Peter Maurin Conference
September 6-8, 2024
St. Gregory the Great Church | 5545 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL This conference will consider the life, sources, and vision of Peter Maurin (1877-1949), cofounder of the Catholic Worker Movement. His Easy Essays were a staple of the Catholic Worker newspaper, promoting philosophical personalism and economic distributism based on Catholic social teaching and tradition. His practical program included houses of hospitality, voluntary poverty, the works of mercy, agrarianism, and public roundtable discussions. |
How can Maurin's vision help transcend the polarizing tendencies of the church and wider culture to create a new society with "a philosophy so old that it looks like new?" Can it inspire us to "blow the dynamite" of Catholic social teaching in order to reconstruct the social order?
The conference will feature keynote addresses and roundtable discussions treating various topics related to Maurin's thought. Please email Mark Franzen with any questions.
The conference will feature keynote addresses and roundtable discussions treating various topics related to Maurin's thought. Please email Mark Franzen with any questions.
Roundtable Discussions
The Peter Maurin Conference is inviting all interested worker-scholars to submit a proposal for a round-table discussion. For more information and to submit a proposal, please visit THIS SIGN-UP FORM. Proposals must be submitted by August 1. |
Hosted by Canterbury House and St. Gregory's Hall at Mary, Mother of God Parish in cooperation with the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage at Loyola University Chicago and the Department of Catholic Studies at DePaul University.
This conference is made possible by a grant from the Helen Brach Foundation.
Full schedule and program to be announced. In the meantime, please fill out the Save the Date form below to express your interest in participating.
This conference is made possible by a grant from the Helen Brach Foundation.
Full schedule and program to be announced. In the meantime, please fill out the Save the Date form below to express your interest in participating.