The Catholic Worker Movement
Directory of Catholic Worker Communities
Catholic Workers live a simple lifestyle in community, serve the poor, and resist war and social injustice. Most are grounded in the Gospel, prayer, and the Catholic faith, although some houses on this list state that they are interfaith. Each Catholic Worker house is independent and there is no "Catholic Worker headquarters".
Income for Catholic Worker houses can come from outside jobs held by members or by cottage industries developed by the community, but most houses survive on donations. Every Catholic Worker house can use donations of money and/or specific items like food, clothing, etc...Most can also use volunteers from the surrounding community to help with the work. If you feel called to do something about poverty and homelessness in your community, your local Catholic Worker house would be a great place to start. This is a list of all the Catholic Worker communities that we know about, indexed by state or country.
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[Menu]Mary's House
2107 Avenue G
Birmingham AL 35218
Phone: 205-780-2020
Email: Shelleymdouglass@gmail.com
Quarterly newsletter: Magnificat
Hospitality primarily for families and single women; nonviolent witness: peace vigils twice weekly, vigils against the death penalty; first Friday Mass; discussion groups; Advent and Lenten retreats.
Consider contacting the Mary's House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Arizona
[Menu]Andre House of Hospitality
1002 W Polk
PO Box 2014
Phoenix AZ 85001
Phone: 602-252-9023
Andre House of Hospitality Home Page
Publication: The Open Door
Core community of lay and religious.
Consider contacting the Andre House of Hospitality to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Casa Maria
401 E 26th St
Tucson AZ 85713
Phone: 520-624-0312
Publication: Guadalupe
Daily soup kitchen; clothing; peace and justice work; Eucharist on Mondays.
Consider contacting the Casa Maria to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Quixote's Garage
217 N. McCormick Street, #5
Prescott AZ 86301
Phone: 928-771-2637
Email: quixotesgarage@gmail.com
Publication: Quixote's Epistle
Quixote's Garage is located in Sam Hill Alley, between Granite and McCormick Streets, just north of Willis in downtown Prescott.
Quixote's Garage is a drop-in for anyone who needs a place to be out of the cold, heat, etc, or just a safe, calm place to relax during the day. The hours are 8:30am-2pm every day except Thursday. (That includes weekends and holidays). We have a telephone and take messages, our address can be used to receive mail, we have several couches, free coffee and sometimes goodies. We average around 20 people a day using the place.
Consider contacting the Quixote's Garage to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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California
[Menu]Abundant Grace Coastside Worker
PO Box 702
Half Moon Bay CA 94019
Phone: 650-726-6621
Email: info@abundantgracecw.com
Abundant Grace Coastside Worker Home Page
HOSPITALITY, SHARING FOOD, FARMING:
We offer hospitality to families, coordinate a free community breakfast two days a week at the local Lutheran Church, and operate a farm employment program which harvests 20,000 pounds of fresh, organic fruits and vegetables each year for free distribution to the homeless and low-income families at 5 sites in Half Moon Bay. No live in volunteers needed at this time.
Beatitude House
Guadalupe Catholic Worker
267 Campodonico Ave
Guadalupe CA 93434
Phone: 805-343-6322
Email: beatitudecatholicworker@gmail.com
Publication: Beatitude House Newsletter
Guadalupe is a small town on California's Central Coast with a high population of immigrants and farmworkers. Beatitude House is a community of volunteers from various backgrounds, all committed to serving Guadalupe's low-income residents. Beatitude House's current programs for direct service include: food, clothing and furniture distribution; medical clinic; medical and social service advocacy; and a summer day camp for kids. In line with the Catholic Worker philosophy of not merely serving the poor but also resisting war and other social injustices that perpetuate poverty, Beatitude House conducts regular vigils and civil disobedience at Vandenburg Air Force Base.
General contact: Dennis Apel, at 805-343-6322, jdapel@yahoo.com.
Consider contacting the Beatitude House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Burning Bush: Center for the Working Poor
1289 Bellevue Ave
Los Angeles CA 90026
Phone: 213-975-9452
Email: centerfortheworkingpoor@gmail.com
Burning Bush: Center for the Working Poor Home Page
We serve the working poor of Los Angeles and are building a movement for a living wage. We distribute food to the homes of immigrant workers. We support whistle-blowers who stand up for their rights at their jobs. We offer our house of hospitality to those in need. And we do resistance work: organizing students, workers and community to fight for a living wage. We need volunteers who want to live communally, grow spiritually, and join the movement.
Consider contacting the Burning Bush: Center for the Working Poor to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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We are a small house of hospitality for women and children experiencing homelessness. We are looking for full-time, live-in Catholic Workers (especially women), who want to commit a year or more of their lives to this work. A commitment to non-violence, simple-living, and a faith-based life style are required. Prior community living experience is helpful.
In addition, we need weekly or monthly volunteers to help with various aspects of our work, such as our neighborhood food distribution, and cooking & cleaning at the Catholic Worker. We are also looking for those who can offer their professional services to us - mechanics, plumbers, hair stylists, dentists, etc.
[Menu]Dorothy Day House CW
PO Box 12701
Berkeley CA 94712
Phone: 510-684-1892
Email: ddhcw@yahoo.com
Publication: Dorothy Day House Newsletter (online at Website)
Dorothy Day house is a Catholic Worker community in Berkeley. We are non-denominational, embracing volunteers of many beliefs and faiths.
We believe in providing a consistent, caring presence for the poor and homeless. We are a hospitality group, not an agency. We subscribe to the Catholic Worker philosophy as expressed by Dorothy Day,". . . we are our brother's [and sister's] keeper and. . .we must have a sense of personal responsibility to take care of our own and our neighbor, at a personal sacrifice."
Currently, we serve a nutritious breakfast seven mornings a week in the men's shelter at the Berkeley Veterans Building, and six mornings a week at University Lutheran Capel, Berkeley.
If you would like to volunteer with us, please call 510-466-5553 and leave a message.
Volunteers needed:
We need volunteers to prepare and serve
breakfast. Shifts begin at 5am and 6:30am Monday
through Saturday.
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Earth Abides Catholic Worker Farm
16777 Armstrong Rd
Sheep Ranch CA 95246
Phone: 209-728-2193
Earth Abides Catholic Worker Farm Home Page
Publication: Earth Abides
Consider contacting the Earth Abides Catholic Worker Farm to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Elizabeth House
PO Box 1175
Berkeley CA 94701
Phone: 510-658-1380
Street Address: 6423 Colby St, Oakland CA 94618
Elizabeth House is a transitional house for women and children.
Consider contacting the Elizabeth House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Franciscan Workers of Junipero Serra
30 Soledad St
Salinas CA 93901
Phone: 831-757-3838
The Companions of the Way are part of the Franciscan Workers of Junipero Serra, who serve as the staff of Dorothy's Place Hospitality Center in Salinas, CA. The Companions work as full-time volunteers with people living on the street and we live together in a Community inspired and informed by the Catholic Worker movement.
With love, respect and compassion, the Franciscan Workers of Junipero Serra provide essential services and transitional support to people experiencing the injustice of homelessness and extreme poverty. Some of our Companions are here to work for social justice, some as an expression of deeply held spiritual values that lead us to serve our fellows, and some because we value living in Community as part of our personal growth. We are also committed to living simply and mindfully.
Volunteers needed:
If you would like to apply to join our community, or have questions about our life and work, please visit our website at www.companionsoftheway.org.
There are openings in our Community for these positions:
Dayroom Hospitality Coordinator
Women Alive! Shelter Coordinator
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High Desert Catholic Worker
21020 Standing Rock Ave
Apple Valley CA 92307
Phone: 760-2247-5732
Email: atbremser@gmail.com
Publication: Locusts & Wild Honey
Consider contacting the High Desert Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Isaiah House - Orange County Catholic Worker
316 Cypress
Santa Ana CA 92701
Phone: 714-835-6304
Email: orangecountycatholicworker@gmail.com
Isaiah House - Orange County Catholic Worker Home Page
Publication: Call to Faithfulness
Hospitality; meals 7 days a week; liturgy; prayer at local jails.
(714) 835-6304 message
(714) 558-7478 kitchen
Consider contacting the Isaiah House - Orange County Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Los Angeles Catholic Worker Community
Ammon Hennacy House
632 N Brittania St
Los Angeles CA 90033
Phone: 323-267-8789
Email: info@lacatholicworker.org
Los Angeles Catholic Worker Community Home Page
Publication: The Catholic Agitator
The L.A. Catholic Worker is a lay Catholic community of men and women which operates a free soup kitchen, hospitality house for the homeless, AIDS ministry, hospice for the dying, newspaper, and regularly offers prophetic witness in opposition to war-making and injustice. Each summer mid-June through early August, the L.A. Catholic Worker extends an invitation to any adult interested in joining us for a period of six weeks during the summer. It is an opportunity to live and work with a gospel-based community, to discern one's vocation, or just simply to deepen one's social justice experience on a first hand basis. By the way, the weather here in Southern California is great too.
Hospitality Kitchen, 821 E 6th St, 213-614-9615.
Volunteers needed:
Each summer mid-June through early August, the L.A. Catholic Worker extends an invitation to any adult interested in joining us for a period of six weeks during the summer. It is an opportunity to live and work with a gospel-based community, to discern one's vocation, or just simply to deepen one's social justice experience on a first hand basis. By the way, the weather here in Southern California is great too.
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Martin de Porres House of Hospitality
225 Potrero Ave
San Francisco CA 94103
Phone: 415-552-0240
David House is an intentional community associated with Martin De Porres House of Hospitality in San Francisco. Martin’s as we affectionately call it was started in December 1971. Since its inception it has been a House of Hospitality in the Catholic Worker tradition. We have grown into a community of people with diverse spiritual practices, but our mission remains the same---“to serve others in the spirit of compassion, understanding and love.” We are an aging community so we are actively seeking young, energetic people, particularly women or couples to come join us in our work at Martins and living in community. Why not come and see if this is where you are being called to serve?
Email: info@martindeporres.orgMartin de Porres House of Hospitality Home Page
Periodic newsletter; meals and showers.
Additional contact: martinsloveworks@yahoo.com
Consider contacting the Martin de Porres House of Hospitality to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Night on the Streets - Catholic Worker
PO Box 13468
Berkeley CA 94712-4468
Phone: 510-684-1892
Email: noscw@sbcglobal.net
We serve a nutritious breakfast every Sunday for 80-150 at People's Park and at the Men's Shelter
We also provide a hot "rolling meal" on the streets of Berkeley 3 nights a week during the cold and rainy months (usually November through April of each year). We are located at 1630 Berkeley Way in Berkeley, California.
Consider contacting the Night on the Streets - Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Oakland Catholic Worker
4848 International Blvd
Oakland CA 94601
Phone: 510-533-7375
Email: oaklandcatholicworker@yahoo.com
Oakland Catholic Worker Home Page
Publication: The Oakland Catholic Worker
The Oakland Catholic Worker serves members of the Latin American immigrant and refugee community as they establish themselves in our East Oakland neighborhood. We provide temporary housing and accompaniment, hot meals, groceries, English classes, cultural events, and other services to people in need. In solidarity with those we serve, we struggle to change the unjust structures of our society through social activism.
