The Catholic Worker is a movement of radical christians and has a pacifist and anarchist orientation. Our goal is to connect the Gospel with political action and practical aid to the poorest. In this way we want to give a sign of the Kin’dom of God on earth.
The Catholic Worker Movement was founded in the US by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin the depths of the Great Depression in the 1930s.
Today over 200 Catholic Worker communities remain committed to nonviolence, voluntary poverty, prayer, and hospitality for the homeless, exiled, hungry, and foresaken. Catholic Workers continue to protest injustice, war, racism, and violence of all forms.
Houses and Communities in Europe
Inspired by the ideas and power of the Catholic Workers we brought it to Europe and started houses and communities in the Netherlands, Great Britain, France, Germany and Sweden.
London Catholic Worker, Great Britain
Jeannette Noelhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sennapskornet, Lulea, Sweden
Brot & Rosen, Hamburg, Germany
Dorothee Gemeenschap, Amstelveen, Netherlands
Glasgow Catholic Worker, Great Britain
Le Dorothy, Paris, France
Maria Skobtsova House, Calais, France
Catholic Worker Farm,
European Catholic Worker Gathering
Since 1997 people from different European houses and communities meet once a year to exchange views on the Catholic Worker. We enjoy roundtables, workshops, barnfires, music, laughter, food and the famous cabaret evening.
Euro CW Gathering 2026
- around ascension day.
- in Cudham, Kent, Great Britain.
- for 5 days
Want to join?
- contact us
- info(at)eurocatholicworker.org
„We need to create a vision of a society where it is easier to be good.“
Peter Maurin
Co-Founder of the Catholic Worker Movement