Sugar Creek Gathering 2025 in Video
Photographer Mauro Heck shares some of the videos he took at the Midwest Catholic Worker Gathering at the Sugar Creek Retreat Center in Iowa (Sept. 12 – 14, 2025).
Photographer Mauro Heck shares some of the videos he took at the Midwest Catholic Worker Gathering at the Sugar Creek Retreat Center in Iowa (Sept. 12 – 14, 2025).
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Today we have Brian Terrell joining us from Strangers and Guests Catholic Worker Farm in tiny Maloy, Iowa. Brian discusses what they’re growing at the farm, whether it’s really worth growing your own beans and what it was like living with Dorothy Day compared to how she is thought of nowadays.
Archbishop John Wester celebrated Mass at Our Saviour Church on Tuesday, March 3, during the during the Third Meeting of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) at the United Nations. Opening with a quote from Dorothy Day’s scathing condemnation of the bombing of Hiroshima, Wester went on to reflect on the Beatitudes in light of efforts to abolish nuclear weapons.
What if we had a roadmap that promised to help move people from the streets into housing? Would that inspire more of us to accompany and help unhoused people on that journey? Matt Harper interviews two longtime housing advocates to create such a roadmap for L.A.’s Skid Row. This article originally appeared in the August 2023 issue of The Catholic Agitator.
Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin called for every Christian household to have its Christ room. What would it be like if even a fraction of Christian households adopted the ancient practice of opening up a room to someone in need? Generally, people object to the idea on practical grounds. And yet, some people have taken the leap and found the experience to be deeply enriching and rewarding, if not always without its stresses and problems. Their stories provide a glimpse of what it might look like to realize Peter and Dorothyโs original vision in which hospitality was a habit of every Christian community.
Catholic Worker activist Elizabeth Nakiwolo continues to recover from her 80-day extralegal detention after being released last week. Meanwhile, Michael Setikoleko explained details surrounding the illegal land grab that displaced 37 families.
People love to tell the story of Dorothy Dayโs โCoffee Cup Mass,โ but how much of it is true? As the story evolves with each retelling, it risks overshadowing the deeper truths of Dorothyโs spirituality. Brian Terrell explains what this enduring tale gets wrongโand why the reality of Dorothyโs faith offers a more profound lesson than any legend.