Volunteers needed:
We are accepting applications for full-time live-in staff members at our house of hospitality for Latin American immigrants. Staff members receive room and board and a stipend, commit for at least a year, should speak Spanish, and will primarily focus on accompaniment/case management for our guests and coordinating our English as a second language classes. Secondary responsibilities could include working with our food programs; managing our newsletter, website, and social media; outreach and advocacy; fundraising; bookkeeping, data-entry, and finances; volunteer coordination; and maintenance of the house, yard, and garden. Begin winter/summer 2018.
We also seek part-time volunteers to help serve food, pass out groceries, teach English, tutor our guests, improve/maintain the house and yard, and complete other tasks.
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Redwood City Catholic Worker House
545 Cassia St
PO Box 513
Redwood City CA 94063-2016
Phone: 650-366-4415
Redwood City Catholic Worker House Home Page
Larry Purcell. Sanctuary to troubled teens; language school for immigrants to learn English; food and furniture program; housing for twelve day laborers.
Consider contacting the Redwood City Catholic Worker House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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San Bruno Catholic Worker
672 Second Avenue
San Bruno CA 94066
Phone: 650-827-0706
Publication: Bread and Salt
Peter Stiehler, Kate Chatfield. hospitality; grocery distribution; hot meal program.
Consider contacting the San Bruno Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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St. Benedict Catholic Worker
4022 N Cheryl Ave
Fresno CA 93705-2201
Phone: 559-229-6410
Email: bryan.apper@yahoo.com
St. Benedict Catholic Worker Home Page
Publication: Ora et Labora
Consider contacting the St. Benedict Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Temenos Catholic Worker
1550 California Street, No 6-320
San Francisco CA 94109
Phone: 415-922-7553
Email: temenos@sbcglobal.net
Temenos Catholic Worker Home Page
Publication: Peniel
Temenos Catholic Worker provides outreach, advocay, intervention and personalist service to homeless youth and male and female sex workers and addicts in San Francisco's Polk Gulch area "in the personalist tradition of Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin." The work includes food distribution, needle exchange, health products (including condom distribution.) Temenos' primary purpose is being a "presence of grace" in the midst of despair, addiction and violence of the street culture.
Consider contacting the Temenos Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Colorado
[Menu]Denver Catholic Worker
2420 Welton St
Denver CO 80205
Phone: 303-296-6390
Email: denvercatholicworker@gmail.com
Publication: Denver Catholic Worker
Denver Catholic Worker Homepage
The Denver Catholic Worker House community is tremendously grateful to everyone who has contributed to our rebuilding following the January fire. We've been hoping for a long time that we were about to get another house, but if so, it doesn't look imminent. We're staying together as a community, doing limited hospitality in some of our homes, and some of us are pouring lots of energy into creating tiny home villages in Denver (one is up and running). If another big house becomes a possibility for us, we'll let you know.
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Connecticut
[Menu]Amistad Catholic Worker
203 Rosette St
New Haven CT 06519
Phone: 203-624-5517
Email: amistadcw@msn.com
Consider contacting the Amistad Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Dorothy Day Hospitality House
11 Spring St
PO Box 922
Danbury CT 06813
Phone: 203-252-4895
Consider contacting the Dorothy Day Hospitality House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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St Francis House
30 Broad Street
PO Box 2171
New London CT 07320-2171
Phone: 860 437-8890
Email: stfrancishousenl@att.net
Publication: TROUBADOUR
St. Francis House is a place of prayer, a house of hospitality, and a center for peace and justice ministry in New London, Connecticut. We are an intentional Christian community, rooted in Franciscan and Catholic Worker spirit, seeking conversion of life for ourselves through friendship with and service to God and our neighbors. We pray together daily, ground our life in Bible study, and do the work we believe God is calling us to in our inner city neighborhood.
At present our ministry includes work with homeless men and women in the Homeless Hospitality Center we helped to establish and continue to serve; urban education reform through our bilingual parents group; urban gardening; and resistance to war and Empire with fellow Catholic Workers and others.
Each summer we hold a weeklong residential "Radical Discipleship" course involving in debth Bible study, experience of other communities, and reflection on our discipleship in the 21st century US. We also have a Hermitage available for people seeking do make retreats or sabbath time.
Consider contacting the St Francis House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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St Martin de Porres House
26 Clark St
Hartford CT 06120
Phone: 860-724-7066
Email: purplehousecw@gmail.com
St Martin de Porres House Home Page
Publication: The Hartford CW
Food and furniture pantry. Food co-operative; Summer Youth Camp; resistance, seamless garment.
Consider contacting the St Martin de Porres House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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St Vincent de Paul Place
617 Main St
PO Box 398
Middletown CT 06457
Phone: 860-344-0097
Consider contacting the St Vincent de Paul Place to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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District of Columbia
[Menu]Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House
503 Rock Creek Church Rd NW
Washington DC 20010
Phone: 202-882-9649
Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House Home Page
Publication: The Little Way
A Community of Hospitality and Resistance
Hospitality to families, resistance work, a seamless garment community.
Consider contacting the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Florida
[Menu]Banyan Abbey
1105 NE 31 Terrace, Homestead, FL 33033
Email: banyanabbey@gmail.com
Website: Banyan Abbey
A hermitage under the episcopal and spiritual care of the Apostolic Episcopal Church. We provide education, spiritual direction, psychotherapy, a wedding ministry and works of mercy and empowerment, to the community for the purpose of glorifying Almighty God and encouraging the spiritual evolution of all souls in the Catholic Worker tradition. We teach Personalism and advocate the inalienable human & civil rights of all people as endowed by our Creator.
Consider contacting Banyan Abbey to volunteer your time or to participate in their work.
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[Menu]Idaho
[Menu]Corpus Christi House
525 Americana Blvd
Boise ID 87302
Publication: On Earth As In Heaven
Mailing address: PO Box 9722, Boise ID 83707
Contact: Henry Krewer
Phone: 208-853-9593
Consider contacting the Corpus Christi House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Illinois
[Menu]Emmaus House
1839 S Troy St
Chicago IL 60623
Phone: 708-943-7675
Email: EmmausHouseChicago@gmail.com
Emmaus House provides a home for 2-3 guests transitioning into greater stability. We also seek to support local activists working towards racial justice in Chicago through provision of space, participation in actions, and clarification of thought within our own circles.
Consider contacting Emmaus House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
[Menu]Hedwig Haus of Hospitality
227 Jackson Ave
Charleston IL 61920-1948
Consider contacting the Hedwig Haus of Hospitality to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
Nativity House
17141 W. 143rd St
Lockport IL 60441
Phone: 815.524.4964 or 773.331.1789
Email: venusad@nativity-house.org
Website: Nativity House
Publication: The Visitation
Nativity House is an intentional Catholic community and house of hospitality for expectant mothers rooted in the spirit of the Catholic Worker Farm.
Volunteer Opportunity:
Nativity House, a House of Hospitality for expectant mothers and
Catholic Worker Farm is currently accepting applications for interns.
Interns live on site in intentional Catholic community providing direct
service for our guest mothers an supporting the greater Nativity House
Community through volunteer coordination, Community Supported
Agriculture (CSA) and community building. Full time or part time
available. For more information contact venusad@nativity-house.org
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New Wineskins Catholic Worker House of Hospitality
4 S Prairie Ave
Joliet IL 60436
Consider contacting the New Wineskins Catholic Worker House of Hospitality to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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St Francis of Assisi House of Hospitality
4652 N Kenmore
Chicago IL 60640
Phone: 773-944-0613
Publication: At The Door
Visit the blog of the Chicago Catholic worker houses at:
Consider contacting the St Francis of Assisi House of Hospitality to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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St. Marcellus Catholic Worker Houses for Homeless
PO Box 75
Kane IL 62054-0075
Phone: 1-217-942-9730
Email: tom_kuna@yahoo.com
St. Marcellus Catholic Worker Houses for Homeless Home Page
Our founder and resident director is 63 and has known of the Catholic Worker Movement since 1977 and has always hoped to buy a House to use as a CW House. He was finally been able to buy our first and only house so far, this St. Isidore CW Cottage, which is now full to capacity with two formerly homeless vets and two other formerly homeless men, and Tom. The House pays its expenses with Tom's Pension and, so far, with spot labor and donations. While we are open to persons of all faiths and no-faith, both to serve and to be helped, our inspiration and community prayer-life is Catholic. Our Catholic Diocese has gifted us the funds to be registered as a non-profit, so that the VA might stipend us a per-diem for every Vet to whom we provide a home in the CW tradition. Much of that per-diem we hope to use to subsidize wages to our residents to be employee-member-owners of our affiliated, for-profit workshop: Vets'-Green-Energy-Co-Ops, to install and maintain de-centralized heating, cooling, and electricity co-generating capacity at our and other CW Houses, and at FBC's (Faith-Based Communities) around the country.
Volunteers needed:
We seek distance-volunteers to open their homes to homeless vets -- of which there are 400,000 at any given time -- in revocable or irrevocable living trusts -- under our umbrella. Also, to help us compile contact information for FBCs in your part of the country, or at least, to order and to forward to us the current phone books from one or more cities in your State, so that we may compile such lists, to promote not only the St.MCW charism, but also the whole CW life-style, as well as de-centralized energy production and use, in the tradition of Peter Maurin's farming communes and workshops with Houses of Hospitality
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Su Casa Catholic Worker Community
5045 S Laflin St
Chicago IL 60609
Phone: 773-376-9263
Email: sucasacw@gmail.com
Su Casa Catholic Worker Community Home Page
Publication: Kairos
Su Casa Catholic Worker provides hospitality and a healing environment for homeless Latino families, reaches out to our local community through our weekly soup kitchen and recreation programs for kids and engages in education and action to work for social justice. In the tradition of the Catholic Worker Movement, we strive for a simple, non-violent and sustainable lifestyle. Each worker�s responsibilities vary according to skills and interests. Every worker assists with house managing, which involves welcoming visitors, accepting donations, providing childcare, and being present to our guests.
Consider contacting the Su Casa Catholic Worker Community to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Indiana
[Menu]Bloomington Christian Radical / Catholic Worker
821 & 903 N Blair Ave
Bloomington IN 47404
Phone: (812) 339-4456
Email: rossmartinieeiler@gmail.com
The Bloomington Christian Radical CW is an ecumenical Christian community that tries to live, pray and work both with each other and with the poor we encounter. We try to offer housing, food, clothing and love to people facing homelessness. We perform the works of mercy and nonviolently oppose the works of war. We strive to practice the Sermon on the Mount, community living, voluntary poverty, personalism, and care for the environment. We have families and children here, all trying to build community together. We love hosting visitors and prospective volunteers so give us a call.
Consider contacting the Bloomington Christian Radical / Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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House of Bread and Peace
250 E Chandler
Evansville IN 47713
Phone: 812-425-6754
Consider contacting the House of Bread and Peace to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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House of the Little Flower
61 N Warman Ave
Indianapolis IN 46222
Phone: 517-648-4573 or 317-480-1028
Email: catholicworkerindy@gmail.com or barber.meli@gmail.
