The Tampa CW Story: Finding a Home
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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Our Lady the Hibakusha: A Story of Two Cathedrals
Two bishops, two cathedrals, and two very different responses to the devastation American atomic bombs wrought on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This essay appeared in the August 2010 issue of THE CATHOLIC WORKER and is reprinted here with permission from the author.
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Courage is Contagious: Activists Work to Protect Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant
Claire Schaeffer-Duffy (Sts. Francis and Therese CW) recounts her journey to Ukraine on behalf of the Zaporizhzhia Protection Project, an innovative peace initiative that seeks to engage unarmed civilians in the establishment of a no-fire zone around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.
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Heard Around the Catholic Worker #10
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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Theo Visits Kommuniteten Senapskornet (Mustard Seed Community) in Luleå, Sweden
Theo travels north…way, way north…to visit Sweden’s Mustard Seed Community, where he joins in a prayerful protest of NATO’s “Arctic Challenge” and enjoys a lot of “fika.”
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CWers Among Those to Protest U.S. Nuclear Weapons Deployed in the Netherlands and Germany
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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via pacis (July 2023)
Here’s the July 2023 issue of via pacis, the newsletter of the Des Moines Catholic Worker.
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Put to Work
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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Iowa City CW Raises Funds for Injured Migrant Farmworker
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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U.S. Catholic Leaders Embark on Peace Pilgrimage to Japan; Will Advocate Universal Nuclear Disarmament
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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The Sower (Summer 2023)
Here’s the Summer 2023 issue of THE SOWER, the newsletter of Strangers and Guests Catholic Worker Farm.
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A Conversation about Nuclear Families & the Catholic Worker
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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The Tampa CW Story: Sustainable Funding
This is the fifth 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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A New CW in St. Louis
There’s a new Catholic Worker community coming to the St. Louis area; here are the details.
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Heard Around the Catholic Worker #9
In this issue: A new Catholic Worker in St. Louis; Claire Schaeffer-Duffy reports on her trip to Ukraine as part of the Zaporizhzhia Protection Project; St. Francis House plans a nine-day celebration for its 50th anniversary; “The Provocations of Dorothy Day” by Kate Hennessy; Vatican covers 90ths anniversary of CW; and much more.
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Uganda CW Seeks Funds to Purchase a House
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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NYCW Updating List of Catholic Worker Communities
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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Let’s Uphold the Right to Seek Safety
Unimaginable terror afflicts refugees, including children, on dilapidated boats crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Humane alternatives should guide policies.
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London Catholic Worker at Prayer Vigil for Refugees
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.
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Brian Terrell Explores the Evolving Identity of the Catholic Worker Movement (CCW Ep 18)
Today we have Brian Terrell joining us from Strangers and Guests Catholic Worker Farm in tiny Maloy, Iowa. Brian discusses what they’re growing at the farm, whether it’s really worth growing your own beans and what it was like living with Dorothy Day compared to how she is thought of nowadays.
