Coffee with Catholic Workers

Fumi Tosu joins us this episode to talk about the difference between starting a new house and continuing the work of an existing community, the name of the new Portland Catholic Worker community, and how his family history has influenced his peace activism.

In this episode Allyson and Lincoln from Little Platte CW talk about their new Catholic Worker Farm and how their previous experiences in community inform their intentionality in slowly building a strong foundation for a sustainable community.

On this episode Lydia and Theo are in conversation with Daniel Delapava, Dan Justman, and Quinn Smith from St Francis House in Chicago. They chat their preparations for St. Francis House's 50th Birthday, the national gathering to celebrate that occasion, and what its been like to look back at the history of the house.

In this episode we chat by phone with Regina Bambrick-Rust to learn about what it's like living off grid, and largely without electricity. We explore the ethical framework behind some of these decisions and hear about the efforts happening to build a larger extended off grid community.

In this episode we talk with Mary and Diane from the Winona, MN Catholic Worker about the origin of the community, how it has evolved over the years, and why a decentralized community model is the key to its current success and sustainability.

In this episode we head back to Duluth, MN to hear from Maryn at Loaves and Fishes Catholic Worker. We explore queerness, foster children in community, and Maryn's journey from religious formation to the Catholic Worker.

In this episode we head back to the LA Worker to hear about some of their recent experiences with end of life care for two of their guests. We explore the ways in which community was able to care for the guests in this last life transition as well as the ways in which hospice care impacted workers themselves.

In this episode Martha Hennessy, one of Dorothy Day's granddaughters, joins us. She shares some of what it was like to be the granddaughter of Dorothy as well as some of her own journey in living out Catholic Worker values. 

On this episode of Coffee with Catholic Workers we speak to Jackie about the Hartford CW's work with kids and what it was like to raise her own kids in the Catholic Worker.

This week we're joined by Chrissy and Lindsey who are starting a new house of hospitality with Theo. They chat about their previous experiences in the CW movement and their vision for the new STL Catholic Worker Community. Reach out to StLouisCatholicWorker@gmail.com to sign up for the email list or find out how to support this new project.

We're joined this time by Elizabeth, NJ founder (and Theo's former Los Angeles CW community mate) Alex who talked about things not always going according to plan when you're starting a Catholic Worker. Email her at njcw@riseup.net to find out how to support the Elizabeth CW.

In this episode we're joined by Alice from The Mustard Seed Farm in the Ames, Iowa region and Mary Kay from St. Isidore Farm in Southwest Wisconsin. They explore if the word “cult” in Peter Maurin's alliterative vision of “cult, culture, and cultivation” is scary or a turn off and how they're trying to be producers and not just consumers. Email mustardseedbee@gmail.com (Mustard Seed) or catholicworkerschool@gmail.com (St. Isidore) to find out more about how to visit their respective farms.

Today's “guest” is Coffee with Catholic Workers' very own Lydia! She tells Theo about Emmaus House's work responding to the urgent needs of migrants sent north from the southern border and sleeping on Chicago police precinct floors without food and bedding.

Elisabeth and Josh Armfield speak with Theo about their lives at the Kommuniteten Senapskornet (Mustard Seed Community) Catholic Worker in Luleå, Sweden. 

During his visit to the Brot und Rosen (Bread and Roses) CW, Judith Samson told Theo about civil disobedience she's participated in to combat climate change.

While visiting the Brot und Rosen (Bread and Roses) CW, Theo spoke with Dietrich Gerstner about their work supporting refugees in Hamburg, Germany.

Today we have Brian Terrell joining us from Strangers and Guests Catholic Worker Farm in Tiny Maloy, Iowa. Brian discusses what they're growing at the farm, whether it's really worth growing your own beans and what it was like living with Dorothy Day compared to how she is thought of nowadays.

Today we speak with Joe Kruse, a long time Catholic Worker in Minneapolis about his involvement since childhood in the movement and his perspectives on labor, union organizing, and work in general.

In our second episode looking at labor within the Catholic Worker Movement, we speak with Lincoln Rice; a Catholic Worker with Casa Maria in Milwaukee. Lincoln recently published The Forgotten Radical Peter Maurin: Easy Essays from the Catholic Worker.

