See What's Happening at Saint Joe's, visit our Events page.

Our Guests Have Many Needs, Click Here to View Our Wish List on our Donations Page.

Read Chava Redonnet's Essay, A Catholic Worker Baptism
"We all promised to walk with Fana as she raises her daughter, pledged to be community – that’s a big part of what infant baptism is all about, I think."

Looking for Organic Veggies?
Click Here to see what's happening down on the microfarm at St. Fiacre Gardens. Help to make Community Supported Agriculture stronger in the Rochester Community. Volunteer. Get back to nature. Become a CSA subscriber and savor the freshness of locally grown fruits and veggies.

Got Bread? Join Saint Joe's Bread For All Program.
Click Here for a loaf or two of whole wheat deliciousness a week and learn about our new Community Supported Bakery.

Don't Miss Saint Joe's Catholic Worker Newsletter
Read Tim Sigrist's article about Chava Redonnet's ordination; Caroline Kristofferson's reflections on her ten and a half months of service at the Rochester Catholic Worker; Mirabai's "House Comings and Goings"; Martha Hennessy, Dorothy Day's granddaughter discusses her visit to Rochester; Harry Murray's "The Military-Welfare Complex" focuses on Sister Grace Miller's effort to stop military recruitment advertising at the Department of Human Services; Sarah Ahimsa briefs us on the results of our Pancake Breakfast for the Food Program in Haiti. And learn about Saint Joe's new bread program. Thanks to George McVey, Newsletter City Desk Editor and Matt Rieck, our CW Layout Star.

Become a Catholic Worker for a Week! Sign up for an internship program. View video comments from past volunteers.

The South Avenue House of Hospitality has been in operation since 1941, making it the oldest Catholic Worker facility still based at its original location in the US. It is supported through the volunteer efforts and financial generosity of dozens of people and organizations in the Greater Rochester Community. (Click on the image to learn more about volunteering.)

Saint Joe's does not charge its guests for any food, clothing, use of phone, shower or use of its laundry facilities during regular hours or operation. Plus, we are one of two communities in the Rochester area that provide a hot meal seven days a week. Today over 185 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.

Dorothy Day founded the Catholic Worker movement in the midst of the Great Depression. Sadly, our Greater Rochester Community is facing another time of economic uncertainty, which is hurting families across the country. Clearly, our role in service to the needy, the hungry and the homeless is as important as ever.

Please visit the links on our site and see if you can find a way that you can help us provide essential needs to our brothers and sisters in humanity.

To volunteer, review our rewarding opportunities on our Volunteer page.

To help us financially, visit our Donation page. For more information, please call 232-3262 and ask for Tom Malthaner.