• 027 Martha Hennessy: Rooted in a Legacy of Catholic Worker Values
    May 21 2024

    In this episode Martha Hennessy, one of Dorothy Day's granddaughters, joins us. She shares some of what it was like to be the granddaughter of Dorothy as well as some of her own journey in living out Catholic Worker values.

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    52 mins
  • 026 Jackie Allen-Doucet: From Protesting with the Berrigans to Afterschool Mentorship in Hartford
    May 7 2024

    On this episode of Coffee with Catholic Workers we speak to Jackie about the Hartford CW’s work with kids and what it was like to raise her own kids in the Catholic Worker.

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    51 mins
  • 025 Chrissy Kirchhoefer and Lindsey Myers: There’s A New St. Louis Catholic Worker!
    Apr 24 2024

    This week we’re joined by Chrissy and Lindsey who are starting a new house of hospitality with Theo. They chat about their previous experiences in the CW movement and their vision for the new STL Catholic Worker Community.


    Reach out to StLouisCatholicWorker@gmail.com to sign up for the email list or find out how to support this new project.

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    53 mins
  • 024 Alexandria Addesso Comes Home to Start a New Jersey CW
    Apr 9 2024

    We’re joined this time by Elizabeth, NJ founder (and Theo’s former Los Angeles CW community mate) Alex who talked about things not always going according to plan when you’re starting a Catholic Worker.


    Email her at njcw@riseup.net to find out how to support the Elizabeth CW.

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    56 mins
  • 023 Alice McGary and Mary Kay McDermott: The CW’s Land and Craft Vision
    Mar 27 2024

    In this episode we’re joined by Alice from The Mustard Seed Farm in the Ames, Iowa region and Mary Kay from St. Isidore Farm in Southwest Wisconsin. They explore if the word “cult” in Peter Maurin’s alliterative vision of “cult, culture, and cultivation” is scary or a turn off and how they’re trying to be producers and not just consumers.


    Email mustardseedbee@gmail.com (Mustard Seed) or catholicworkerschool@gmail.com (St. Isidore) to find out more about how to visit their respective farms.

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    53 mins
  • 022 Lydia Wong: Welcoming Migrants Bussed From Texas
    Mar 12 2024

    Today’s “guest” is Coffee with Catholic Workers’ very own Lydia! She tells Theo about Emmaus House’s work responding to the urgent needs of migrants sent north from the southern border and sleeping on Chicago police precinct floors without food and bedding.

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    38 mins
  • 021 Kommuniteten Senapskornet in Luleå, Sweden
    Dec 20 2023

    Elisabeth and Josh Armfield speak with Theo about their lives at the Kommuniteten Senapskornet (Mustard Seed Community) Catholic Worker in Luleå, Sweden. 

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    46 mins
  • 020 Judith Samson from Brot und Rosen talks climate activism
    Dec 12 2023

    During his visit to the Brot und Rosen (Bread and Roses) CW, Judith Samson told Theo about civil disobedience she's participated in to combat climate change.

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    35 mins