When I was studying to be a social worker, I learned about the Catholic Worker movement, a collection of communities formed in 1933 by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin. They are committed to particular goals around social justice, including hospitality and opposition to war and equality around wealth distribution. Catholic Worker commitment to these ideals includes choosing to live at or below the poverty line so that their taxes don’t support military expansion. This forces them to make countercultural choices about how they organize their homes and relationships. Those in the Catholic Worker
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