ByCatholicWorker.org
Here’s the July 2023 issue of via pacis, the newsletter of the Des Moines Catholic Worker.
Via Pacis is the newsletter of the Des Moines Catholic Worker in Des Moines, Iowa.
The mission of CatholicWorker.org is to document the Catholic Worker movement in all its diverse expressions around the world. The website includes a searchable archive of all of Dorothy Day's writings in THE CATHOLIC WORKER newspaper, a directory of all known Catholic Worker communities, information about the aims and means of the movement, and news from Catholic Worker communities around the world. See the About CW.org page for more information.
ByRenée Roden
About 75 people came together for the 2024 Midwest Catholic Worker Gathering last weekend. But the gathering is a tradition that is nearly fifty years old. Here’s a brief history.
ByCatholicWorker.org
Here’s a roundup of Catholic Worker news for March 3, 2023, including a new film about the Kingsbay Plowshares 7, new community newsletters, a profile of Dorothy Gauchat, and more.
ByBrian Terrell
When offered the choice between a ‘Catholic Worker House Incorporated’ and a Catholic Worker that is homeless, penniless and its leaders in prison, Dorothy chose the latter.
ByLiam Myers
As long ago as 1983, the New York Catholic Worker was wrestling with the implications of new digital technologies. In this essay for The Catholic Worker newspaper, Liam Myers reflects on how Catholic Workers might “reimagine a right relationship to technology” in light of how deeply intertwined it is with our lives, for both good and ill.
ByCatholicWorker.org
In an article adapted from her March 2024 talk at the University of Glasgow, Martha Hennessy discusses Dorothy Day, her canonization cause, and how her grandmother’s example led her to a life of voluntary poverty and radical social and anarchic political activism.
ByCatholicWorker.org
Japheth Obare, founder of Christian Friends of the Mentally Ill (CFOMI), a Catholic Worker community in Kenya that primarily serves those with mental health needs, spoke to attendees about CFOMI’s vital work, the unique challenges they face under the current government, and the hope they have to forge ahead.
