ByBrian Terrell
Here’s the Fall-Winter 2024 issue of THE SOWER, the newsletter of Strangers and Guests Catholic Worker Farm.
The Sower is the newsletter of Strangers and Guests Catholic Worker Farm in Maloy, Iowa.
Brian Terrell is a long-time Catholic Worker and peace activist who lived and worked with Dorothy Day in New York in the last years of her life. He currently lives at Strangers and Guests Catholic Worker, a farm in Maloy, Iowa.
ByJerry Windley-Daoust
After raising more than $195,000 to purchase a second house, The Great Turning CW turns to the work of hospitality and expanding its urban farming operation.
ByCatholicWorker.org
Friends remember the life of David Stein, artist of wood and word, and a longtime Catholic Worker who passed away unexpectedly on January 2, 2025.
ByAnthony Lanzillo
In this fourth installment of his journey into climate activism, Anthony Lanzillo of Duluth’s Bread and Roses Catholic Worker describes how a Chicago training session catalyzed his involvement with the local Climate Mobilization Campaign. Despite initial resistance from city council members who viewed Duluth as a “climate haven,” their persistent grassroots campaign succeeded in passing a climate emergency resolution and establishing new environmental initiatives, proving that dedicated local advocacy can create meaningful change.
ByCatholicWorker.org
We can count the years there has been a Catholic Worker movement (92, as of today), but can we count how many Catholic Worker houses are in it? Jerry Windley-Daoust tackles the question.
ByJerry Windley-Daoust
Sean and Monica Domencic, co-founders of the now-dissolved Holy Family CW in Lancaster, are starting something new: the Rechabite Catholic Worker.
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Enunciates the principles for starting a house of hospitality. Emphasizes starting small and emphasizing Christian principles. “They [Houses of Hospitality] will emphasize personal action, personal responsibility as opposed to political action and state responsibility.” (DDLW #308). The Catholic Worker, December 1936, 4.
