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Catholic Worker reflections on helping Skid Row residents
A volunteer recounts early experiences with the Catholic Worker movement in Chicago and New York. He describes meeting homeless men and women, forming a caring community at Betterway, creating clubs and homes for youth, and weighing ideals against bureaucracy as he marks the movement’s 50th anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Peter Maurin
Notre Dame University
Madison Street
Skid Row
Bowery
New York City
Sacha
Lorain
Betterway
Catholic Worker Movement
Qu Ute