Catholic Radical Alliance

The Catholic Radical Alliance was founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1937 by the Roman Catholic priests Charles Owen Rice, Carl Hensler, and George Barry O'Toole,[1][2] with the approval of their bishop, Hugh C. Boyle.[3] It supported the unionization of workers in the H. J. Heinz Company and the Loose Wiles Biscuit Company in Pittsburgh.[4][5] In addition to union activities, it founded a house of hospitality, St. Joseph's, which is still active as of 2018. It disassociated itself from the Catholic Worker Movement during the Second World War, over a disagreement with the Catholic Worker's pacifist stance.[6]

References

  1. ^ Bush, Perry (1998). "To Follow the Carpenter of Nazareth". Sojourners. Vol. 27, no. 5. Washington. pp. 28–32. ISSN 0364-2097. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Priests, Pickets, Pickle Workers". Time. Vol. 29, no. 26. New York. June 28, 1937. pp. 62–63. Archived from the original on July 13, 2007. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  3. ^ "Radical Alliance' Priests Rub Elbows with Strike Pickets Along Labor Front". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 22, 1937. p. 42. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  4. ^ "Ministers Back Labor in Strikes". The New York Times. August 1, 1937. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  5. ^ Heineman, Kenneth A. (1999). A Catholic New Deal: Religion and Reform in Depression Pittsburgh. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 978-0-271-01896-6.
  6. ^ Roberts, Nancy L. (1984). Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-87395-938-4. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  • Contemporary Flyer from the Catholic Radical alliance [1]


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