Catholic Worker Study Day

Catholic Worker Study Day Timetable

Sunday 27th January

London Catholic Worker

49 Mattison Road

Harringay

London N4 1BG

tel: 020 8 348 8212

10.00   Arrivals, Tea / Coffee

10.30  Prayer

10.45  Introductions

11.15  Scripture reading and discussion – Sermon on the Mount / Works of Mercy

12.30  Bring and share lunch

13.30  Watch Dorothy Day film

14.30  Introduction to Dorothy Day, Peter Maurin and CW history 

15.30  Tea break

16.00 Action – share further action that people might like to be involved in and/or short

          presentations from Catholic Worker House community, e.g. about the work hospitality,

          direct action, suggestions for further study

17.00  Mass

18.00  Social – dinner and party and music

Sharing your house with asylum seekers

Maria Albrecht has only hazy memories of the first homeless person she and her husband, Scott, invited into their home to stay. But he was almost certainly an alcoholic, in his 50s or 60s, and he wouldn't have had a shower in a long time. He slept on a camp bed in the couple's sitting room: the family, with two small children at the time, were living in a two-bedroom semi.

That was about 20 years ago: since then, the Albrechts have welcomed approximately 300 homeless people into their home – some straight off the streets, others referred by the British Red Cross. "I know people think it sounds impossible, to just take in homeless people," says Maria, "but the motivating factor for me is this: if I was sleeping on a park bench, I would hope someone would do this for me. So I do it for others.

Further reading (Guardian).

Even if we did mention it before (it probably happened but I cannot find where) it should be a pleasure to point again to the Catholic Worker Farm in Watford.