Celebrating 79 Years: 1933--2012
On May 1, 1933, in the depths of the Great Depression, The Catholic Worker newspaper made its debut with a first issue of twenty-five hundred copies. Dorothy Day and a few others hawked the paper in Union Square for a penny a copy (still the price) to passersby.
The Catholic Worker Movement is grounded in a firm belief in the God-given dignity of every human person. Today 213 Catholic Worker communities remain committed to nonviolence, voluntary poverty, prayer, and hospitality for the homeless, exiled, hungry, and foresaken. Catholic Workers continue to protest injustice, war, racism, and violence of all forms. Explore the life and writings of Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin as well as sample contemporary Catholic Worker thought and action.
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On Pilgrimage . . . Today
Wednesday May 16, 2012
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The stories posted here are living instances of the spiritual and corporal works of mercy in the Catholic Worker Movement today.
A Different Intersection of Church and Politics 04/30/12
Loren Hart's journey from Occupy Wall Street protester to joining the NY Catholic Worker.
St Joseph House (New York, NY)
Homeless enablers -- and proud of it 04/15/12
We are homeless enablers, and we are proud to provide the essentials that enable the homeless to stay alive.
Los Angeles Catholic Worker Community (Los Angeles, CA)
Report on Holy Week Faith and Resistance Retreat 04/09/12
Eleven Arrested at the Pentagon Good Friday Witness & Report on Holy Week Faith and Resistance Retreat.
Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House (Washington, DC)
A Holy Week reminder of finding Christ in the poor 04/05/12
As anybody who is familiar with the Catholic Worker movement knows, Catholic Worker houses are normally a hodgepodge of things -- a place where a community of people responds to the needs of those around them in any number of ways.
Des Moines Catholic Worker (Des Moines, IA)
More "On Pilgrimage . . . Today" stories
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