruse about labor, union organizing, and work.
An interview with longtime Catholic Worker Joe Kruse about labor, union organizing, and work.
For this 90th anniversary episode, Theo and Lydia interview Rosalie Riegle about the origins of the Catholic Worker, the Catholic Worker’s early involvement with the labor movement, and why the contemporary Catholic Worker has turned to other issues.
For this 90th anniversary episode, Theo and Lydia interview Rosalie Riegle about the origins of the Catholic Worker, the Catholic Worker’s early involvement with the labor movement, and why the contemporary Catholic Worker has turned to other issues.
Today we have Tensie Hernandez joining us from Beatitude House of Guadalupe, California. She shares with us the story of stumbling on to the Los Angeles Catholic Worker while still in high school, how rootedness in a community grows over time, and how running a Catholic Worker in a small town is different than doing so in a big, bustling city.
In this episode, Michele Naar Obed (Hildegard House Catholic Worker, Duluth, Minnesota) shares with us her journey to the Catholic Worker through the Plowshares movement. We talk about her journey to grounding herself in Catholic Worker principles including the Sermon on the Mount. Michele has been connected to many projects including Christian Peacemaker Teams, Rojava, and valve-turning actions for the climate.
Frits ter Kuile (Jeannette Noel House, Amsterdam, Netherlands) joins Coffee with Catholic Worker to share his story, which ranges from anarchist squats to imprisonment for draft resistance to marches across the U.S. for peace. He also shares some of the good work being done by other Catholic Workers across Europe.
I’ve just returned from the national Catholic Worker gathering in Worcester, Massachusetts, which celebrated the Mustard Seed Catholic Worker’s fiftieth…
Author D.L. Mayfield joins Coffee with Catholic Worker to talk about her new book, Unruly Saint: Dorothy Day’s Radical Vision and its Challenge for Our Time.
Mark Colville from the Hartford Catholic Worker shares an exploration of trying to contextualize some of the work of the…
Art Laffin (Dorothy Day CW, Washington, D.C.) reports on the Ash Wednesday liturgy held in front of the White House to call for the repentance of the United States.
Hope Vaughn from Emmaus House in Chicago talk about mutual aid networks, jail support, and being a young person (younger…
Here’s a roundup of Catholic Worker news for February 14, 2023, including a remembrance of Tom Cornell, an AgWeek report on Catholic Worker farms, and a new Catholic Worker community listing in the directory..
Here’s a roundup of Catholic Worker news for February 7, 2023, including two CW-authored op-eds about nuclear disarmament, the closing of the Parkland Catholic Worker, and more.
In our first mini-episode we introduce the Aims and Means of the Catholic Worker and read through the current iteration…
In this episode, we hear from Mary Beth and Johanna from the House of Grace Catholic Worker in Philadelphia. There…
Here’s a roundup of Catholic Worker news for the week of January. 26, 2023, including two CW-authored op-eds about nuclear disarmament, the closing of the Parkland Catholic Worker, and more.
In the latest episode of Coffee with Catholic Workers, Theo and Lydia. talk with Catherine Morris who lives at the Hennessy…
In the latest episode, Lydia and Theo talk to Brenna from the Saint Isidore Farm in Cuba City, WI about her Catholic Worker journey, how the farm set up a coop to handle their finances, her community’s journey working towards decolonization, and what about the Catholic Worker brings her joy.
Catholic Workers Lydia Wong and Theo Kayser have a new CW podcast, Coffee With Catholic Workers! Each episode they talk to different cool Catholic Worker folks. The first episode features Julie Brown of the Des Moines Worker speaking to us from Kurdistan.