We are an intentional community in Portland, OR, seeking to respond to the intersecting crises we face – including homelessness, climate change, and social collapse – by gathering and organizing people committed to a world rooted in radical justice and nonviolence.
We are part of the Catholic Worker movement, and welcome people of all faiths and of no faith who desire to work for a more just world.
We seek to live in intentional and committed relationship with our neighbors, the land, and all beings who call this place home.
We commit to cultivating deep reverence for all beings and for life itself through listening, mindfulness, and contemplative practice.
We will name and work to nonviolently dismantle the systems of domination that are destroying life on Earth and in our cities and streets.
We did our best to support one another in the difficult task of facing all that is real of death and destruction without giving into despair. We rooted our days in song, silence, storytelling, and ritual, experimenting with how to cultivate depth in our souls, individually and collectively, in the face of the seemingly insurmountable forces besieging us.
Our model of hospitality works, we believe, because humans are inherently resilient, and humans in community thrive. Aydan is the one who worked the late night shifts at Red Robin, saved diligently, and purchased a car. He is the one who wrote practice essays, studied slopes and ratios, and refused to give up. Our part was to offer a home, where he knew he mattered, where he knew he was loved.
Despite the vast destruction our illusory hungers inflict, the trees still call to us—the flowers, grasses, forests, rivers, oceans, deserts, even the green leafy vine hanging from the ceiling over my desk as I write: our precious Earth. Call it love if you will, this constant invitation to release our destructive patterns and find nourishment in our sacred bonds with one another and with all creatures.
Dandelion House is an IRS 501c3 organization. Our federal EIN is 86-3866831.
Holiday Gift Party this Saturday!
Date: Saturday, December 7
Time: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Join us for a fun afternoon of making spirit- and justice-themed tee-shirts, holiday cards, and more.
The talk and book signing event on January 18 has been cancelled due to weather. Our host, Trinity Cathedral will be closed to the public, and all events cancelled. We encourage you to follow Fr. Dear’s work and his book tour at beatitudescenter.org.