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The Catholic Worker Movement
The Catholic Worker Movement, founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933, is grounded on the firm belief in the God
- given dignity of every human person.
Today over 185 Catholic Worker communities remain committed to nonviolence, voluntary poverty, prayer and hospitality
for the exiled, homeless, hungry and forsaken. Catholic Workers continue to protest injustice, war, racism and violence of
all forms.
The aim of the Catholic Worker movement is to live in accordance with the justice and charity of Jesus Christ. Our sources
are the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures as handed down in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, with our inspiration coming
from the lives of the saints, "men and women outstanding in holiness, living witness to His unchanging love." This aim requires
us to begin living in a different way. We recall the words of our founders, Dorothy Day who said, "God meant things to be
much easier than we have them:, and Peter Maurin who wanted to build a society, "where it is easier for people to be good."
Our Mission
To serve the poor in the city of Akron; to offer hospitality, including shelter, food, emotional and spiritual support,
to familys and individuals in need to enable them to become self - sufficient.
Matthew 25:31 - 46. The Sheep and the Goats
Matthew
25:35, "For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave
me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in". Verse 36, "Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick and ye visited
me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me".
Matthew 25:40, "And
the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least
of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
| Matthew 8:20 Street Ministry |
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