The Catholic Worker at 90
As the Catholic Worker Movement turns 90, we take a look back at its origins…and a look forward toward its future.
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Rosalie Riegle: Catholic Worker Oral Historian (CCW Ep 15)
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.
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We Have Not Truly Arrived
A reflection on the future of the Catholic Worker: ” The climate catastrophe’s quickening pace and capitalism’s unbridled consumption will bring us close to that shell again, and the Catholic Worker’s experiences with living differently may become reality for more and more people.”
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The Catholic Worker Movement: Our Future
“We live life in precarity, but we will hold on to the belief that God will always provide if we respond to that love with our own practice of love. We may fail daily but we are still called to be a witness, to be the hands and feet of Christ….”
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The Great Turning Catholic Worker: A big Thank You to all!
Thanks to all who have been reaching out in support. While we are a bit overwhelmed with donations and tasks to continue getting the house organized (and would gratefully accept your involvement if you can spare some time), an updated wish list can be found here:
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Dixon Hopes to Return to Israel for Trial of Settler Who Attacked Her
Cassandra Dixon of Mary House of Hospitality was seriously harmed by an Israeli settler on March 7 while she and an Italian observer were in the hills outside of Hebron near a village called Tuba. On April 26, she issued the following update to CatholicWorker.org.
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Tensie Hernandez Accidentally Found Catholic Workers (CCW Ep 14)
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.
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Book Review: The Catholic Worker After Dorothy
Why has the Catholic Worker flourished even after the passing of its founders? These communities have prospered, according to Dan McKanan, because Day and Maurin provided them with a blueprint that emphasized creativity more than rigid adherence to a single model.
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Theo the Roamin’ Catholic Worker: Nevada Desert Experience Sacred Peace Walk
Theo offers a brief report on this year’s Nevada Desert Experience Sacred Peace Walk, which culminated in a demonstration in from of the Nevada National Security Site.
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Praying the Our Father Today in the USA
Every day during my walk down to the river, I pray the Our Father out loud, as loud as I can, as if it were a prayer for disciples who are already followers of Jesus.
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Heard Around the Catholic Worker (#6)
The future of the Catholic Worker at 90; CWers turned sociologists; European Catholic Workers; Cherith Brook raises $190,000 for rehab project.
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Midwest Faith & Resistance Retreat Recap
At the 2023 Midwest Faith & Resistance Retreat, Catholic Workers gathered from all over to pray, celebrate, and protest militarism in Madison.
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Theo the Roamin’ Catholic Worker: Bloomington CW
Theo (aka “the roamin’ Catholic Worker”) visits the Bloomington, Indiana Catholic Worker community, which mixes personal and community spaces in a unique way.
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The Tampa CW Story: Conducting a Needs Assessment
This is the third 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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Michele Naar Obed: Spreading Catholic Worker Principles in Duluth (CCW Ep 13)
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.
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Book Review: “On Pilgrimage: The Sixties”
Don’t dive into this book as one does a novel. Read it slowly, musing on an essay for a week, with a pencil in hand. For Day challenges us to make the connections between a spirituality of love for God and a love for all.
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Book Review: “Dorothy Day: The World Will be Saved by Beauty”
In “Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty,” Kate Hennessy paints an intimate portrait of her famous grandmother in the context of her family.
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Celebrate the Living Legacy of Dorothy Day
The Dorothy Day Guild and America Media (publishers of America magazine) co-sponsored an event commemorating the 40th anniversary of the…
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Frits ter Kuile: Anarchist Squats, Peace Walks, and European Catholic Workers (CCW Ep 12)
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.
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Catholic Workers Block Truax ANG Base, Occupy Wis. Governor’s Office
Catholic Workers attending the Midwest Catholic Worker Faith and Resistance Gathering were among dozens who participated in nonviolent direct actions at Truax Air Force Base and Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers’ office on Monday to oppose the deployment of F-35 fighter jets to the base.
