Hope Vaughn Engages in Mutual Aid in Chicago (CCW Ep 9)
Hope Vaughn from Emmaus House in Chicago talk about mutual aid networks, jail support, and being a young person (younger…
The Long Loneliness
Summary: Eight excerpts from The Long Loneliness around the themes of community and work as envisioned by Peter Maurin: the meaning of liturgy in revolutionary times; Peter Maurin’s vision of community in farming communes; a community of families as a lay form of religious life; mutual aid and giving to increase love; Peter’s emphasis on work over wages and ownership; importance of a philosophy of work based on being made in the image and likeness of God; self-sufficiency in food; the difficulty of restoring community on the land. (DDLW #628). The Catholic Worker, February 1952, 3.