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GCH House Update - Summer 2026
Guiseppe Conlon House, Clint Bolik, 2026 A House of Hospitality is so much more than a house. But, in recent months, we have been reminded of material realities. Between warped windows and doors, a roof beam chewed through by squirrels, and even an exploding microwave, life in an old building is not without its challenges. Yet anyone who has spent time in a Catholic Worker house knows that these places are more than just a shelter. Patricia, one of the founders of MSH, a Cath
London Catholic Worker
Aug 8
The Tides of Life
Tidal Home , Jay Caskie Thoug h life unfolds in unplanned ways of moments amidst our lifecycles, each moment presents different challenges, and endurance is the cornerstone of our evolution. The ability to face adversity head-on and adapt could be the moment to test both the strength and weaknesses in human nature. My topic of writing is taken from the angle of a migrant from the African continent to Europe, which is miles away from the community I was raised in, to a new,
Billy Tendo
Apr 15
Houses of Hospitality
Expulsion of the Merchants from the Temple , Monreale Cathedral, Palermo I am the newest volunteer at GCH, here for a short(ish) stay of six months. I’ve been invited to write about coming to the community, and I thought of contrasting this place to Camphill, since I volunteered in one of those communities for ten months. The quickest way to draw out the difference between the two is the following—at the end of January, I was arrested at a Palestine protest. If this happen
Eva Martinez
Apr 11
Notes on Failure
Dorothy Day , John Orris “ Cert ainly the Catholic Worker movement has failed.” Dorothy Day wrote those words in a 1947 editorial reflecting on the movement’s first fifteen years. There are plenty of grounds to contest them—look at the miracle whereby this movement, with no structure, no consistent leadership, and of ten no money, has persisted for almost a century and now in more than one hundred communities. Countless people have been housed, fed, and clothed, and their dig
Thomas Frost
Apr 9
Hope in Spite of Present Difficulties
[This article originally appeared in the Lent/Easter 2025 edition of our newsletter; read the rest of it here .] We seem to be constantly...
Martin Newell
May 3, 2025
Obituary: Edwin Kalerwa
from Issue 77, Advent 2024 On 10th Se ptember 2024, Edwin Kalerwa passed away in hospital, after suffering from cancer. Edwin lived at...
Nora Ziegler
Dec 31, 2024