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Our Icon ChapelWe pray Morning Prayer, Daytime Prayer, and Evening Prayer with Our Lord in our small chapel. Note the icons of Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin, written by a local artist and friend, Margaret Willis.BackForwardPauseCaption
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Latest News
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November 28
As the end of autumn approaches and with a new liturgical year right around the corner, we pause to reflect on all the blessings God has bestowed upon us the the last two months.Read More -
September 26
As we look back on the last months of summer, it amazes us just how many visitors came to the farm, both to help us out and just to visit. Carmina especially enjoyed time with many friends from her past. God continues to send friends new and old to experience our life here and, hopefully, experience His Presence.Read More
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What the Catholic Worker Believes
AN EASY ESSAY BY PETER MAURIN
1. The Catholic Worker believesin the gentle personalism
of traditional Catholicism.
2. The Catholic Worker believes
in the personal obligation
of looking after
the needs of our brother.
3. The Catholic Worker believes
in the daily practice
of the Works of Mercy.
4. The Catholic Worker believes
in Houses of Hospitality
for the immediate relief
of those who are in need.
5. The Catholic Worker believes
in the establishment
of Farming Communes
where each one works
according to his ability
and gets according to his need.
6. The Catholic Worker believes
in creating a new society
within the shell of the old
with the philosophy of the new,
which is not a new philosophy
but a very old philosophy,
a philosophy so old
that it looks like new.
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Dorothy Day
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Peter Maurin
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larry and carmina chapp
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Today's Readings
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The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution that has to start with each one of us.
Dorothy Day
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The Dorothy Day Catholic Worker Farm is part of the Catholic Worker Movement founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin during the Great Depression.
We are an 11-acre homestead raising a variety of crops and livestock.
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It is in fact impossible
for any culture
to be sound and healthy
without a proper regard
for the soil,
no matter how many urban dwellers
think that their food
comes from groceries
and delicatessens
or their milk from tin cans.
from Regard For The Soil
An Easy Essay by Peter Maurin -
We started the farm in April of 2013 with the simple goal of growing food for the poor. We have an open-farm policy that welcomes anyone to participate in our work and to learn homesteading skills.
As Catholic theologians, we take particular interest in the theological and philosophical roots of the Catholic Worker Movement. The farm is the place where we put into action the faith that we hold so dear. -
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Bp. Barron's Advent Reflections
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Rublev's Trinity
- a favorite of Dorothy Day
