Coffee with Catholic Workers

After years in the movement living in and out of different communities Maria Bergh moves home to New York to start her own Catholic Worker community: Naples Valley Community Farm. Maria talks about what it means to be a Catholic Worker, feeling welcomed and valued in the movement, and what led her to start a community alone.

Sara and Paul from Lake City CW Farm tell their Catholic Worker journey from college to Duluth to building their strawbale house and creating a thriving kombucha business while raising a family, providing hospitality and jobs, rebuilding the soil through regenerative agriculture, and tasting the variety of flavors provided by the Driftless region of SE Minnesota.

Chrissy and Lincoln, who work for the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, talk about how they learned about war tax resistance after joining the Catholic Worker, what it looks like for different folks, and why it is growing in popularity.

Bill and Diane who were involved with Catholic Worker houses in Texas decades ago become involved again when a multicultural hospitality house serving refugees opens blocks from them in Iowa City. They talk about their journey and what the works of mercy look like in Iowa City.

In this episode Brenna, Ben, and Sheila share their experiences about travelling to the West Bank recently as a Catholic Worker delegation to do accompaniment work with the International Solidariy Movement. If you're interested in learning about being a part of a future delegation reach out to Brenna at [email protected].