Consider contacting the House of the Little Flower to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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St. Peter Claver Catholic Worker
518 South St. Joseph Street
South Bend IN 46601
Phone: (574) 235 0623 and (574) 287-7734
Consider contacting the St. Peter Claver Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Iowa
[Menu]Clare House Catholic Worker
PO Box 1183
Cedar Rapids IA 52406
Phone: 319-364-4101
Publication: newsletter
INDEPENDENT LIVING FOR THOSE WITH HIV/AIDS. Application required. Call or write for information and facility location.
Consider contacting the Clare House Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Des Moines Catholic Worker
PO Box 4551
Des Moines IA 50306
Phone: 515-243-0765
Email: desmoinescatholicworker@gmail.com
Des Moines Catholic Worker Home Page
Publication: Via Pacis
Bishop Dingman House
1310 7th Street
Des Moines, IA 50314
Tel:
515-243-0765
Rachel Corrie House
1301 8th Street
Des Moines, IA 50314
Tel:
515-330-2172
Chelsea Manning House
1317 8th Street
Des Moines, IA 50314
Tel:
515-777-2180
Consider contacting the Des Moines Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Emma Cornelis Hospitality House
2733 Avenue N
Ft Madison IA 52627
Phone: 319-372-3983
Consider contacting the Emma Cornelis Hospitality House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Hope House
Dubuque Catholic Worker
1592 Locust St
Dubuque IA 52001
Phone: 563-582-9079
Publication: The Messenger of Hope
Consider contacting the Hope House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Iowa City Catholic Worker
1414 Sycamore St
Iowa City, IA 52240
Phone: 563-513-1587
Email: iowacitycatholicworker@gmail.com
Facebook: Iowa City Catholic Worker (Iowa City, IA)
Consider contacting the Iowa City Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life..
[Menu]Mustard Seed Community Farm
366 W Ave
Ames IA 50014
Phone: 515-460-1467
Email: mustardseedbee@gmail.com
Mustard Seed Community Farm Home Page
Publication: Catholic Worker Farmer
We run a small CSA and share food with shelters, food kitchens, and food shelves in the area.
Volunteers needed:
We would appreciate helpers from late April to mid October, helping with farm chores and food distribution.
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Oaks of Mamre Catholic Worker
1713 W 9th St
Davenport IA 52804
Email: Oakscatholicworker@gmail.com
Consider contacting the Oaks of Mamre Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Simone Weil and Peter Maurin House -- Monastic
725 Hennepin Street
Dubuque IA 52001
Phone: (563) 583-6790
Email: simoneweil.petermaurinhouse@gmail.com
Simone Weil and Peter Maurin House – Monastic (Catholic Worker’s “Little Monastery”) of a non-dogmatic and non-denominational orientation; founded and established between 2009 -2011.
“a Library of books and films – in a House of Silence” – which provides environment for inner work towards living in true communion with God; in His Truth about life, reality and the world. (Repentance, prayer, Knowledge, inner healing.) Simple –“of old way”- life in the House (and learning it). A small garden.
The purpose of this House is:
- to further the aims and goals of the Catholic Worker movement as expressed by Dorothy Day and, particularly, as expressed by Peter Maurin;
- to join in works and efforts of the newly established (in 2004) New Monastic Movement (please check: NewMonasticism.org);
- to follow in the footsteps of the Madonna Houses (founded by Catherine de Hueck Doherty; and as expressed by her in the book ”
- to learn about, draw from-and follow- the examples of the other deeply rooted in God spiritual/ religious monastic or life-communities; – the ancient Essenes, or the Bruderhof, or Amish and Hutterites;
- to live as one unique small monastic community as a response to God’s call – for repentance and “conversion”; and then for living a way of love – which will bring fruits of truth, justice, and peace.
If you are interested in our mission, inquire about the situation by calling and coming for few days-to two weeks of orientation. In the beautiful House-setting there is a room for one person for a longer-term stay (half-a-year to a year or more), and a room for one – for a shorter-term stay.
[Menu]St Francis of Assisi Catholic Worker
PO Box 1533
Waterloo IA 50704
Phone: 319-232-2116
Publication: St. Francis Worker
Consider contacting the St Francis of Assisi Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Strangers & Guests Catholic Worker Community
108 Hillcrest Dr
Maloy IA 50836-8065
Phone: 641-785-2321
Consider contacting the Strangers & Guests Catholic Worker Community to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Kansas
[Menu]Emmaus House
802 N 5th St
Garden City KS 67846
Phone: 316-275-2008
Consider contacting the Emmaus House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Kentucky
[Menu]Casa Latina Catholic Worker
230 Woodbine St
Louisville KY 40208
Phone: 502-636-5461 & 502-322-5631
Email: mscharfenberger@yahoo.com
Volunteers needed:
Looking for Spanish speaking CW volunteers for our house of hospitality.
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Lousiana
[Menu]Matt Talbot Catholic Worker
5925 Winchester Lane
Clinton LA 70722
Phone: 225-683-1655
Email: catholicworkerfelicianas@gmail.com
Website: Matt Talbot Catholic Worker
Founded in early 2017 in response to the call of Pope Francis during the Year of Mercy that every diocese have a place for those recovering from sin and addiction the Matt Talbot House is for people who are desirous of a life of deeper conversion to Christ and a life of service to those most in need.
The foundation of our community life is the liturgy of the hours, lectio divina, and the Rosary, as well as Mass on Tuesdays and Sundays. A person who wants to come for less than a month does not need to get a job here and can just volunteer on the farm and around the house and support the life of prayer and service. Longer term residents would need to seek employment to contribute as any ordinary layperson would.
Current apostolates include: Catechesis at Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola) and Dixon Correctional Institute. Also, St. Vincent De Paul service in E. Feliciana Parish. Apostolate to the sick and dying is also part of our commitment.
E. Feliciana parish is one of the poorest in Louisiana and the Matt Talbot House is located in a poor, rural area. We invite people from the community for common prayer. This is not a half-way house or a treatment center, however, it is definitely a supportive environment for a practicing Catholic who views himself as a recovering sinner and will support those in need of 12-step meetings and other resources. The house is a house of prayer and thus is a semi-contemplative atmosphere but it is not a monastery as the community is involved in many active works in the region.
The owner of the house and property is employed as the Associate Director for the Office of Evangelization and Catechesis in the Diocese of Baton Rouge. Please email or call Barry Schoedel for more information.
[Menu]New Orleans Catholic Worker
1910 Constance St
New Orleans LA 70130
Phone: 504-457-8062
Email: nocw@yahoo.com
Website: New Orleans Catholic Worker
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Maryland
[Menu]Catholic Worker Community
15405 Short Ridge Ct
Silver Spring MD 20906
Phone: 301-598-5427
Email: tobyterrar@aol.com
Catholic Worker Community Home Page
Our apostolate is senior citizens, hospitality and support for our Catholic Worker farm at Dalzell, South Carolina.
Consider contacting the Catholic Worker Community to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Viva House, Baltimore Catholic Worker
26 S Mount St
Baltimore MD 21223
Phone: 410-233-0488
Email: vivacatholicworker@gmail.com
Publication: Enthusiasm
2015 is the 47th anniversary of Viva House. Our community does a family soup kitchen and food pantry, emergency assistance and advocacy, resistance to war and the death penalty, and Catholic Worker art.
Consider contacting the Viva House, Baltimore Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Massachusetts
[Menu]catholicworker.org
Newtonville MA
Email: info@catholicworker.org
The Catholic Worker Movement website is the collaborative effort of many people affiliated with the Catholic Worker Movement: Workers, scholars, archivists, writers, and editors. The site is maintained by Jim Allaire, who resides in Massachusetts.
For more information or to contact Jim with comments or suggestions use the above email address. No Catholic Worker funds are used to maintain the website.
Consider contacting the catholicworker.org to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Haley House
23 Dartmouth St
Boston MA 02116
Phone: 617-236-8132 FAX 617-867-.0018
Email: info@haleyhouse.org
Volunteers needed:
We are looking for 3-6 summer interns for 2014 to live in our intentional community while working in Boston�s oldest soup kitchen. Interns will be expected to work 2-3 shifts in the soup kitchen, where they will cook and share a meal with guests and fellow volunteers. Interns will also be given a secondary placement. Examples of secondary placements include our urban garden project, the McKinley Garden, our cooking class series, Take Back the Kitchen, and our pay-what-you-can meal series, Community Tables. For more information and application materials, visit our website: http://haleyhouse.org/internships.shtml
Haley House is also seeking long-term live-in community members. This is a full-time commitment that includes living simply and communally with 4-9 other members while contributing primarily to the day-to-day running of the Soup Kitchen. Members spend their days engaging with guests and challenging attitudes that perpetuate suffering. For more information, visit our website: http://haleyhouse.org/livein_community_join
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Noonday Farm
PO Box 71
Winchendon Springs MA 01477
Phone: 508-297-1148
Consider contacting the Noonday Farm to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Rosie's Place
889 Harrison Ave
Boston MA 02118
Consider contacting the Rosie's Place to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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SS Francis & Therese Catholic Worker
52 Mason St
Worcester MA 01610
Phone: 508-753-3588
Publication: The Catholic Radical
Consider contacting the SS Francis & Therese Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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The Mustard Seed
PO Box 2592
Worcester MA 01613
Phone: 508-754-7098
Consider contacting the The Mustard Seed to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Maine
[Menu]Michigan
[Menu]Day House
2640 Trumbull Ave
Detroit MI 48216
Phone: 313-963-4539
Email: dayhouse@flash.net
Publication: On the Edge
Consider contacting the Day House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Mercy House
Ann Arbor MI
Consider contacting the Mercy House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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St Ambrose Catholic Worker
2308 Adams Blvd
Saginaw MI 48602
Phone: 989-790-7179
Email: grace@thepottshouse.org
Publication: General Purpose Podcast
St. Ambrose Catholic Worker contacts: Grace Potts, Paul Potts.
Living protest, Community Gardening and Food Security, InterReliance. Sunday Mass 5 p.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral.
Consider contacting the St Ambrose Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Ibdaa House
782 Mildred
Ypsilanti, MI 48198
Email: playfullspirit@gmail.com
Website: Ibdaa House
Consider contacting Ibdaa House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
[Menu]Minnesota
[Menu]Annie's Place on Oxford
Roseville MN 55113
Email: Annies-place@Usfamily.net
- Journey to Financial Freedom - Provide one on one and group instruction on how faith and finances intersect. Proven tools helping people live within their means according to biblical principles.
- Monthly Discovery Retreats on a variety of topics
- Resident Volunteer program - Pay, Stay and Learn Program. Live in volunteer at Annie's Place. Resident assists with programs in exchange for reduced rent.
- Seasoned Specialties - Foundations of healthy cooking and eating. Basic cooking skills to reduce family food budget in a healthy way.
