Catholic Worker Movement Archives

$Catholic protester shoved to ground has skull fracture, lawyer says$

Catholic protester shoved to ground has skull fracture, lawyer says

Jun 17, 2020

A 75-year-old protester associated with the Catholic Worker movement who struck his head on pavement after being shoved back by police remained hospitalized Tuesday with a fractured skull, his attorney said.

By Associated Press

Catholic activist has been anti-hunger, anti-war, not ‘antifa,’ friends say

Jun 12, 2020

Catholic activist Martin Gugino long has been anti-war, anti-hunger, anti-violence, when it comes to opposing social ills, but the one “anti” that doesn’t fit the bill is the “antifa” moniker President Donald Trump tried to pin on him in a June 9 tweet, friends say.

By Rhina Guidos

Iowa bishop says pandemic should prompt release of Guatemalan detainees

May 28, 2020

Davenport Bishop Thomas R. Zinkula has asked the chief of Homeland Security in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to release three Guatemalan immigrant detainees because the COVID-19 pandemic “places immigrants being detained in a very vulnerable situation.”

By Barb Arland-Fye

Sainthood cause for Dorothy Day picking up steam in U.S.

Apr 29, 2020

The sainthood cause for Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement, believes it could have all of the documentation prepared at some point next year to send to the Vatican Congregation for Saints’ Causes.

By Mark Pattison

Catholic groups step up to help most vulnerable during coronavirus pandemic

Mar 24, 2020

As the spread of the coronavirus forces restrictions on almost every sector of the economy, Catholic organizations are adapting amidst challenges to how they aid the most vulnerable.

By Jack Lyons

Panel assesses Dorothy Day’s impact on church and their own lives

Feb 1, 2020

If you met Dorothy Day, you were changed, said panelists at a Jan. 27 discussion following an advance screening of a new documentary, “Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story,” which profiles the co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement.

By Mark Pattison