Which is a little publication put out by the SS.
Francis and Therese Catholic Worker house of Worcester, MA. Claire and Scott
Schaeffer-Duffy have run a "House of Hospitality" with meals and sleeping
arrangements for the down and out for over twenty years. Supporters have lived
in the house, some for several years, but the Schaeffer-Duffy’s are the heart of
this small Catholic Worker community.
I met them about 12 or 14 years
ago at a retreat that was held at their House of Hospitality. In their six times
a year publication they describe the Catholic Worker movement as "a lay movement
offering hospitality to the poor while denouncing injustice and promoting
peace." The Schaeffer-Duffy’s have traveled worldwide. About two years ago, we
invited Claire to our Church, for a facinating discussion (with heart-breaking
pictures) of her trip to Afghanistan, shortly after the Taliban were run out of
town.
In addition to the cover stories – "U.S. Out of Iraq" and
"Venezuela’s Rovolution of Hope", Scott had an interesting article entitled "How
to Hold a Protest."
The Catholic Worker movement (think Dorothy Day) is
pacifist, anarchist, (they don’t vote), anti-capitalist, anti-death penalty,
anti-abortion, emphasis on manual labor, emphasis on studying their Catholic
faith. In other words, pretty radical.
The House gets by on donations,
and I believe some small amounts of money that may come in for occasional
articles written for Catholic publications. Scott and Claire have four
children.
I don’t agree with all their positions, but they are not just
"talking the talk" they are "walking the walk."
If this sounds like a
group you’d like to support, just leave a comment and I’ll get you more info.
They don’t have a website.
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