- Life Coaching - referrals come thru Journey to Financial Freedom clients, etc
Consider contacting the Anne's Place on Oxford to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Dorothy Day Hospitality House
703 1st St SW
Rochester MN 55902
Phone: 507-282-5172
Publication: Dorothy Day Hospitality House
Consider contacting the Dorothy Day Hospitality House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Dorothy Day House of Hospitality
714 S 8th St
Moorhead MN 56560
Phone: 218-233-5763
Email: fmddh@cableone.net
Dorothy Day House of Hospitality Home Page
Publication: Dorothy Day Newsletter
Hospitality for 10 men and shower and laundry services available to non-guests.
Consider contacting the Dorothy Day House of Hospitality to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Friends of Dorothy Day
St. Paul MN
Email: hawkins.steven1969@gmail.com
Website: Friends of Dorothy Day
VISION: The Friends of Dorothy Day are a community of Jesus’ followers, transformed by the Spirit, called to live lives of compassion, serving at Higher Ground in St. Paul.
MISSION: The Friends of Dorothy Day commit to serve our brothers and sisters, who are in need, acknowledging our common and equal dignity before God. We will serve a prepared meal and socialize with our guests.
Consider contacting the Friends of Dorothy Day to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
[Menu]Hildegard House Catholic Worker
617 N 8th Ave E
Duluth MN 55805
Phone: 218 722-2231
Email: hildegardhouseduluthcw@gmail.com
Website: Hildegard House Catholic Worker
At Hildegard House we welcome and offer hospitality to those who have experienced human trafficking and are in need of a safe place to rest and heal. We strive to love and learn from each other, focus on the goodness in each person and support the growth and wholeness of all.
Rooted in the Catholic Worker tradition, we embrace the God-given dignity of all creation. As Catholic Workers, we recognize the universality of the call to love one another which manifests itself in the teaching of the great faith-filled traditions. and we resist violence in all its forms. Hildegard House is not tax exempt. Through our faith in the Spirit, we look to the generosity of our friends and neighbors to sustain the work.
We are a small Catholic Worker house offering hospitality to women who have survived exploitation through human trafficking. We are committed to comforting the afflicted and equally as important, afflicting the comfortable. We hold a monthly Clarification of Thought, actively participate in the regional Catholic Worker retreats in non-violent resistance, and we ally with local grassroots groups that resist exploitation and work for peace and justice. We strive to deepen our faith and nurture our spirituality individually and collectively.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED We are in need of 2 live-in women volunteers, to share in welcoming and caring for our guests and attending to the house needs. Basic helpful skills include: good listening, and ability to stand with and empower our guests. Our guests, live-in volunteers and extended community supporters engage in regular fun, community building activities such as spa night, a craft making. We encourage our volunteers to participate to whatever extent comfortable, in all the tenets of the catholic worker movement which includes Clarification of Thought and resisting violence in all of its forms.
We would prefer a minimal commitment of 6 months and if it seems like a good fit, encourage you to stay longer. Room and board is free and there is room to pursue part-time employment or other personal interests. Our house is located in a residential neighborhood, is close to the downtown area, and public transportation is easily accessible.
Did I mention that we have multiple garden sites and we are mentored by elders in organic, sustainable and communal farming practices?
If interested, contact Michele Naar-Obed, (218) 722-2231, or email; hildegardhouseduluthcw@gmail.com, or message us through facebook; Hildegard House Duluth Catholic Worker.
Lake City Catholic Worker Farm
33292 County 5 Blvd
Lake City, MN 55041
Phone: 651-345-3149
Website: Lake City Catholic Worker Farm
We are a faith-based farming community in the Catholic Worker tradition of a land and craft—based economy, the works of mercy and Restoration Agriculture. Believing in the sacredness of the land, our agricultural practices strive to be ecologically sustainable, economically sound, and socially just. Our animals are humanely raised and our farming is perennial—based. As a community farm, we welcome visitors to cooperatively learn practical skills and enjoy real food. We bring a spirit of joy to our work and share our excitement for local food and culture with our community.
Consider contacting the Lake City Catholic Worker Farm to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
[Menu]Loaves & Fishes Catholic Worker
Dorothy Day House
1712 Jefferson St
Duluth MN 55812
Phone: 218-724-2054
Email: duluthcatholicworker@gmail.com
Loaves and Fishes Catholic Worker Homepage
Publication: Loaves and Fishes Newsletter
Dorothy Day House
1712 Jefferson St
Duluth MN 55812
218-724-2054
Hannah House
1705 Jefferson
Duluth MN 55812
Phone: 218-728-3771
The Olive Branch
1614 Jefferson St
Duluth MN 55812
Phone: 218-728-0629
Loaves and Fishes Community was founded in 1989 by Angie Miller and the late Steve O'Neil. It is inspired by the Catholic Worker Movement as well as northern Minnesota traditions of community and labor organizing. Our work includes family-style hospitality to people experiencing homelessness; transitional housing for men with criminal backgrounds; a no-money community bicycle shop; homeless outreach; and grassroots organizing for safe and affordable housing.
Volunteers needed:
There are currently six members of our core community and three members in formation. We can accommodate up to three more live-in volunteers and would love to explore that possibility with you! All people are welcome, and we are particularly interested in hearing from people of color and people with experience in the mental health field (Duluth is facing a severe shortage of mental health providers, which is evident in our daily work).
We live between four nearby houses in a quiet residential neighborhood just east of downtown Duluth. We welcome people of all faiths and are LGBTI- and family-friendly. We strive to balance our workload so members can pursue part-time work or school in addition to their daily commitments to the community. Decisions are made collectively and we actively study nonviolent communication to improve the quality of our relationships with each other. Room and board is covered and long-term members tithe 10% of their income back to the community. There is no stipend and we do not provide health insurance, but Minnesota has generous public plans. We ask potential new members to join us for a 3-month trial period before making a commitment.
Duluth has a thriving arts culture and tends blue-collar Left in politics. We are close to nature and blocks away from Lake Superior. That said, it does get really cold in the winter (but green and gorgeous in the summer!).
For more information, contact Joel at duluthcatholicworker@gmail.com or 218-724-2054.
For more information, contact Joel at duluthcatholicworker@gmail.com or 218-724-2054.
[Menu]Maryhouse of Little Canada
456 E Little Canada Rd
Little Canada MN 55117
Phone: 651-481-0907
Email: atbiscig@aol.com
Volunteers needed:
Consider contacting the Maryhouse community to volunteer your time or to participate in the community life. We are currently in need of a resident housemother.
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Rye House
2204 10th Ave S
Minneapolis MN 55404
Phone: 302-729-3643
Email: theryehouse@gmail.com
We are an intentional community and house of hospitality in South Minneapolis. We are inspired by peace movements including the Civil Rights Movement, the Catholic Worker Movement, and the Food Justice Movement. Most of all, we are motivated by good conversations shared over meals and humble, challenging love.
Our Projects:
We have been cooking and serving meals at a street corner near our house on Thursday and Friday nights. Our meals accompany a weekly event known as the Amen Corner put on by the Ventura Village Neighborhood Association (our neighborhood). The Amen Corner is a two hour-long open mic meant to act as a space to foster positive change in our community.
We invest a lot of time and thought into gardening, home-based food production, and ethical food purchasing. We raise chickens, do compost and vermiculture, extend the harvest through canning, freezing, and preserving, and we try to either get food for free, grow it ourselves, or buy it local and organic.
We work with friends to plan roundtable discussions about topics that we believe to be positive and life-giving. We have so far had roundtables on heterosexual privilege/transgender identities, racism within our American school system, and Catholic Womanpriests.
We also host people who are either homeless, refugees, or in a period of transition.
The four core community members also practice a common purse. This means that we share the money we earn at jobs outside the house and pay for our needs collectively.
Consider contacting the Rye House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Solanus Casey House of Hospitality
314 West St Croix Ave
Stillwater MN 55082
Phone: 651-275-0339
Consider contacting the Solanus Casey House of Hospitality to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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St Francis House
1219 N William St
Stillwater MN 55082
Phone: 651-430-0306
Email: tom@peacehouse.org
Consider contacting the St Francis House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Winona Catholic Worker
PO Box 102
Winona MN 55987
Phone: 507-454-8094 & 507-457-3451
Email: winonacatholicworker@gmail.com
Winona Catholic Worker Home Page
Publication: Winona Catholic Worker
We are two houses of hospitality in the Catholic Worker tradition offering drop-in hospitality and evening meal for anyone in need, Monday thru Friday at the Dan Corcoran House (802 W Broadway). We also offer overnight hospitality for single men at Bethany House (832 W Broadway). We publish a newsletter, hold monthly roundtable discussions on topics of current interest, and occaisionally organize community events of prayer and protest. All are welcome to join us for weekly Eucharistic lturgy on Mondays at 5:00pm, folowed by community supper.
Volunteers needed:
We are seeking live-in community members to share in intentional community and the works of mercy. If you are a light-hearted, compassionate, spiritually grounded person you might enjoy sharing your life with the poor in our small, family style houses of hopsitality. Winona is a small city in southeastern Minnesota, located between the Mississippi River and its bluffs. The scenic beauty of the area helps to strengthen our awareness of rural life and farming issues, while maintaining a global justice perspective. If you are interested, please contact us by phone at 507.454.8094, or email at winonacatholicworker@gmail.com, or by our PO Box 102, Winona, MN 55987.
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Missouri
[Menu]Carl Kabat House
1450 Monroe St
St Louis MO 63106
Phone: 314-621-7099
Email: kabathouse@gmail
We do hospitality for men and women with a focus on immigrants and Spanish-speakers. We also do a lot of activism.
Consider contacting the Carl Kabat House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Columbia Catholic Worker Community
913 Rangeline St
Columbia MO 65201
Phone: 573-875-7874, 573-442-4502 (Fax)
Email: sfhcw913@aol.com
Publication: Harvest of Justice
St. Francis House-901 Rangeline St - 573-875-7878 and 573-875-4913
Z. Lois Bryant House- 913 Rangeline St - 573-875-7874 and 573-443-0096
Loaves & Fishes Soup Kitchen- 616 Park St
Contacts : Lana and Steve Jacobs
Fax:573-442-4502
Our community houses 30-40 homeless people nightly. About 10 of our guests are long term. We do hospice with guests from the streets and the prisons. We are a consistent life community working in justice issues around life issues. Currently working to close the SOA and end sanctions in Iraq. Disability rights and oppostion to assisted suicide with Not Dead Yet. (Lana and Steve's daughter Heather DeMien is a national Disability Rights leader.) The core community has been together 16 years.
