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Catholic Worker farmers and supporters gather in February at Anathoth Catholic Worker Farm near Luck, Wisconsin, to celebrate the founding in 1936 of the first Catholic Worker Farm in Pennsylvania.

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Friends gather to eat good locally produced food and spend time together at Anathoth Catholic Worker Farm.

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Participants in the celebration of the 90th anniversary of Catholic Worker Farms inspect a heated yurt. Also called a ger, the portable tents with rigid frames are used by nomadic groups in the steppes of Inner Asia. Now popular in North America, some public campsites offer them for use.

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Mike Miles discusses Dorthy Day’s philosophy of Personalism. Personalism advocates each person addressing social problems they encounter through direct and immediate action. The philosophy is part of the Catholic Worker Movement that Day co-founded.

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Mammoth garlic grows near a greenhouse at Anathoth Catholic Worker Farm near Luck, Wisconsin.

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Shoats inquire about the availability of treats.

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Catholic Workers participate in a large round-table discussion. Known in some cultures as a talking circle, each participant has an opportunity to speak on a topic of her or his choice. Participants in round tables spend far more time listening and learning from others than they spend speaking.

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Hay bales are staged for winter feeding on a pasture at Anathoth Catholic Worker Farm.

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Cattle move to a new paddock at Anathoth Catholic Worker Farm. Mike Miles, who herds the cattle, says they are his soil engineers who assist him in silvopasture. Miles says, ‘We recognize that the earth is the Lord, the fullness thereof. So our farming respects the Divine intent of creation and how ecological processes work. We raise food for people who don’t have enough to eat.'

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Chicks huddle in the warmth of lamplight. Anathoth Catholic Worker Farm pasture-raises chicken, pork and beef.

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Mike Miles and Barb Kass stand together on their farm, Anathoth Catholic Worker Farm, near Luck, Wisconsin. The farm was the site of a 90th-anniversary celebration of the opening in 1936 of the first Catholic Worker Farm.

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Catholic Worker farmers visit a memorial for Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis. Pretti and Good were U.S. citizens who were killed earlier this year during federal immigration operations. The farmers say the site was visited so they could be present at a place where people gave their life for the common good.

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LUCK, Wis. – There was a time when folks came together all across the land. They helped thresh each other’s grain. They raised barns. Get-togethers moved from farm to farm across neighborhoods, townships and counties. It wasn’t just for important work; celebrations, dances and socials also brought people together. People who were different from each other met and found they had much in common. The gatherings wove a tapestry that strengthened communities and made the world better.

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Jason Maloney from Washburn in northern Wisconsin lives between Lake Superior and the orchards and farms of Bayfield County. The retired soldier and educator grew up on a family farm in Marinette County.