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Established: 1977
Karen Catholic Worker House
St. Louis, Missouri,
United States
 We are a Catholic Worker community established 27 years ago. Eight of us offer our home (old convent) to 25-30 homeless women and children in north St. Louis.
Our main goals are personalism and hospitality, but we also live out resistance, nonviolence, voluntary poverty, anarchism, and sustainability.
Some members have also formed other smaller houses of hospitality in the Karen House neighborhood.
The Roundtable is a three-times-yearly publication produced by our community.
People that are intrested in Karen House may write us a letter or call. We would of course do our best to answer any of your questions and perhaps arrange a visit.
 
Website: http://karenhousecw.org
Contact:
Tony Hilkin or Jenny Traux
1840 Hogan St
Saint Louis, Missouri 63106-3016 United States
Phone: 314-621-4052
Former/Other Names: St. Louis Catholic Worker
Last Updated:9/20/2006
 
Visitors Accepted
Visitor Process: call us or write us a letter before coming
Network Affiliations:
Catholic Worker
Population
Adult Members:
6
Non-member Residents:
28
(homeless women and children)
Open to new adults:
Yes
Open to new children:
Yes
Gender Balance:
20% M 80% F
Open to which gender(s):
All genders welcome
Age Focus:
No Focus
Government
Decision Making:
By consensus
Identified Leader:
No
Leadership Core Group:
Yes
Labor and Money
Financial Style:
Other
(money contribution optional)
Labor Contribution:
Expected
(not specified hours/month)
Join Fee:
No
Regular Fees:
Yes
(but no specific amount)
Land and Buildings
Urban
Land Owned By:
The community
(community property trust)
Number of Residences:
1
Food, etc.
Percentage of Food Grown:
1-5%
(90 percent donated/dumpstered)
Share Community Meals:
1 time/week
Dietary Choice or Restrictions:
Diet is up to each individual
Dietary Practice:
Primarily vegetarian
Alcohol Use:
Seldom used
Tobacco Use:
Seldom used
Social Factors
Open to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and/or Transgender members:
Yes
Shared Spiritual Path:
Yes
Which Spiritual Path(s):
Roman Catholic
(there are some of us who are not Catholic nor affliate ourselves with a particular religion)
Educational Style(s):
Other
(there are no children at this time)
Cohousing Details
Year Completed:
2002
(Our neighborhood co-housing disbanded in 2006. Karen House core community remains as described above.)
 
 


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