Hildegard House (Duluth, MN) Seeks Summer Interns

The Hildegard House Catholic Worker is looking for one or two summer interns from May through September. 

Our house is currently providing hospitality for asylum seekers and we are actively involved with the Duluth Interfaith Committee for Migrant Justice. Hildegard House spearheaded the opening of a drop in Welcome Center for all migrants regardless of immigration status in our area.

Hildegard House was recently given a large garden plot at the St. Scholastica Monastery. Our intention is to grow medicinal herbs and flowers and food. 

Hildegard House is also learning and teaching the art of making clothes. This winter, there has been a focus on making mittens.

Our hope is to become part of a mutual aid network as we enter into the new green path towards a sustainable life without government or nonprofit interference.

We are asking for help primarily with outdoor work in the gardens. This spring/summer in particular will be focused on establishing perennial herb gardens. There will be a substantial amount of physical work but it is also very spiritual work as we are seeking to develop relationships with our plants and their immediate surroundings. This is all about learning to develop right relationships with our natural world community.

At Hildegard House, we will provide room and board. There are usually part time jobs available if you need to make money for personal expenditures. We ask that you be willing to share in the cooking and cleaning of the house in addition to joining in our work.

If interested, please call us and if possible arrange a short visit before making a commitment. If that is not possible, it would be important  to have a few phone conversations to get to know each other.

You can contact us by email; hildegardhouse@gmail.com or phone 218 722-2231 (this is a landline so please don’t text it) or snail mail at 617 N. 8th Ave E. Duluth MN 55805.  

Peace, Michele Naar-Obed, Greg Boertje-Obed and the Hildegard House community