Hildegard House Catholic Worker Newsletter (Fall 2026)

With Hope Beyond Politics, Hildegard House Finds Christ in Community

As the midterm elections approached, Michele Naar-Obed restated the Catholic Worker movement’s philosophy of hope beyond the political systems of the United States. “We continue to look to the road map that we find in the Sermon on the Mount, the Works of Mercy and the Beatitudes,” Naar-Obed writes in the front-page essay of the newsletter. “I feel like I can’t emphasize enough the importance of those teachings and the need to be very intentional in following them, especially as more and more of them are criminalized,” Naar-Obed writes.

Inside, the community shares stories from their volunteering at a nearby monastery, forming a community with asylum-seekers and Mabon Rhys-Fitch reflects on finding Christ in community.

“At Hildegard House, we continue to find our place in addressing the humanitarian crisis that migrants are facing. We do this by offering asylum seekers hospitality at the house and by addressing the unjust policies our government has imposed on them,” Naar-Obed writes.

The newsletter ends with Dorothy Day’s famous February 1942 editorial, “Why Do the Members of Christ Tear One Another?”

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Hildegard House Catholic Worker

OUR MISSION: In the spirit of the Catholic Worker Movement, the Hildegard House practices the works of mercy and the works of justice giving preferential option to those most vulnerable to exploitation. The Hildegard House lives out this mission by offering hospitality and by working in coalition with grassroots groups and organizations that offer safety and basic needs to encourage and support empowerment to live up to one’s full potential. The Hildegard House actively works for the common good by undoing the structures that protect and allow for the exploitation and commodification of living beings. We remain grounded in a faith […]