• Catholic Worker National Gathering (Chicago, Oct. 4-6)

    Join the Catholic Worker National Gathering on October 4-6, 2024, at St. Gertrude Church Social Center in Chicago. Celebrate the St. Francis Catholic Worker House's 50th anniversary with Catholic Workers, friends, and supporters. Register online in July for updates.

  • The Spiritual Crises of Modernity: From Nominalism to Nihilism

    The Spiritual Crises of Modernity: From Nominalism to Nihilism A Maurin Academy course with Deacon Christopher May 7 pm CDT on Tuesdays October 08, 15, 22, 29 Reportedly, William Temple, who became the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1942, once asked his father, who was then the Archbishop: “Father, why don’t philosophers rule the world?” His...

  • The Gap in God’s Country: A Longer View on Our Culture Wars

    In this online lecture series, author Laurie M. Johnson explains how her book, "The Gap in God’s Country: A Longer View on Our Culture Wars" is different from other books that purport to explain the culture wars...and offers some practical ways forward.

  • Craft Retreat Set for February 13-18. Strangers and Guests Catholic Worker (Maloy, Iowa) will host a winter Craft Retreat from February 13-18, 2024, inviting participants to engage in weaving, basketry, spinning, baking, candle making, singing, and storytelling.

  • Holy Innocents Action at Offutt Air Force Base

    Offutt Air Force Base 2502 Nelson Dr,, Bellevue, Nebraska

    On December 28, Catholic Workers and friends will hold a nonviolent, prayerful witness at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Nebraska, to mourn the slaughter of innocents past and present. The event, marking Holy Innocents Day, will stand in solidarity with refugees and victims of war and call for an end to the nuclear threat posed by Offutt’s Strategic Command facility.

  • Mar. 5 Protest of U.S. Obstruction of Disarmament Treaty

    The Atlantic Life Community (ALC) is organizing a protest in New York City during the 3rd Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (3MSP) on March 5, 2025. Held at the United Nations from March 3-7, the meeting seeks to advance global nuclear disarmament, though nuclear-armed states remain opposed....

  • Festival of Radical Discipleship

    The Kirkridge Retreat Center will host the Second Festival of Radical Discipleship from May 23-25, 2025, inviting participants rooted in the radical Christian tradition to explore past gospel experiments, engage in present calls to action, and conspire for future collaborations. Organizers are seeking workshop and Bible study proposals, which are due by February 1, 2025....

  • European Catholic Worker Gathering

    The next European Catholic Worker Gathering will take place June 6-10 2025 in Dülmen, south of Münster, Germany.

  • San Antonio CW 40th Anniversary Celebration and CW Gathering

    Save the Date:  Thursday afternoon, October 2nd to Sunday afternoon, October 5t Please consider joining the San Antonio Catholic Worker Community for our 40th Anniversary and possible National Gathering in Texas at the Dorothy Day House of Hospitality (DDHH) on the campus of Towne Twin Village, a residential community that provides housing using the Housing...

  • Dorothy Day’s Birthday

    Dorothy Day was born on November 8, 1897, in Brooklyn, New York. Her father, John Day, was a newspaper reporter from Tennessee; her mother, Grace Satterlee, was from New York and had English roots. Dorothy had two brothers, one of whom was Donald S. Day, and a sister. She had three brothers (John, Sam, and...