Los Angeles Catholic Worker

The American Friends Service Committee is sponsoring 3 Vigils to end the war in Iraq. They will be September 4th, 11th and 18th from 5:00PM to 6:45PM at the Corner of 5th and Hill. All are welcome to join in this witness for peace. For more information contact Steve Gibson at sgibson@afsc.org

Father Roy Bourgeois of School of the Americas Watch will be speaking Sunday September 9th, 7:00PM at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena. $15 suggested donation at the door. For more information call: 323-852-9808 or 310-838-8131

The Hospitality Kitchen will be closed Saturday May 19th for the protest at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Please join us for a peaceful, nonviolent invitation to our sisters and brothers in the military to give up their service to the corruption, greed and destructiveness of the military industrial complex. Meet at the Vandenberg Air Force Base Main Gate at 1:00 PM Saturday May 19th.

Come join the party! The Catholic Worker Seder will be at 3 PM on April 15th (the Sunday after Easter), in the basement of Dolores Mission School. Call 323-267-8789 to R.S.V.P. and sign up to bring a salad or a desert and grape juice or wine. Click here for pictures of last year’s seder.

The annual Catholic Worker Stations of the Cross will be on Good Friday at 3:00 PM. We will be meeting in front of the Downtown Federal Building for a prayerful walk to the places of darkness in our city. The nearest availible parking is at Temple and Alameda a few blocks away. For pictures of last year’s stations click here.

Join us for two global days of action, commemorating the 4th anniversary of the war in Iraq.

• Saturday, March 17, 12 noon, at Hollywood and Vine, a Mass Anti-War Protest sponsored by Answer.
• Monday, March 19, 3 PM, at the Soto St. Military Recruitment Center, a Civil disobedience action sponsored by the LACW and the American Friends Service Committee. Come to get arrested or to support those risking arrest.

The Summer Program is on the way again. For those interested, this year’s internship will run from June 25th - August 6th.

For more information please visit the Summer Internship Page.

Also take a look at the 2006 Summer Program Photo Gallery.

Come join the LA Catholic Worker and the American Friends Service Committee for a nonviolent protest at the US Air Force Recruitment Center. The action will take place at 1570 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena, starting at 1PM.

Come join the fiesta! Art, music, refreshments and fun for the kids. Catholic Worker artist Manuel Hernández will be offering his tiles, mosaics and papel picados for sale to support the new Catholic Worker in Mexico. The show lasts from 2 to 6PM at the LACW house. For more information please call (323) 267-8789

Join the movement to put the declaration of peace into action! On September 25th the LACW’s Jeff Dietrich and
other local activists will be blockading the Hollywood Military Recruiting Center to call for an end to the war in Iraq. The protest will be from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. We’ll meet at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament and march to the7060 Hollywood Blvd recruiting center. For more information contact Steve Gibson at (213) 489-1900 or sgibson@afsc.org.

For those interested in being arrested, you are invited to attend one or more of these Non-violence trainings.

• September 5, —Spirit of Non-violence— Theory, practice and spirit.
  634 South Spring Street, LA 90014 7:00 PM
• September 11, —LA Catholic Worker Group—Faith-based Non-violence.
  362 N. Brittania St. LA 90033 7:00 PM
• September 14, —NLG Training— Law, police and courts.
  3300 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90010 7:30 PM