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2 unusual facts about Catholic Worker Movement


Ade Bethune

She was associated with the Catholic Worker Movement, and designed an early masthead of its publication, the Catholic Worker, first used in 1935.

Ade was interested in the Catholic Worker Movement's work with hospitality for the poor when she was an art student.


Friendship House

The movement spread, with a second Friendship House opening in Ottawa in 1936, and another shortly after in Hamilton, Ontario, (which later became a Catholic Worker Movement House).

Jim Forest

After leaving the Navy, Jim joined the staff of the Catholic Worker community in Manhattan, working close with the founder, Dorothy Day, and for a time serving as managing editor of the journal she edited, The Catholic Worker.


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