Consider contacting the Columbia Catholic Worker Community to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Ella Dickson House
1538 N 17th St
St Louis MO 63106
Phone: 314-231-2039
Consider contacting the Ella Dickson House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Karen House Catholic Worker
1840 Hogan St
St Louis MO 63106
Phone: 314-621-4052
Karen House Catholic Worker Home Page
Publication: The Round Table
Consider contacting the Karen House Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen
613 Park Ave
Columbia MO 65201
Phone: 573-875-0826
Publication: Harvest of Justice
Consider contacting the Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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St Francis House
901 Rangeline St
Columbia MO 65201
Phone: 573-875-4913
Email: sfhcw913@aol.com
Consider contacting the St Francis House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Montana
[Menu]BitterRoot Catholic Worker Farm
4724 Hoover Lane
Stevensville MT 59870
Phone: 406-239-5379
Email: errb333@hotmail.com
We are a 4 acre farm/orchard in Southwestern Montana - south of Missoula (location of the University of Montana). We are an intentional community practicing simple, sustainable community living and exploring renewable energy and recycling. We offer individual retreat space to Catholic Worker workers. We manage an orchard and an expanding garden to produce our food and excess for the homeless shelter in Missoula. Community members work with fragile children, for the church's Newman Center and at the homeless shelter. We are able to host two individuals or two couples at a time or a family (especially in the summer). There are monthly Clarification of Thought meetings to expand the knowledge of Catholic Worker ideas in the Montana community. To participate in any of the above please contact Becky Bishop at errb333@hotmail.com or at 406-239-5379.
Consider contacting the BitterRoot Catholic Worker Farm to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Nevada
[Menu]Las Vegas Catholic Worker
St John the Baptist House
500 W Van Buren
Las Vegas NV 89106
Phone: 702-647-0728
Las Vegas Catholic Worker Home Page
Publication: Manna in the Wilderness
Consider contacting the Las Vegas Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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New Jersey
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[Menu]Casa de las Comunidades Catholic Worker
923 Pacific SW (mailing address)
Albuquerque NM 87101
Phone: 505.265.2371
Email: casadelascomunidades@gmail.com
Publication: The Immigrants Journal
Resources for the immigrant community, as well as food, clothing and hospitality.
Physical address: 444 D Chama St SE / Albuquereque, NM 87108.
Consider contacting the Casa de las Comunidades Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Trinity House Catholic Worker
1925 Five Points Rd SW
Albuquerque NM 87105
Phone: 505-842-5697
Website: Trinity House Catholic Worker
Email: paz@trinitycatholicworker.org
Trinity House Catholic Worker has two ministries:
- We operate a short term shelter serving homeless women, children and families.
- We operate a food rescue ministry which provides free food at a "free grocery store" on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
LGBT-friendly: yes Wheelchair accessible: yes but please call for details
Consider contacting the Trinity House Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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New York
[Menu]Bethany House Catholic Worker
1111 Joseph Avenue
Rochester NY 14621
Phone: 585-454-4197
Email: rbethan1@rochester.rr.com
Website: Bethany House
Publication: Day by Day
Volunteers needed:
Bethany House is a Catholic Worker House of Hospitality in the city of Rochester, NY. It first opened its doors to homeless women and their children in 1977. We are in need of a full-time live-in staff member. We offer room, board, health insurance, and a stipend; plus the opportunity to live out the philosophy of Catholic Worker. If interested contact us E-mail: rbethan1@rochester.rr.com or call: (585) 454-4197. Check us out on: Facebook: Bethany House, Rochester Catholic Worker or our website: Bethany House
Casa de la Paz
34 Jamaica Ave
Wyandanch NY 11798
Phone: 516-491-9601
Consider contacting the Casa de la Paz to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Dorothy Day House
PO Box 77
Syracuse NY 13205
Phone: 315-474-7011
Publication: Dorothy Day House Newsletter
Consider contacting the Dorothy Day House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Emmaus House
Albany Catholic Worker
45 Trinity Place
Albany NY 12202
Phone: (518) 482-4966
Email: fred.acw@gmail.com, dianaconroy@gmail.com
Fred Boehrer & Diana Conroy
Consider contacting the Emmaus House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Friends of Dorothy Catholic Worker
212 Wayne St
Syracuse NY 13203
Phone: 315-471-6853
Hospitality with people with HIV/AIDS.
Consider contacting the Friends of Dorothy Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Hesed House
167 Palmer Ave
Syracuse NY 13204
Consider contacting the Hesed House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Ithaca Catholic Worker
Peter De Mott House
411 South Plain St
Ithaca NY 14850
Phone contact: Sara Pines 607-272 6758
Website: Ithaca Catholic Worker
Publication: The Magnificat
Meetings for clarification of thought, Hospitality for temporary needs, Vigils Direct action for peace and planet, Joining anti racist activities.
Consider contacting the Ithaca Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
[Menu]Maryhouse
55 E Third St
New York NY 10003
Phone: 212-777-9617
Publication: The Catholic Worker
New York Catholic Worker Records, 1915- at Marquette University
Consider contacting the Maryhouse to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Peter Maurin Farm
41 Cemetery Rd
Marlboro NY 12542
Phone: 845-236-4774
Consider contacting the Peter Maurin Farm to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Slocum House
208 Slocum Ave
Syracuse NY 13204
Phone: 315-475-2811
Publication: Thursday's Obligation
Volunteers needed:
Slocum House Catholic Worker in Syracuse, NY is looking for one more full-time live in community member to share in the work of hospitality, house chores, general repairs, and a monthly financial contribution. The house continues to work with Jail Ministry and is currently offering hospitality to a limited number of women being released from the city jail with nowhere else to go. Prefer a female community member. Also would prefer a two-year commitment. Community members are also involved with peace and social justice activism, including the anti-drone campaign at the gates of Hancock Airbase. If interested in a discernment visit, please call Bonny or Pete at 315-475-2811.
St Joseph House
36 E First St
New York NY 10003
Phone: 212-254-1640
Publication: The Catholic Worker
Consider contacting the St Joseph House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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St Joseph's House of Hospitality
402 South Ave
PO Box 31049
Rochester NY 14603
Phone: 585-232-3262
Email: st.joes@frontier.com
St Joseph's House of Hospitality Home Page
Publication: Rochester Catholic Worker
At St. Joseph's House of Hospitality, the sources of our spirit and the direction are the teachings of Jesus and the founding work of Dorothy Day. Since 1941, we have been an independent, non-profit organization, sustained by the donations and financial contribution of individuals and groups. We accept no funds from the government. We are rooted in the belief that through God we are provided with our daily needs.
Consistent with the philosophy of the Catholic Worker Movement, we share our hope for a "new society," a new way of being with one another. People who come to this house are "guests," ambassadors of God. We attempt to form the community through commitment to the following:
- Acceptance of the personal
- Obligation of attending to the needs of our brothers and sisters
- A daily practice of the works of mercy - feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, visiting the imprisoned, comforting the sorrowful
- The practice of non-violent witness for peace and justice.
Volunteers needed:
Our Catholic Worker House of Hospitality serves a hot meal daily for about 100 people. We provide hospitality year round and winter emergency shelter. Room, board, and a stipend may be available for catholic workers. If interested, contact marc.d.leonard@gmail.com or call (585) 232 - 3262.
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St. Francis Farm
136 Wart Road
Lacona NY 13083
Phone: (315) 298-2844
St. Francis Farm Community’s mission is to live a sustainable life based on the Gospels and on Catholic Worker principles as an alternative to the consumer culture. The community provides practical assistance, prayerful presence and a place for reflection to help others simplify their lives. For more information see our website, www.stfrancisfarm.org
We’re all volunteers; we live together intentionally, sharing work, meals, and time for silent prayer and reflection. The current core community is a Quaker family. We welcome people of all faiths, and people who have none.
We raise food for ourselves, volunteers, and a local soup kitchen. We’re working toward a sustainable integrated farm that minimizes wastes and purchased inputs. We have herb and vegetable gardens, goats, pigs, rabbits and chickens, and we harvest firewood and lumber from our woods.
Volunteers needed:
We seek volunteers to help with farm and woods work between April and October. If you want to learn about sustainable agriculture and build practical skills, or just to work with your hands and enjoy nature, consider volunteering with us.
We expect volunteers to be respectful of people with different backgrounds, ideologies, abilities and disabilities; to work through conflicts; to refrain from proselytizing; and to abstain from alcohol, drugs, and sexual activity outside marriage while they are with us.
Day visitors/volunteers are welcome; please call ahead and let us know you’re coming. Overnight volunteers begin with a visit between Monday and Saturday. There is no minimum time commitment, and the initial time can be extended by mutual agreement. Please read our Volunteers page (http://www.stfrancisfarm.org/Volunteers.html )
[Menu]Unity Acres
2290 Co Rte 2
Orwell NY 13426
Phone: 315-298-6215
Publication: Unity Acres
Providing lon-term hospitality to approximately 100 men.
Consider contacting the Unity Acres to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Unity Kitchen Community of the CW
385 W Onondaga St
PO Box 650
Syracuse NY 13202
Phone: 315-478-5552
Publication: Unity Grapevine
Consider contacting the Unity Kitchen Community of the CW to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Catholic Worker on Wheels
124 Wadsworth St
Syracuse NY 13203
Phone: (315) 479-9994
Website: cwonwheels.com
Email: cwonwheels@outlook.com
Daily hot breakfasts delivered to friends on the street and in homeless encampments in Syracuse. Full-course breakfasts ordered from a menu delivered on Saturdays to friends and families with children. Clothing, household needs, transportation assistance and limited hospitality in our house also provided.
Consider contacting the Wittjung Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Zacchaeus House
89 Pine St
Binghampton NY 13901
Phone: 607-773-0246
Publication: Zacchaeus House
Consider contacting the Zacchaeus House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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North Carolina
[Menu]Community of the Franciscan Way
a Catholic Worker in the Episcopal Diocese of NC
266 Granite Springs
Pittsboro NC 27312
Phone: (919) BUM-1-CFW
Email: cfwdurham@gmail.com
Community of the Franciscan Way Home Page
Publication: The Little Way
The Community of the Franciscan Way (CFW) is a Catholic Worker and Mission of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. We seek a life of prayer, humility, simplicity, and voluntary poverty alongside the poor. Committed to the Catholic Worker movement, founded in 1933 by Peter Maurin and Dorothy Day, we advocate for personalism, a decentralized society, and a green revolution through nonviolence, the works of mercy, manual labor, and voluntary poverty. Eleven permanent residents currently live in our Catholic Worker farm house, and our Christ Room is available nightly for temporary guests. Funds and donations are directly used for the performance of the corporeal and spiritual works of mercy, and no one in the House draws any compensation from contributions.
Consider contacting the Community of the Franciscan Way to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Fr. Charles Mulholland Catholic Worker
124 Perdue St
Garner NC 27529
Phone: 919-779-1912
Consider contacting the Fr. Charles Mulholland Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Silk Hope Catholic Worker
3355 Woody Store Rd
Siler City NC 27344
Phone: 919-663-4334
Consider contacting the Silk Hope Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Ohio
[Menu]Alliance Catholic Worker
Joshua Casteel House
830 S Freedom St
Alliance OH 44601
Phone: (330)-680-4501
Email: 830alliancecatholicworker@gmail.com
Alliance Catholic Worker Home Page
Publication: Dynamite: Alliance Catholic Worker Newsletter
The Alliance Catholic Worker Joshua Casteel House is made up of very dedicated volunteers who live and work in the surrounding community. We currently provide hospitality three days a week by serving meals. We hold round table discussions every month, and plan together as a community. We are currently renovating our facilities to accommodate a live in Worker community to be completed in the near future.
