Today, May 1, marks the 88th anniversary of the Catholic Worker movement, founded by Peter Maurin and Dorothy Day. Soup-lines, Houses of Hospitality, Farm Communities, newspapers and newsletters, demonstrations, protests, arrests and jail time are all part of that history and continue today around the world. Workers and scholars clarifying thought through discussion. A no nonsense philosophy of personalism and Christian anarchy have always been at the core of the Catholic Worker. Thousands upon thousands have been impacted in someway. All of this will continue long after many of us are gone because the concepts are in fact simple. We are all responsible for our own actions as well as each other. Happy Anniversary to Catholic Workers around the world and continue the fight for peace, justice and equality.
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