It's a Thursday like any other at St. Joseph House on East First Street in New York City. St. Joe's and its sister site two blocks north, Maryhouse, are two of the oldest Catholic Worker houses of hospitality in the country. Like the 175 other Catholic Worker communities throughout the U.S., members of St. Joseph House live in voluntary poverty, in solidarity with their unhoused neighbors.
Every morning, Monday through Friday, they serve a hot meal to nearly 200 people on their quiet East Village block. A new COVID-friendly outdoor soup line has replaced the indoor meal they once served in the cozy first floor common space. The Workers meet the guests with smiles behind their masks.
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