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Coffee with Catholic Workers is a podcast from and about folks involved in the Catholic Worker movement hosted by Theo and Lydia.

Coffee With Catholic Workers


    • May 21, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 52m AVG DURATION
    • 35 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Coffee with Catholic Workers

    034 Fumi Tosu: Dandelion House, Fierce Nonviolence, and the freedom to experiment with life

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 54:20


    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.

    033 Little Platte CW: The Slow and Intentional Sprouting of a New Farming Community

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 66:52


    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.

    032 Chicago's St. Francis House: 50 years and counting

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 50:15


    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.

    031 Convictions and Compromise: Living off Grid with the White Rose Catholic Worker Farm

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 55:46


    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.

    030 Winona Catholic Worker: Finding new ways to create stable communities

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 55:23


    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.

    029 Maryn Hakes: Queerness, Community, and the Catholic Worker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024 48:09


    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.

    028 LA Take 2: End of Life Care in Community

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 66:41


    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.

    027 Martha Hennessy: Rooted in a Legacy of Catholic Worker Values

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 52:28


    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. 

    026 Jackie Allen-Doucet: From Protesting with the Berrigans to Afterschool Mentorship in Hartford

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2024 50:58


    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.

    025 Chrissy Kirchhoefer and Lindsey Myers: There's A New St. Louis Catholic Worker!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 52:54


    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.

    024 Alexandria Addesso Comes Home to Start a New Jersey CW

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024 55:59


    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.

    023 Alice McGary and Mary Kay McDermott: The CW's Land and Craft Vision

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 52:39


    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.

    022 Lydia Wong: Welcoming Migrants Bussed From Texas

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024 37:31


    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.

    021 Kommuniteten Senapskornet in Luleå, Sweden

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 46:13


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

    020 Judith Samson from Brot und Rosen talks climate activism

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 34:51


    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.

    019 Dietrich Gerstner from Brot und Rosen in Hamburg, Germany

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2023 44:35


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

    018 Brian Terrell Explores the Evolving Identity of the Catholic Worker Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2023 64:46


    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.

    017 Joe Kruse Grew up in the Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2023 47:22


    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.

    016 Lincoln Rice Explores the Good and Bad of Peter Maurin Philosophy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2023 59:26


    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.

    015 Rosalie Riegle: Catholic Worker Oral Historian

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2023 42:43


    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.

    014 Tensie Hernandez Accidentally Found Catholic Workers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2023 50:08


    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.

    013 Michele Naar Obed is Spreading Catholic Worker Principles in Duluth

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2023 74:28


    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. 

    012 Frits ter Kuile: Anarchist Squats, Peace Walks, and European Catholic Workers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2023 58:58


    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.

    011 DL Mayfield: Writing an Unruly Saint

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023 64:12


    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/

    010 Mark Colville Wants the Catholic Worker to be More Contextual

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 66:47


    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.

    009 Hope Vaughn Engages in Mutual Aid in Chicago

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2023 45:16


    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.

    008.5 BONUS Aims and Means Mini Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2023 13:27


    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.

    008 Mary Beth and Johanna Bring Personalism to Healthcare within the Catholic Worker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2023 69:36


    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.

    007 Michael Boover Reflects on a Lifetime of Movement Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2023 55:20


    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.

    006 Ericka Williams Rodriguez Talks about Race, Sustainability, and Kids

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2022 53:17


    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

    005 Theo Kayser Connects Catholic Workers and Punk

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2022 40:07


    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.

    004 Catherine Morris Reflects on Meeting Dorothy Day and the LA Worker

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2022 50:11


    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.

    003 Brenna Cussen-Anglada Explores Farming, Decolonization, and Finding the Catholic Worker

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2022 58:33


    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.

    002 Joanne Kennedy: Editing the Catholic Worker Newspaper as a Work of Mercy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2022 57:36


    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.

    001 Julie Brown: From Occupy to Kurdistan

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 50:35


    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.

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