In this episode we talk with Rosalie Riegle, an oral historian who has both lived in Catholic Worker Houses as well as documented their history. Some of her books include Dorothy Day: Portraits by Those Who Knew Her, Doing Time for Peace: Resistance, Family, and Community, and Voices of the Catholic Worker. Today we focus on labor and the labor movement in the Catholic Worker Movement's history. This is the first of a series of three episodes focused on labor.

Today we have Tensie Hernandez joining us from Beatitude House of Guadalupe, California. She shares with us the story of stumbling on to the Los Angeles Catholic Worker while still in high school, how rootedness in a community grows over time, and how running a Catholic Worker in a small town is different than doing so in a big, bustling city.

In this episode Michele shares with us her journey to the Catholic Worker through the Plowshares movement. We talk about her journey to grounding herself in Catholic Worker principles including the Sermon on the Mount. Michele has been connected to many projects including Christian Peacemaker Teams, Rojava, and valve turning actions for the climate. 

In this episode we talk with Frits from the Jeannette Noel House in Amsterdam. Frits shares his story that ranges from anarchist squats to imprisonment for draft resistance to marches across the US for peace.

DL Mayfield joins us to talk about her book Unruly Saint: Dorothy Day's Radical Vision and its Challenge for our Times. We explore how she found Dorothy Day inspirational once she discovered her coming from an evangelical background as well as her journey away from her. You can find her work at: http://www.dlmayfield.com/

Mark Colville from Amistad House in New Haven shares an exploration of trying to contextualize some of the work of the Catholic Worker to today in thinking about the ways that encampments and the right for people to stay particularly on public land should be more strongly emphasized than traditional hospitality.

Hope Vaughn from Emmaus House in Chicago talk about mutual aid networks, jail support, and being a young person (younger than Lydia and Theo) in the Catholic Worker Movement.

In our first mini episode we introduce the Aims and Means of the Catholic Worker and read through the current iteration published in The Catholic Worker newspaper.

In this episode we hear from Mary Beth and Johanna from the House of Grace Catholic Worker in Philadelphia. There they help run a free medical clinic as well as provide hospitality, garden, and support the management of a health clinic in Haiti.

Michael shares about his experiences in the Catholic Worker from being a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War to helping found the Mustard Seed Catholic Worker which just celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Ericka Williams Rodriguez currently resides at Littleflower Catholic Worker, a sustainable farm in Virginia. Some of her work includes raising children, supporting micro solar development in Puerto Rico, and running Serenity Solidarity -a charitable organization that supports BIPOC communities with a particular focus on land. You can read about her recent trip to Puerto Rico here: https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2022/11/28/lef-serenity-puerto-rico-solar-trip/?fbclid=IwAR0dFF_tn4meycDyZbaTVU-YQ9GpV6MgIu12KyDsLfhqjx2Ddb5ImsS8lZ4

Welcome to Coffee with Catholic Workers, a podcast from and about folks involved in the Catholic Worker movement hosted by Theo and Lydia. This episode we get to hear from Theo both a little bit about how he came to be a part of the Catholic Worker movement as well as exploring the Catholic Worker value of decentralized power or decentralized society.

Welcome to Coffee with Catholic Workers, a podcast from and about folks involved in the Catholic Worker movement hosted by Theo and Lydia. In today's episode, we are talking with Catherine Morris who lives at the Hennacy House of Hospitality in Los Angeles. In this interview, she tells us about when she felt the call to leave her life as part of a religious order running a school for well to do students and join up with the Catholic worker movement instead. She then talks about her and LA worker support for the United Farm Workers and how that led her to jail with Dorothy Day, and finally, she gives some advice for folks thinking about possibly making a life of the Catholic worker movement.

Welcome to Coffee with Catholic Workers, a podcast from and about folks involved in the Catholic Worker movement hosted by Theo and Lydia. This episode we're talking to Brenna from the Saint Isidore Farm in Cuba City, WI about her Catholic Worker journey, how the farm set up a coop to handle their finances, her community's journey working towards decolonization, and what about the Catholic Worker brings her joy.

Welcome everyone! This is Coffee with Catholic Workers, a podcast about and with Catholic Worker folks hosted by Theo and Lydia. Our guest this episode is Joanne Kennedy from the New York Catholic Worker, current managing editor of the Catholic Worker Newspaper.

Welcome everyone! This is Coffee with Catholic Workers, a podcast about and with Catholic Worker folks hosted by Theo and Lydia. Our inaugural guest is Julie Brown joining us from Iraqi Kurdistan to share her compelling story and chat all things Catholic Worker.