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In this episode of the Coffee with Catholic Workers podcast, co-hosts Theo Kayser and Lydia Wong are in conversation with Daniel Delapava, Dan Justman, and Quinn Smith from St. Francis House in Chicago. They chat about their preparations for St. Francis House’s 50th birthday, the national gathering to celebrate that occasion, and what it has been like to look back at the history of the house.
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In this episode of the Coffee with Catholic Workers podcast, co-hosts Theo Kayser and Lydia Wong interview Martha Hennessy, granddaughter of Dorothy Day. Martha shares insights into her unique upbringing, her personal journey away from and back to the Catholic Worker movement, and her reflections on the intersection of faith and activism today.
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In this episode of the Coffee with Catholic Workers podcast, co-hosts Theo Kayser and Lydia Wong speak to Jackie Allen-Doucat about the Hartford Catholic Worker’s work with kids and what it was like to raise her own kids in the Catholic Worker.
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In this episode of the Coffee with Catholic Workers podcast, Chrissy Kirchhoefer and Lindsey Myers join co-hosts Theo Kayser and Lydia Wong to talk about the new house of hospitality they are starting in St. Louis with Theo.
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In this episode of “Coffee with Catholic Workers,” Theo Kayser and Lydia Wong interview Alexandria Addesso, founder of the Elizabeth, New Jersey, Catholic Worker.
Alex talked about her journey to the Catholic Worker; her time at the Los Angeles Catholic Worker; and coming home to Elizabeth, New Jersey, to found a Catholic Worker there. Along the way, she talks about the intersection of Catholicism and anarchism, mutual aid, the pros and cons of registering a Catholic Worker as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization, and the ups and downs of operating a Catholic Worker largely on her own.
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In this episode of “Coffee with Catholic Workers,” Theo Kayser interviews Elisabeth and Josh Armstrong about their lives at the Kommuniteten Senapskornet (Mustard Seed Community) Catholic Worker in Luleå, Sweden.
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In this episode of “Coffee with Catholic Workers,” Theo Kayser interviews Judith Samson of Brot und Rosen (Bread and Roses) Catholic Worker about civil disobedience she’s participated in to combat climate change.
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In this episode of “Coffee with Catholic Workers,” Theo Kayser interviews Dietrich Gerstner of Bread and Roses Catholic Worker (Hamburg, Germany) about the community’s work with refugees.
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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.
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An interview with longtime Catholic Worker Joe Kruse about labor, union organizing, and work.
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For this 90th anniversary episode, Theo and Lydia interview Rosalie Riegle about the origins of the Catholic Worker, the Catholic Worker’s early involvement with the labor movement, and why the contemporary Catholic Worker has turned to other issues.
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For this 90th anniversary episode, Theo and Lydia interview Rosalie Riegle about the origins of the Catholic Worker, the Catholic Worker’s early involvement with the labor movement, and why the contemporary Catholic Worker has turned to other issues.
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Today we have Tensie Hernandez joining us from Beatitude House of Guadalupe, California. She shares with us the story of stumbling on to the Los Angeles Catholic Worker while still in high school, how rootedness in a community grows over time, and how running a Catholic Worker in a small town is different than doing so in a big, bustling city.
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In this episode, Michele Naar Obed (Hildegard House Catholic Worker, Duluth, Minnesota) shares with us her journey to the Catholic Worker through the Plowshares movement. We talk about her journey to grounding herself in Catholic Worker principles including the Sermon on the Mount. Michele has been connected to many projects including Christian Peacemaker Teams, Rojava, and valve-turning actions for the climate.
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Frits ter Kuile (Jeannette Noel House, Amsterdam, Netherlands) joins Coffee with Catholic Worker to share his story, which ranges from anarchist squats to imprisonment for draft resistance to marches across the U.S. for peace. He also shares some of the good work being done by other Catholic Workers across Europe.
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Author D.L. Mayfield joins Coffee with Catholic Worker to talk about her new book, Unruly Saint: Dorothy Day’s Radical Vision and its Challenge for Our Time.
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Mark Colville from the Hartford Catholic Worker shares an exploration of trying to contextualize some of the work of the…
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Hope Vaughn from Emmaus House in Chicago talk about mutual aid networks, jail support, and being a young person (younger…
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In our first mini-episode we introduce the Aims and Means of the Catholic Worker and read through the current iteration…
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In this episode, we hear from Mary Beth and Johanna from the House of Grace Catholic Worker in Philadelphia. There…
