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


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