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End of Life Care in Community (CCW Ep 28)
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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Blowing the Dynamite + No Recourse + Politics Is Politics
Blowing the Dynamite Writing about the Catholic Church, a radical writer says: “Rome will have to do more than to…
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Books and Media | Essay | News
Civil Disobedience: A Sacrificial Act of Personal Integrity
An excerpt from Scott Schaeffer-Duffy’s “Nothing Is Impossible: Stories from the Life of a Catholic Worker”.
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Dorothy Day | News | Video
Dorothy Day’s 1973 Interview with Nodlaig McCarthy
In this archival clip from 1973, Dorothy Day sits down with interviewer Nodlaig McCarthy to talk about the origins of the Catholic Workers’ Houses of Hospitality.
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JPII Farm Seeks Community Member
The JPII Farm in Kansas City, MO is seeking to welcome and support a Worker-Scholar for a short or medium-term stay (and…
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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.
