London Catholic Worker are a community of the international radical Christian ‘Catholic Worker’ movement.
The Catholic Worker is ecumenical, pacifist and anarchist in the spirit of gentle personalism. The London Catholic Worker was brought together by the Jubilee Ploughshares 2000 disarmament action. Those who came together had long sensed the need for a Catholic Worker community of hospitality and resistance in the world’s second imperial city.
In June 2010 the London Catholic Worker opened Guiseppe Conlon House. At Guiseppe Conlon House, LCW provides hospitality for destitute refugees and asylum seekers. There is a community meal every evening, and other regular activities such as prayer, lectio divina and round-table discussions which are open to all living in the house and the public. LCW also helps run the Urban Table soup kitchen in Hackney on Sundays, and is collecting and transporting donations for refugees in Calais. LCW’s resistance is focused on on the “war on terror”, arms trade, British nuclear weapons, and solidarity with migrants and refugees.
Find out more: londoncatholicworker.org
Refugee Christians are searching for the community seen in Acts. Where is it?
I knew mass wasn't what Ahmed was looking for. He was looking for the incarnate day-to-day-expression of the Eucharist. He was looking for Christian community.
May 31 2023
Practising prayerful presence, in Finsbury Park: an interview with Br Johannes Maertens
For London Catholic Worker, Henrietta Cullinan interviews Br Johannes Maertens about his practise of pastoral ministry, meeting people in Finsbury Park.
May 22 2023
Blessed are (all) those who are persecuted in the cause of right
Are there limits to solidarity, when there is honest disagreement on tactics or principle? Fr Martin Newell suggests we should err on the side of supporting one another.
Apr 25 2023
Engaging with race in the Catholic Worker movement
Our Passionist Partners at London Catholic Worker ask: how can houses of hospitality avoid 'white saviour' complexes, and engage with the Black Lives Matter movement?
Nov 24 2020