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On the Catholic Worker:

- New! Check out our new page on responsible consuming! It includes a list of worker-owned cooperatives, Fair Trade sources for food and clothing, and a list of St. Louis based cooperatives!

The Catholic Worker on Economics

- Catholic Worker Resources page- a list of all things Catholic Worker!

-  Famous Catholic Worker Articles - includes Room for Christ, Poverty and Pacifism, Easy Essays, The Scandal of the Works of Mercy

-  Memorable Quotes from Dorothy Day

- Display of African American Women on the Karen House wall

- Our Links page

 

Resources for Groups:

- Sample schedule for Urban plunge groups and service trips

Dorothy Day on YouTube!

1971 Interview

 

Video:

A Peace of the Anarchy: Ammon Hennacy and Other Angelic Troublemakers

(with Ammon Hennacy, Dorothy Day, John Dear, Kathy Kelly, Tom Cornell, Daniel and Phil Berrigan, etc.)

 
     
 

Karen House:

1840 Hogan St.

Saint Louis, MO  63106

Contact Us:

314.621.4052

 

- Karen House Reflection Packet for Groups: 11-page document includes:

  • Intro to Karen House and the Catholic Worker
  • Easy Essays by Peter Maurin
  • New York Times article on the Catholic Worker
  • Exercise exploring economic, race, and class privilege
  • Factsheet on the Causes of Homelessness
  • Factsheet on the U.S. in the global community
  • Theological Reflections
  • Further action suggestions  lists like-minded organizations and websites

 

   

- Exercise examining our consumption, with suggestions and resources

- Article on consensus decision making

- General Reflection Manual   for service trips. Uses the model of experience-social analysis-theological reflection-action.  16-page manual includes sample prayers, quotes, statistics, and discussion questions. Compiled in 2001.