Catholic Radical Alliance

The Catholic Radical Alliance was founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1937 by Roman Catholic priests Charles Owen Rice, Carl Hensler, and George Barry O'Toole.[1] [2], with the approval of their bishop, Hugh C. Boyle.[3] It supported the unionization of workers in the H.J. Heinz Company and the Loose Wiles Biscuit Company in Pittsburgh.[4] [5] In addition to union activities, it founded a house of hospitality, St. Joseph's, which was still active in 2008. It dissassociated itself from the Catholic Worker Movement in World War II, over a disagreement with the Catholic Worker's pacifist stance.[6]

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  1. ^ Bush, Perry. "To Follow the Carpenter of Nazareth". Sojourners (Sep). http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=sof9089&article=980913. Retrieved 2008-06-24. 
  2. ^ "Priests, Pickets, Pickle Workers". Time (June 28). 1937-06-28. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,788118,00.html. Retrieved 2008-06-24. 
  3. ^ ""Radical Alliance' Priests Strike With Pickets". Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania): p. 42. 22 October 1937. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19371022&id=mykbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JUwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3951,2830609. "We contend that the relationship between Catholicism and capitalism is one of fundamental opposition" 
  4. ^ "Ministers Back Labor in Strikes". New York Times. 1 August 1937. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10B15F83D5F147389DDA80894D0405B878FF1D3&scp=1&sq=%22Catholic%20Radical%20Alliance%22&st=cse. Retrieved 5 September 2010. 
  5. ^ Heineman, Kenneth A. (1999). A Catholic New Deal: Religion and Reform in Depression Pittsburgh. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 0271018968. 
  6. ^ Roberts, Nancy L. (1984). Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker. Albany: State University of New York Press. ISBN 0873959388.