Coffee with Catholic Workers

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.