Creating Resilient Community

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.

 

Our Values

Relationship

We seek to live in intentional and committed relationship with our neighbors, the land, and all beings who call this place home.

Reverence

We commit to cultivating deep reverence for all beings and for life itself through listening, mindfulness, and contemplative practice.

 

Resistance

We will name and work to nonviolently dismantle the systems of domination that are destroying life on Earth and in our cities and streets.

News and Reflections from Dandelion House

Personalism in Action

There are days I yearn to make a difference at scale, the way my brother does, eliminating malnutrition, hunger, and poverty for thousands. Yet, I know my calling is different. My calling is to work with the two, three or four individuals we can house at one time at Dandelion House, or the 120 to 160 people who come to us for a hot meal on Fridays.

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A World Beyond War Is Possible

If we think of Hiroshima at all, we rightly think of all who died that day. I’ve been thinking more recently about all who survived. What was it like for my father to attend school with classmates, every single one of whom had lost siblings, parents, or relatives that day? What is the collective trauma of a generation that grew up in a nuclear wasteland?

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Calling Things by Their Names

I felt invited to a new way of seeing, and how learning the different names of birds is a path to intimacy, to entering into a more personal relationship with creation. It was as if I was getting to know my non-human neighbors in a similar way to how we first share our names when introducing ourselves to someone we don’t know.

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Make Art Not War

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.

John Dear Event CANCELLED

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.