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Catholic Worker Community of Akron
838 Princeton St
Akron OH 44311
Phone: 330-384-1112
Email: akroncatholicworker@gmail.com
Catholic Worker Community of Akron Home Page
Publication: Catholic Worker Community of Akron News
Facebook: Catholic Worker of Akron
Houses and work of the Catholic Worker of Akron:
House of Peace
838 Princeton St.
Akron, OH 44311
330-384-1112
Contact: Sr. Catherine Walsh, CSA
Hospitality for women and children.
Casa Maria Jose
834 Princeton St.
Akron, OH 44311
330-376-8301
Contact: Sr. Catherine Walsh
Hospitality to the Hispanic community.
Dorothy Day House
865 Princeton St.
Akron, OH 44311
Volunteer house.
The Catholic Worker has been present in Akron for twenty years. Presently we are in transition.
The last “founding member” is semi-retiring. Meanwhile, as a community, we are seeking new members, especially persons who could live-in part or full time, with talents and energy for vision and direct service. We are open and prayerfully discerning the best direction to follow.
Our core ministry is hospitality to women and children with a heavy emphasis on immigrants. We currently provide housing and direct service. We have and are in cooperation with other grassroots groups who are in service to the neighborhood. We have consciously endeavored to be a “good neighbor” and are well integrated into the local community. We strongly believe that Catholic Worker presence in Akron is and has been a blessing to all. We are well supported by the larger community.
While we operate as an “organism” more so than an organization – we do have a strong organization. We are open to the work of the Holy Spirit as we move forward. Our greatest hope is that the principles of the Gospel as lived by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin be followed.
[Menu]Cleveland Catholic Worker
2082 Fulton Rd.
Cleveland, OH 44113
Phone: 216-631-3059
Email: Brian@irtfcleveland.org
Publication: Inherit the Earth
Drop in center at 4241 Lorain Ave.
Consider contacting the Cleveland Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Dorothy Day House of Hospitality
PO BOX 863
Youngstown OH 44501
Phone: 330-743-1409
Email: annhm@me.com
Dorothy Day House of Hospitality Home Page
The Dorothy Day House, at 620 Belmont Ave in Youngstown, offers hospitality four times a week. Dinner is served Monday-Thursday from 5:00 to 6:30 PM, and free showers are offered on Tuesday evenings from 2:00 to 4:45 PM. Roundtable discussions of social justice topics are held on the fourth Thursday evening of the month at 7:00 PM, and we meet for Vespers on Wednesdays at 7:00 PM. We are a relatively new Catholic Worker community (we opened our doors in November 2009) who strive to be grounded in the works of mercy, hospitality and nonviolence.
Volunteers needed:
Volunteers are welcome to assist with chefing, serving meals, showers, gardening, and miscellaneous tasks around the house.
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Lydia's House
PO Box 128808
Cincinnati, OH 45212
Phone: 513-549-7752
Email: info@stlydiashouse.org
Website: Lydia's House
Lydia’s House is a Catholic Worker community which began hosting families in April 2014. The mission of Lydia’s House is to provide housing and support for women and their children in times of crisis, including refugees and families experiencing homelessness. The house is grounded in the Catholic Worker commitments to personalism, solidarity, faith and community, practiced alongside gospel-prescribed works of mercy.
Volunteers needed:
Lydia's House is currently seeking Associate Volunteers to live in a communal setting and work alongside our women and children in crisis. We are in need of year-long Associates who would serve from September 2016 - August 2017. We ask that all applicants for the Associates Program be at least 25 years of age. Applicants should be in good health, both mental and physical, and should demonstrate a willingness to be challenged and grow. Associates must be people of faith who desire to embrace life in a Christian community and commit to regular prayer and service. Applicants should be interested in living alongside the poor and living simply. For more information, visit our website at www.stlydiashouse.org or contact
us at info@stlydiashouse.org.
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St Francis / St Joseph Catholic Worker
1437 Walnut St
PO Box 14274
Cincinnati OH 45250
Phone: 513-381-4941
St Francis / St Joseph Catholic Worker Home Page
Publication: St. Francis/St. Joseph Catholic Worker
The St. Francis/St. Joseph CW is a house of hospitality for 15 homeless men, open since 1984. We also provide a soup kitchen 3 days/week and host an AA meeting 2 times/week. We are interested in receiving newslettes and sending our newsletter to people interested in our house. We can house a guest who is interested in the Catholic Worker Movement or one who would like to visit from another Catholic Worker House.
Consider contacting the St Francis / St Joseph Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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St Herman's Monastary & House of Hospitality
4410 Franklin Blvd
PO Box 6448
Cleveland OH 44113-2896
Phone: 216-961-3806
Consider contacting the St Herman's Monastary & House of Hospitality to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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The Lamb Catholic Worker
531 Brookside Dr
Columbus OH 43209
Phone: (614) 235-2557
Email: thelambcatholicworker@gmail.com
Contact: Monica Cassidy
Consider contacting the The Lamb Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Oklahoma
[Menu]Archbishop Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House
1524 NW 21St
Oklahoma City OK
Phone: 405-557-0436 Help Line
Email: robert@justpeace.org
Archbishop Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House Home Page
The OKC Catholic Workers deliver food to people in need who don't have transportation. Call us at 405-613-4688 for information about dates and times of deliveries.
Other calls: 405-200-8155
Consider contacting the Archbishop Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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St. Zita Catholic Worker Community of Green Country
1672 S Sycamore Ave
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 74012
Phone: 918-340-0090
Email: saintzitacatholicworker@yahoo.com
Website: St. Zita Catholic Worker Community of Green Country
We are Christians dedicated to living simply, feeding the hungry, staying close to the land, and serving Jesus Christ in everyone we meet. We deliver weekly meals to food insecure people in Broken Arrow in our Big Pink Food Trailer. Some of our members are working toward establishing a communal farm in Northeast Oklahoma.
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Tulsa Catholic Worker
St. Zita Catholic Worker House
6319 South 107th East Ave #4
Tulsa OK 74133
Phone: 918-697-3306
Email: catholicworkertulsa@gmail.com
Tulsa Catholic Worker Home Page
We are committed to living out Matthew 25 and Acts 4 through prayer, voluntary poverty, hospitality and sharing of all that we have.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/TulsaCatholicWorker
Consider contacting the Tulsa Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Oregon
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Pennsylvania
[Menu]Catholic Worker House of Lancaster
41 West Vine Street
Lancaster PA 17603
Phone: 717-560-6366
Email: catholicworkeroflancaster@gmail.com
Email: jtdsfo@gmail.com
Website: Catholic Worker of Lancaster
Consider contacting the Catholic Worker House of Lancaster to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
[Menu]Dorothy Day Catholic Worker Farm
793 Halowich Road
Harveys Lake PA 18618
Phone: 570-639-3880
Dorothy Day Catholic Worker Farm Home Page
Contact person is Larry Chapp.
Consider contacting the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker Farm to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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House of Grace Catholic Worker
1826 E Lehigh Ave
Philadelphia PA 19125
Phone: 215-426-0364
Publication: House of Grace Newsletter
Catholic Worker Free Health Clinic, hospitality, roundtable discussions, liturgies, resistance, and Community Garden.
Consider contacting the House of Grace Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Jubilee Soup Kitchen
PO Box 42251
Pittsburgh PA 15203
Phone: 412-261-5417
Consider contacting the Jubilee Soup Kitchen to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Lighthouse Catholic Worker
P. O. box 199
Scranton, PA 18504
Phone: (570) 341-5858
Website: Lighthouse Catholic Worker
Our focus is hospitality, spiritual enrichment, and resistance work (fighting for the wrongfully convicted).
Mary the Apostle Catholic Worker
621 E 22nd St
Erie PA 16503
Phone: (814) 459-2529
Email: matthew_ochalek@riseup.net
Mary the Apostle Catholic Worker Home Page
Mission - Mary the Apostle House, in the tradition of the Catholic Worker movement founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin, and inspired by monasticism is a community committed to prayer, nonviolence, and environmental sustainability. We are learning an alternative way of life one that is in tune with the Gospel. We stand in solidarity with those who struggle in and against poverty and systemic injustice. With profound hope for a renewed and transformed world, we resist forces of destruction, death and oppression by living hospitality, reverence for all creation, and witness for justice and peace.
Works - Active resistance to war as a community and in concert with other local peace and justice organizations, food pantry, shared meals, and experimenting in urban gardening.
Consider contacting the Mary the Apostle Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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St. Martin de Porres Catholic Worker
1440 Market Street
Harrisburg PA 17103
Phone: 717-230-8328
We work with men who are addicted and coming out of jail and we do street outreach ministry. Visitors are always welcome (but call first).
Consider contacting the St. Martin de Porres Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Rhode Island
[Menu]Amos House
415 Friendship St
PO Box 72873
Providence RI 02907
Phone: 401-272-1531
Consider contacting the Amos House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Blackstone Valley Catholic Worker
PO Box 197
Central Falls RI 02863
Consider contacting the Blackstone Valley Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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South Dakota
[Menu]Emmaus Catholic Worker House
PO Box 353
Yankton SD 57078
Phone: 605-664-3662
A little more than seven years ago, the Yankton Catholic Worker community opened the doors of Emmaus House. This ministry provides hospitality for women and children visiting loved ones at the state prisons in Springfield and Yankton, as well as the Human Services Center and the Yankton Federal Prison Camp.
At the core of our ministry is the love of Christ: It is revealed in the community built amongst our guests. It is manifested by the practice of mutual aid and sharing between our guests. It is a gift for us to practice the Corporal Works of Mercy.
Consider contacting the Emmaus Catholic Worker House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Tennesse
[Menu]Dorothy Day House of Hospitality
1429 Poplar Ave
Memphis TN 38104
Phone: 901-726-6760
Dorothy Day House of Hospitality Home Page
Consider contacting the Dorothy Day House of Hospitality to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Texas
[Menu]Casa Juan Diego
PO Box 70113
Houston TX 77270
Phone: 713-869-7376
Email: info@cjd.org
Publication: Houston Catholic Worker (in English and Spanish)
Consider contacting the Casa Juan Diego to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Jonah House
1011 Hutchins Road
Dallas TX 75203
Phone: 214-941-6558
Publication: Jonah's Wail
Consider contacting the Jonah House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Mary House Catholic Worker
PO Box 684185
Austin TX 78768
Phone: 512.447.0963
Mary House Catholic Worker Home Page
Publication: Jeremiah's Stutter
Mary House Catholic Worker of Austin (Texas), founded in 1991, is a small Catholic Worker community which offers housing to homeless adults with critical and/or terminal illnesses who have no other resources. Ours is the ONLY free housing available to these people. We live and work in the tradition of the Catholic Worker movement, referring to the Gospel of Jesus, the social teaching of the Catholic community of faith, and the writings and experience of our founders, Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin.
