The Catholic Radical Alliance was founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1937 by Roman Catholic priests Charles Owen Rice, Carl Hensler, and George Barry O'Toole.[1] [2] It supported the unionization of workers in the H.J. Heinz Company and the Loose Wiles Biscuit Company in Pittsburgh. [3] In addition to union activities, it founded a house of hospitality, St. Joseph's, which was still active in 2008. It dissassociated itself from the Catholic Worker Movement in World War II, over a disagreement with the Catholic Worker's pacifist stance.[4]
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- Contemporary Flyer from the Catholic Radical alliance [1]
References[]
- ↑ Bush, Perry. "To Follow the Carpenter of Nazareth" (magazine article). http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=sof9089&article=980913. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
- ↑ "Priests, Pickets, Pickle Workers". Time (June 28). 1937. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,788118,00.html. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
- ↑ Keenneth A. Heineman A Catholic New Deal: Religion and Reform in Depression Pittsburgh 1999 Penn State Press ISBN 0271018968
- ↑ Nancy L. Roberts, Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Albany, State University of New York Press, 1984. ISBN 0873959388
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