Toronto Catholic Worker
Zacchaeus House
5 Close Ave
Toronto M6K 2V2
Canada

Phone: 416-516-8198

Email: zacchaeushouse@sympatico.ca

Publication: Out of Hand

Zacchaeus House is part of the Toronto Catholic Worker; a community formed in 1991 which now consists of six households on one block, including two Houses of Hospitality and a support house for the Houses of Hospitality. One main focus of our common life at Zacchaeus House is to engage in hospitality in the Catholic Worker tradition. We have about 8-10 beds in this house, and about the same in our other House of Hospitality. We have open suppers two nights a week, and all who stay here share evening meals together regularly and share in the upkeep/cleaning of the house. There are currently several War Resisters/Army Deserters from the U.S.A. who are seeking refuge in our community.

We hold a regular evening ecumenical Christian liturgy/prayer time; as well as community morning prayer three days weekly. We hold occasional roundtables on a broad range of topics. The Toronto CW publishes a 'zine/newspaper (Out of Hand). We also run a small-scale organic bakery called "Bread for Everyone" where we bake bread for the community, as well as to make some funds to support our common life. We also have a good number of gardens on our house lots. We are a bisexual, lesbian, gay and transgender / queer positive community. We engage in nonviolent direct action to nonviolently challenge structures of violence, injustice, dominance and oppression. Some of the other things we dabble in / dream about doing include: music learning collective for neighbourhood youth, direct action, t-shirts / silkscreening, organize the SOA trip, arts and crafts nights, food not bombs, creative worship, and other grassroots projects of resistance and hope.

Volunteers needed:
We welcome inquiries from those who may be interested in helping out or visiting our community of prayerful struggle and hope in Christ. (Regretfully, at this point we cant consider longer term live-in worker positions for people who are not legally able to work in Canada. Our hospitality house requires income from its workers part-time jobs, to cover expenses.) Looking forward to making connections with you!