Consider contacting the Mary House Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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San Antonio Catholic Worker
622 E Nolan St
San Antonio TX 78202
Phone: 210-224-2932
Email: info@sa-catholicworker.org
San Antonio Catholic Worker Home Page
CWH-San Antonio is a Day Center of Hospitality. Three meals (approximately 400 per day) are provided to our guests each weekday, as well as, other amenities such as clothing, travel-sized hygiene supplies, books, movies, and laundry, phone, email and postal services. Volunteers and former guests who desire to help with our ministry of "hospitality of the heart" live in community in a third house and share in the daily soup kitchen and other tasks.
Consider contacting the San Antonio Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Tabor House
PO Box 1482
El Paso TX 79948-1482
Note: hous is in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Consider contacting the Tabor House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Tomorrow's Bread Today
845 CR3704B
Splendora TX 77372
Phone: 832-202-9922, 866-234-8707 (Fax)
Email: donmcco@tbt.org
Tomorrow's Bread Today Home Page
Catholic Worker lay religious order with goal of doing the corporal and spiritual works of mercy and a current mission of providing physician and home health care services for the poor in Houston who do not qualify for public assistance or do not have insurance or money to pay for care.
Consider contacting the Tomorrow's Bread Today to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Virginia
[Menu]Casa Alma, Charlottesville Catholic Worker
Charlottesville VA 22902
Phone: 434-202-2221
Email: cvillecw@gmail.com
Casa Alma, Charlottesville Catholic Worker
Casa Alma hosts two houses of hospitality for low-income and formerly homeless families and a community house for resident volunteers. We seek to live simply on a sustainable urban farm. Our community works for justice and peace, sponsors times of prayer, learning and reflection, and nurtures community. Contact us for more information or to schedule a visit.
Consider contacting the Charlottesville Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Little Flower Catholic Worker Farm
16560 Louisa Rd
Louisa VA 23093
Phone: 540-967-5574
Email: littleflowercw@wildmail.com
Publication: LIttle Flower Catholic Worker Farm
Little Flower is a small CW homestead in rural VA, about a 1/2 hour east of Charlottesville. We grow food, and practice community, hospitality and resistance. We spend our days working--mostly manual labor, sometimes for pay; protesting war, building giant puppets, weeding the garden and responding to the needs of the moment. We welcome visitors, whether in need of shelter or looking to experiment with an alternative lifestyle of precarity, community and taking personal responsibility for addressing systemic violence. Send us an e-mail and we'll eventually check it on our slow dial-up, or call or write.
Volunteers needed:
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Norfolk Catholic Worker
Sadako Sasaki House
1321 W 38th St
Norfolk VA 23508
Phone: 757-423-5420
Publication: Simplicity
Small hospitality house offering short- and long-term hospitality to homeless men and women; serves 100+ folks four mornings a week, bringing "breakfast-to-the-streets;" faith-based intentional community; supports Plowshare movement for disarmament; involved in non violent civil resistance against militarism locally and with Atlantic Life Community
Volunteers needed:
Looking for students on break or for full-time live-in volunteers interested in living in community with homeless people at our hospitality house, working on our soup line, prayer and Scripture study, and participating in anti-war activism. Drivers license preferable. Please contact Steve Baggarly.
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St Francis Catholic Worker
9631 Peppertree Rd
Spotsylvania VA 22553
Phone: 540-972-3218
Publication: St. Francis Catholic Worker
The St. Francis Catholic Worker is a one-page, home-spun newsletter, offered free of charge, mailed faithfully February, May, August, and November to all who request a copy.
Born in Washington, DC in 1979 as a hospitality house for single adults, both male and female, we missioned and helped to start the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House for families. Several members of our community prayerfully became its core community in 1981. Experiencing a new call to service from Jesus we embraced a long held vision of a spiritual retreat center for folks living in shelters and transitional houses. Thus, in 1993 we moved to the above address and began hosting non-denominational, directed, group retreats (with the assistance of volunteer retreat directors). Our 12 bedroom retreat house and separate chapel with the Blessed Sacrament, located on a ten acre wooded property, is an oasis of love for our sisters and brothers who come.
Our community house, separate from the retreat house, has room for 5 people: 2 couples and a single person. Each bedroom has its own bathroom and quiet space. Simple living, in solidarity with the poor, requires much change from the average American lifestyle. Our wood burning fireplace gives winters warmth along with baseboard heat backup, used only as needed. Food bank shopping, limited use of community vehicle, Mass daily at our local parish are a few examples of our attempt at simple living. We are a mix of Martha and Mary: we meditate each day and we do laundry too.
Volunteers needed:
For our ministry of hospitality and love coupled with a retreat ministry for the homeless who are longing for a stronger connection to Christ. We seek a couple and a single person approximately between ages 45 and 65 to join our faith community and work with our retreatants. We look for willing hearts to make a long term commitment to engage in all aspects of life here -- from bookkeeping, letter writing, gardening, bed making, retreat direction and faith sharing with our guests, to community prayer and a little laughter.
We take seriously the command, "Come follow me" and because of that we live a faith fulfilled life.
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING
Peter Maurin and Dorothy Day often went on retreats, themselves. Dorothy wrote of her own retreat experiences and urged others to make retreats. "Food for the soul," she called them. Her writing clearly shows she envisioned Catholic Worker retreat houses --"... It is certainly a dream for the future." We are humbled to be part of the lying out of her dream.
Inquiries Welcome. Please contact John or Polly Mahoney, or Pumpkin, our cat, at the above address and phone.
PEACE -- PLEASE PRAY FOR US.
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[Menu]Tacoma Catholic Worker
Guadalupe House of Hospitality
1417 S G St
Tacoma WA 98405
Phone: 253-572-6582 and 253-627-4347
Email: tacomacatholicworker@gmail.com
Tacoma Catholic Worker Home Page
Publication: Tacoma Catholic Worker
Jean's House of Prayer (253)627-4347.
Consider contacting the Tacoma Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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West Virginia
[Menu]Alderson Hospitality House
203 High St
PO Box 579
Alderson WV 24910
Phone: 304-445-2980
Email: aldersonhospitalityhouse@gmail.com
Alderson Hospitality House Home Page
Publication: The Trumpet
We are a non-profit bed and breakfast serving those visiting their loved ones at the Alderson Federal Prison Camp. Currently, our community is full, but we are always open to visitors and/or short term volunteers.
Consider contacting the Alderson Hospitality House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Appalachian Catholic Worker
885 Orchard Run Road
Spencer WV 25276
Phone: (304)-927-5798
Email: jeannie@acwfarm.com
Appalachian Catholic Worker Home Page
Publication: The Inner Voice
We are a seamless garment Catholic Worker farm that strives to live the Gospel in light of Catholic social teaching. Our E.C.O. Center offers Education, Contemplation and Outreach in the context of Creation. By promoting social and environmental justice, hosting retreatants and service groups, and practicing the works of mercy, we address both the root causes and effects of poverty in the hills and hollers of Appalachia. Our community is a diaspora of educators, activists, students and volunteers, while one lives here full-time. Cottage industries include free range eggs, books, and Catholic Worker icons, note cards and bookmarks. We are not tax exempt.
Consider contacting the Appalachian Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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House of Hagar Hospitality House
114 14th St
Wheeling WV 26003
Email: houseofhagarcatholicworker@gmail.com
Website: House of Hagar Catholic Worker
House of Hagar Hospitality House is a Catholic Worker Community in the urban area of Wheeling, West Virginia. We are an Intentional Living Community dedicated to the Corporal & Spiritual Works of Mercy and the 7 Catholic Social Teachings. We do this through an in-house community art studio & tend an active Urban Farming, greenhouse and education program. Regular community meals, program and presentations, morning prayer, movie nights, round table discussions,calls to action, good neighboring and open house holidays are just a few ways we live out our call to gather in the hospitable inclusive Love of God.
[Menu]Consider contacting the House of Hargar Catholic Worker to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
Wisconsin
[Menu]A Place of Peace
1248 Portage St
Stevens Point WI 54481-2737
Phone: 715-345-2345
Email: rusty@portesi.net
Daytime Hospitality: Meals every Thursday.
Roundtable discussions after meals on the First and Third Thursdays of each month.
Consider contacting the A Place of Peace to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Anathoth Community Farm
740 Round Lake Rd
Luck WI 54853
Phone: 715-472-8721
Anathoth Community Farm Home Page
Publication: Anathoth Community Farm News
Consider contacting the Anathoth Community Farm to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Casa Esther
320 North Webster Ave.
Omro WI 54963
Telephone: 920-685-0315
Email: frjoemattern@gmail.com
casaesther.omro@gmail.com
Consider contacting the Casa Esther to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Casa Maria Catholic Worker House
1131 N 21st St
PO Box 05206
Milwaukee WI 53205
Phone: 414-344-5745
Email: casamariamke@gmail.com
Publication: Casa Cry
Volunteers needed:
Casa Maria is seeking live-in volunteers for our four houses in Milwaukee. Our houses take in homeless women, families, refugees, and asylees. We redistribute used furniture, clothing, and infant items to those in need and participate in urban gardening. Our goal is to soon open a house for people who have been unfairly targeted by Milwaukee's privatized, child welfare system. We regularly protest militarism, war taxes, gun violence, welfare deform, and have ties to groups working on racial justice and immigration issues. We also need volunteers for our farm in Watertown, Wisconsin. Those interested can contact casamariamke@gmail.com
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Memorial Library, Marquette U
PO Box 3141
Milwaukee WI 53201-3141
Phone: 414-288-7256
Email: Phil.Runkel@marquette.edu
Catholic Worker Archives Website
Consider contacting the Catholic Worker Archives to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Place of Grace - A Catholic Worker Community
919 Hood St
La Crosse WI 54601
Phone: 608-782-6224
Open Tuesday and Wednesday 1:00 - 5:00 and Thursday 1:00 - 8:00 with a meal from 4:30 - 7:30.
Consider contacting the Place of Grace - A Catholic Worker Community to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Saint Isidore Catholic Worker Farm
2752 Clay Hollow Rd
Cuba City WI 53807
Phone: 608.568.3630
Intentional Christian community on 25 acres in the southwest corner of Wisconsin. Raising organic vegetables, fruits, and animals for subsistence living and gift economy. Communal silence. Active nonviolence. Hospitality to wayfarers. Periodic agronomic university education sessions for adults (contact us to be put on mailing list).
Consider contacting the Saint Isidore Catholic Worker Farm to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
[Menu]Waukesha catholic Worker Community
615 Lake St
Waukesha WI 53186
Phone: 262-524-8278
Publication: Waukesaha catholic Worker
Statement of Purpose
The purpose of the Waukesha catholic Worker is to do works of mercy:
- shelter the homeless
- feed the hungry
- clothe the naked
- visit the prisoner
The Waukesha catholic Worker community is called to be a sign of the presence of God.
Hospitality and Peacemaking
We are a house of hospitality and peacemaking. We welcome refugees and others with special needs and we take a spiritual stand for peacemaking. Our hospitality extends to people from foreign countries who are here for medical needs.
