Important training note for volunteers

January 27th, 2012

Shawnee Baldwin has agreed to offer a Virtus training during our regularly scheduled Saturday program on Feb. 18 and again on March 24. Please make every effort to attend one of these sessions. At this session folks will also be asked to sign a release form for us to do a criminal background check.

If you have already had this training or an equivalent training at your parish, school or workplace, please provide some verification and when you completed it.

We want everyone to be safe: the children from any sort of abuse and the volunteers from any false accusations.

Snow day at the Green House

January 27th, 2012

Nobody is going hungry on Saturdays at the Green House.

The winter wonderland.

Forget all those TV ads for shoes and apparel. This is what love the game looks like.

Bubba shows off his skills.

Recent pictures of the Green House crew

January 18th, 2012

Painting nails on a Saturday morning.

Josh holding up.

Jackie doing what she does best.

Peter providing bike maintenance instructions.Sasean playing for the East Catholic freshmen team.

Black and White in Color

December 26th, 2011

Friends,

Please join us at the Charter Oak Cultural Center for the opening of Jackie Allen and Dwight Teal’s art show: Black and White in Color.

2011 Christmas Party

December 23rd, 2011

Some of Steve’s pictures from the festivities in Voluntown.

2011 Christmas Cards

November 18th, 2011

Please consider supporting the Hartford Catholic Worker by purchasing Hartford Catholic Worker Christmas cards. The cards feature 5 of Brian Kavanagh’s Christmas themed graphics.

A pack of 10 5×7 cards is $20. A pack of 10 4.25×5.5 cards is $15.

To order please contact Marie McKenna at (860) 704-8360 or bcmarie98@yahoo.com

The Hartford Catholic Worker is a lay community of Catholics and like minded friends, living in the north end of Hartford, working and praying for an end to violence and poverty.

Understanding the Current Economic Downturn and the Occupy Wall Street and Ninety Nine Percent Movement

November 13th, 2011

St. Joseph's College Logo

OWS for a Better World

With Excerpts from Bird and Fortune’s Subprime Crisis and
Inside Job
, an award winning documentary on the financial crisis
And a
Panel Discussion with Question and Answer Session
Panelists
Chris Doucot, The Hartford Catholic Worker
Kenneth Long, Ph.D., Professor of History and Political Science
Shyamala Raman, Ph.D., Professor of Economics and International Studies
Ben Peters, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
6:45 to 9:15 pm
A/V Room
Bruyette Athenaeum
Carol Autorino Center for the Arts and Humanities

For more information, please contact klong@sjc.edu

Halloween redux

November 4th, 2011

The weather didn’t dampen spirits for the Green House Halloween party. Above are five of the many varied faces. You can watch more, along with costume basketball, egg races and more in this video clip.

There’s also a video clip of August fun, that I forgot to share until now.

HCW now a tax deductible charity

November 2nd, 2011

An update from Chris:

We are pleased to announce that our 5-year odyssey with the IRS is over. The Hartford Catholic Inc. is now recognized by the IRS as a 501c3 tax deductible charity. We hope this designation will encourage folks who have been hesitant to support our work in the past to become regular contributors.

We want to thank Barbara McGrath esq. and the stafff and students of the CT Urban Legal Initiative of the UConn Law School for the very many hours they have devoted to us. Without their help we would be in a difficult bind as we celebrate the 19th anniversary of the Hartford Catholic Worker tomorrow –  St. Martin De Porres day (our patron) — on the church calendar.

So, to be succinct: all donations to the Hartford Catholic Worker are now tax deductible.

Green House Oct. 15

October 21st, 2011