St. Fancis CW in Columbia, MA

After a smooth trip (car to airport, flight to Kansas City, getting the rental car, 2-hours-drive to Columbia, MO) we safely arrived at the St. Francis Catholic Worker in Columbia, Missouri two days ago. We have met Steve Jacobs some years ago when he skillfully played his guitar and entertained us with is songs at the evening fires during the European Catholic Worker gathering. Now he and the other people from this house welcomed us warmly to St. Francis.
Oh boy, this place is different! We spent most of the time socialising with the people visiting and staying in the house and gossiping with Steve about our movement.
St. Francis Catholic Worker is an open house with breakfast and evening dinner  served to anybody coming in. Some 10 people can stay overnight, not on a daily but 3 month schedule.

Lots of food is being donated and again here, too: too much bread!

They are too running a soupkitchen just down the road but with a group of volunteers doing the cooking and serving. The Loaves and Fishes Soupkitchen runs seven days a week and things are very much alike the Kana Soupkitchen in Dortmund.