StL CW December Updates!

Merry Christmas friends!

If you haven't already heard, our biggest news is that we've started raising money to purchase a house for Catholic Worker hospitality in the St. Louis area. You can read our longer appeal here or in our newsletter linked below.

If you're in a place to make a financial gift to help us on a down payment please send checks made out to the "STL Catholic Worker Community" c/o Sophia House 4547 Gibson Ave. St. Louis, MO 63110. We've also set up a GoFundMe.

Our humble zine, In The Shell of The Old issue #2 was sent out recently. We decided to do a big one time snail mailing to local people from the Karen House mailing list, something like 1,300 people. While it took a little while and cost a little bit, we've already made some new friends from the effort and hope the trend continues. You can email us if you want a physical copy sent to your doorstep!

Oh no! We've heard from a couple of our friends that our emails have been going to spam. Please check to see that we aren't being relegated to your spam folder. If you're still not seeing our notes in there or you're new, please shoot us an email to get on our list: StLouisCatholicWorker@gmail.com

The spam debacle meant some folks missed word of our Christmas party, which is a downer. If you weren't able to make it this time for hot cocoa and Christmas songs, hopefully you'll be there for our discussion of Pope Francis’s recent document Laudate Deum hosted by our friend Matt on January 7th at the Hubbard family home 3704 St. Ann’s Ln 63121.

Thanks for all your love and support!

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We bought a house!

The St. Louis Catholic Worker bought a house! After weeks of delay, we finally got the keys today! The building is big and beautiful, with a good yard for a Catholic Worker garden. It was built in 1904 and has a few imperfections (don't we all) but we'll be able to start moving in immediately as we make higher need repairs. We’ve been overwhelmed by all the love and support that our local support community and the broader Catholic Worker movement has shown us. Thanks to all those who have sent prayers and financial resources our way. Folks have been more generous than we could have imagined and we were able to put down a decent sized down payment. We hope support will continue as we begin having regular monthly bills, mortgage payments, and other expenses related to performing the works of mercy. We have already started collecting gently used household items to furnish the place (we own almost nothing.) You can check out this list of needs and let us know if you have anythin...

StL CW newsletter #2 !

Check out issue #2 of our humble zine, In The Shell of The Old. In this issue: - Lindsey on Hope - theo on his time at Oak Flat - what we've been upto - an appeal to help us purchase a house Download the full pdf here .

November at the STL Catholic Worker Community

Hi Friends! Join us at one of our upcoming events! We'll be gathering at our house at 8617 Mora Ln unless otherwise stated. Email us at StLouisCatholicWorker@gmail.com with any questions. Hope to see you soon! Recurring Peace Vigil: Boeing St. Charles Tuesdays at 6:45 AM starting October 22 Join us as we gather to hold signs near the Boeing facility in St. Charles to pray for peace and hopefully to open the conscience of the those working in the war industry. We will begin gathering each Tuesday morning at 6:45 at the Hardee's at 2701 MO-94, St. Charles, MO 63301. Last Sunday Potluck Sunday October 27th - 5 PM Bring a friend and some food to share. Hope to see you there! Prayer For A Better World Wednesday November 6th - 6 PM Join us as we come together in prayer and bring our hopes for a more peaceful and just world to the community and our creator. All folks of goodwill are invited to this welcoming and inclusive gathering in our christian tradition. Clarification of Thought:...

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