Community of the Franciscan Way

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About the Community

What we do

The Community of the Franciscan Way (CFW) is a Catholic Worker farm and Mission of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. We seek a life of prayer, humility, simplicity, and voluntary poverty alongside the poor. Committed to the Catholic Worker movement, founded in 1933 by Peter Maurin and Dorothy Day, we advocate for personalism, a decentralized society, and a green revolution through nonviolence, the works of mercy, manual labor, and voluntary poverty. Eight permanent residents currently live in our Catholic Worker farm house, and our Christ Room is available nightly for temporary guests. Funds and donations are directly used for the performance of the corporeal and spiritual works of mercy, and no one in the House draws any compensation from contributions.

Our Mission

a Catholic Worker in the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina.

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Decision-making process

  • Leadership Decides

A single person, couple, or small group makes most major decisions.

Economic model

  • Independent Finances

Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.

Shared resources and amenities that are accessible to everyone in the community

Common House, Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Library, Workshop, Outbuilding(s), Tractor & Farm Equipment, Fire pit, Swingsets & play areas

Frequency of communal meals

  • 2-5 times per week

Property status

  • Privately owned

Property owner

Setting

  • Rural

Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.

Self-produced energy

  • Up to 33%

Self-produced food

  • Up to 33%
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Location

  • United States

Community of the Franciscan Way

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