Education
In the Catholic Worker tradition we hold peacemaking forums on current Issues. These forums are frequently co-sponsored with the Waukesha Peace Center and local churches. We also hold educational events in local churches and schools regarding the strengths and needs of our refugee guests.
Spirituality
The Waukesha catholic Worker is ecumenical and includes Jews, Muslims, Protestants, Hindus, Catholics, and others. Out of our deep faith each of us brings life to the community.
Worship
The Waukesha catholic Worker holds periodic ecumenical worship services to deepen our bonds with God, each other, and our guests.
Respite
We offer respite for Catholic Workers from large cities, like Milwaukee or Washington, D.C., who need a rest from their demanding work.
Consider contacting the Waukesha catholic Worker Community to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Dorothy Day House of Hospitality
126 Juliette St
Greenslopes, Brisbane, Australia
Email: cw.brisbane@gmail.com
Website: Dorothy Day House of Hospitality
Publication: Love Against the Machine
A community of young adults living in inner city Brisbane, Australia, who engage with Brisbane's marginalized by providing hospitality, a place to belong and friendships. We actively seek to connect with the wider community through activism; running craft, poetry and documentary nights; morning prayers; Food Not Bombs; involvement with the Waiter's Union; and animal sanctuary (currently housing chickens, cute cats, Guinea pigs and a dog).
[Menu]Consider contacting the Dorothy Day House of Hospitality to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
Peter Maurin Farm
2705 Mt Mee Road
Ocean View, Queensland, Australia
Email: penangke_j@bigpond.com
A family who live sustainably (bio-gas, bio-diesel, solar panels, gardening, tank water, wood stove); provide hospitality; has a long involvement in social justice and activism; and self-manage a cottage industry of palm oil free vegan friendly anarchist soap (no dead animals, no live bosses)!)
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Benedict Labre House
308 Young St
Montreal
PQ
H3C 2G2
Canada
Phone: 514-937-5973
Publication: Unity
Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Worker
576 Westvale Drive
Waterloo
ON
N2T 1K4
Canada
Phone: 519-747-1740
Publication: Ordinary Time
St John the Compassionate Orthodox Mission
Toronto ON CanadaEugene OR 97404
Phone: (416) 466-1357
Email: goneil327@gmail.com
Website: St John the Compassionate Orthodox Mission
St John the Compassionate Mission is an apostolate of the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese. It is an Orthodox Christian community dedicated to serving the poor and the marginalized. It is founded on the example of St John the Merciful and the Fathers of the Church, especially St Basil the Great and St John Chrysostom. It has also been influenced by the more contemporary writings and the examples of Charles de Foucauld, Dorothy Day and Jean Vanier.
The community began as a small mission in a poor neighbourhood in Toronto over 30 years ago. Now we're a small group of clergy and lay folks plus an extended community, located on the east side of Toronto. The main building of the Mission has a beautiful chapel (where we worship). We also have a famous artisanal bakery (beside the main building), and a thrift store. Both the Bakery and the Thrift Store are run as social enterprises. We share with the Catholic Worker centres a concern and care for the poor. Unlike Catholic Worker houses we do not have regular accommodation for the homeless or casual visitors.
We have a house nearby the Mission for an intentional community for those who are interested in serving the poor and learning from the deep spirituality of the Orthodox Church. We welcome anyone to come and share in our life. You don't need to be Orthodox but you do need to be willing to participate fully in the life of this intentional community centred on the liturgical and prayer life of the Orthodox Church. We are especially looking for people who would like to come and stay longer term as community members for a minimum commitment of three months. Room and board can be provided. The members would be expected to participate fully in the life and ministries (programs) of the whole community.
Broadly speaking, our work involves running an early morning breakfast program for the homeless throughout the year, serving regular meals at the mission, running a small parish, various outreach programs, regular discussions and lectures, and all kinds of other ad hoc projects that develop. Recently, this has led us to the east of the city where the working poor live in great high-rise towers. We are renting an apartment on the first floor of the building and getting to know the residents of the towers. We have converted the apartment into a space where people can meet, share meals with one another, and pray.
Consider contacting the St John the Compassionate Orthodox Mission to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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The Vancouver Catholic Worker - Samaritan House
1143 E Pender St
Vancouver
BC
V6A 1W6
Canada
Phone: 604-349-5027
Email: vancouvercatholicworker@yahoo.ca
Website: Vancouver Catholic Worker
Publication: The Christian Radical
Dominican Republic [Menu]
Dominican Republic Catholic Worker
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Email: felix.cepeda@gmail.com
Some Dominican Catholics here inspired by the life of Dorothy Day are trying to found a CW house of hospitality here in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, for homeless Dominicans and Haitian immigrants.
France [Menu]
Calais Catholic Worker
St. Maria Skobtsova House
Calais France
Email:mjohanmaertens@hotmail.com
Germany [Menu]
Bread and Roses - Base community
Fabriciusstr. 56
22177 Hamburg
Germany
Phone: 49-(0)40-69 70 20 85
Bread and Roses - Base community Home Page
Publication: Brot und Rosen
"Bread and Roses" was founded in 1994 by german volunteers returning from experience in US-Communities such as the CW, the Open Door Community (Atlanta, Jubilee Partners (Comer, GA), and CCNV (Washington, DC). The 6-member base community started a 12-room house of hospitality in 1996. Guests are mostly refugees. Members live in community of income, have a daily common prayer and try to educate on justice and refugee issues.
Kana Gemeinshaft
Mallinckrodtstr 108
D-44145 Dortmund
Germany
Phone: 0231-839853
Mexico [Menu]
Casa Colibri
J. Manuel Hernandez E.
Ocampo # 2
Hostotipaquillo, Jal 46440
Mexico
Phone: 386.744.5063
Email: jmhe76@gmail.com
We are a newly established community in rural Mexico, founded by former LACW community members. Casa Colibri: We are an intentional community in the Catholic Worker tradition. Our projects include: a small organic farm; child, teen, and adult English classes; traditional folklorico dance classes; artistic and cultural workshops; round table discussions; prayer; and monthly in-house liturgies. In addition to our efforts to connect with and build community in the rural town of Hostotipaquillo, we are committed to maintaining our physical, emotional, and spiritual health. This we believe is essential to the Catholic Worker philosophy of "building a new society in the shell of the old."
Casa de Hospitalidad CW - GDL
Calle Enrique González Martínez 577 Interior 204
Sector Centro, Guadalajara, Jalisco 44100
Mexico
Phone: 52 - 1 - 33 - 1196 - 6243
Casa de Hospitalidad Wixarika T.C. Home Page
Our mission is to serve to poor Indigenous youth of Wixarika. We serve a meal once-a-week to transmigrants who are traveling byTrain La Bestia, on their way to the USA and come from the Mexico's South States like Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz, and from Centroamerica. Gustavo Monzon Escobar, Coordinator.
New Zealand [Menu]
Suzanne Aubert House
8a Cotterill St
Addington
Christchurch 2
New Zealand
Phone: 03-328-7105
Suzanne Aubert House Home Page
Philippines [Menu]
Nazareth House (Bahay Nazareth)
Mailing Address: 228 Calvario Meycauyan City Bulacan 3020 Philippines
Contact: Noel E. Bordador
Phone: +639202890406
Email: bahaynazareth@gmail.com
Nazareth House (Bahay Nazareth) is an ecumenical house of hospitality rooted in the spirit of the Catholic Worker Movement founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933. We seek to embody the Gospel ideals of prayer, voluntary poverty and simplicity of life, and corporal and spiritual works of mercy, which include solidarity with the poor and the oppressed, non-violent peace and justice, radical hospitality, and life in community. Located in Manila, Philippines, our main apostolic ministry is to provide a home to persons living with HIV or AIDS who do not have adequate financial means for housing, and are unable to secure assistance from family or friends. We are LGBTQ friendly.
Consider contacting Nazareth House to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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Dorothy Day Spiritual Center
24-3 Tojeong-ro, 4th Fl., Hapjeong-dong
Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea 04085
Phone: 82-070-7798-3351
Email: coordinator@catholicworker.kr
Website: Dorothy Day Spiritual Center
The Dorothy Day Spiritual Center began in May 2016. It is the very first Catholic Worker Movement in South Korea. The Center runs the website which provides news and essays related to the Catholic Worker Movement and Christian spirituality. It is the collaborative work of people from diverse Christian traditions who are affiliated with the Catholic Worker Movement. There are weekly/monthly seminars and training sessions on social justice and spirituality. The Center also publishes and prints a bi-monthly newspaper. It is distributed free of charge to all who desire to receive. The Dorothy Day Spiritual Center is maintained by Han Sang-Bong, a Catholic lay theologian and author of several books on spirituality. For more information or to contact Sang-Bong with comments or suggestions use the above email address.
Consider contacting the Dorothy Day Spiritual Center to volunteer your time or to participate in their community life.
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The Fig Tree CW in Hammarkullen
Fikontrådet
60
SE 424 36 Angered
Sweden
Phone: 46(0)31-330 67 11
Email: annikaspalde@hotmail.com
The Fig Tree CW in Hammarkullen Home Page
Contacts are Annika Spalde, Jonas Olsson and Per Herngren.
Active support for several programs serving recent immigrants and addicts, resistance to the Swedish arms trade, and more!
The Netherlands [Menu]
Harriet Tubman Huis
Dantestraat 196
Amsterdam 1102 ZR
The Netherlands
Phone: 020-4166-004 & 4166-005
Uganda [Menu]
Uganda Catholic Worker Community
P.O.Box 5978
Kampala
Uganda
Phone: +256791888222
Email: united2uall@yahoo.com
Full address:
P.O.Box 5978 Kampala, Uganda.
District/City: Wakiso
Full address: 2 killometerson Kasengejje Road, Kasengejje Parish.
The Uganda Catholic Worker Community serves the less fortunate Ugandan Communities of East Africa.
We are witnessing Christ through Faith and Action.
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UK [Menu]
Catholic Worker in Glasgow
Email: glw@catholicworker.org.uk
Website: Catholic Worker in Glasgow
[Menu]London Catholic Worker
49 Mattison Road
Harringay
London N4 1BG
Great Britain
Phone: + (44) 20 8340 8212
Email: londoncatholicworker@yahoo.co.uk
London Catholic Worker Home Page
Publication: The London Catholic Worker
Giuseppe Conlon Catholic Worker House
Hospitality: Accommodation for refugees and soup kitchen.
Resistance: focus on UK Trident nuclear weapons, wars in Afghanistan etc, arms trade, solidarity with other resistors, counter recruitment work.
The Catholic Worker Farm
Old Uxbridge Road
West Hyde
Hertfordshire England
Great Britain
Phone: +44(0)7983477819
Email: thecatholicworkerfarm@yahoo.co.uk
The Catholic Worker Farm Home Page
We live with and serve 18 Homeless women and children. At our two locations, The Farm and Mary House, we offer Psychotherapy, Signposting and Advocacy, Love and Support. We also grow Organic Vegetables, Berries and Fruit in our kitchen garden. We do Resistance and have Round Table Discussions. We also have a Hermitage for quiet Retreats and offer larger retreats too.