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On Holy Thursday, truly a joyful day, I was sitting at the supper table at St. Joseph’s House on Chrystie Street and looking around at all the fellow workers and thinking how hopeless it was for us to try to keep up appearances. The walls are painted a warm yellow, the ceiling has been done by generous volunteers, and there are large, brightly colored ikon-like paintings on wood and some colorful banners with texts (now fading out) and the great crucifix brought in by some a

This obituary for Brian Quail was first published in the Glasgow Catholic Worker in February of 2026, reprinted in the London Catholic Worker - Easter 2026 by permission of the author. Photo by Jamie Simpson He ca me to mind the way the desert prophets do—a little wind-burned, a little out of step with the world, and wholly unwilling to soften the truth. John the Baptist, with his wild honey and locusts, his rough coat and rougher message, never tried to belong to polite so

[This article originally appeared in the Lent/Easter 2025 edition of our newsletter - read the rest here! ] “You must know when to find...

from Issue 77, Advent 2024 for Yousif M. Qasmiyeh He sharper than the cutting edge he angles handles makes tables foursquare ...

Many of our readers ask, “What is the stand of the Catholic Worker in regard to the present war?” They are thinking as they ask the...

It puzzled him he had met no Christians. Where were they? Where is that Jerusalem community Luke writes about?

Br Johannes Maertens on the journey of personal spiritual growth and conversion