Year: 2014

Each morning for the past month, I (Elizabeth) get up, make some coffee, and read The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day before I start the rest of my day.  Dorothy Day co-founded the Catholic Worker movement, and so we draw inspiration from her, even 40+ years after her death.  This quote from Day seems to capture well the work we try to do daily here at Lydia’s House: What we would like to do is change the world–make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as God intended them to do. And,

This post was written by our summer intern Taffany Duggins.  We are grateful for the ways she made our community better, and we look forward to seeing the new ways she will find to bless Lydia’s House with her many gifts. What is community?  Community is often defined as a group of people living together in the same place or having particular characteristics in common.  Community can also mean a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.  Lydia’s House is a combination of both of these.  We live together in the same

Lydia’s House was founded in the Catholic Worker tradition and draws continued inspiration from the co-founders of that movement, Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin, as well as other Catholic Worker communities around the country.  For example, Meridith and Mary Ellen first were drawn to this work of hospitality at the Open Door Catholic Worker in Atlanta, Georgia.  Today, the movement is diverse, wide-reaching, and varied in the implementation of its vision.  To learn more, take the quiz below – answers are forthcoming!   Catholic Worker Quiz 1. What’s the guiding scripture for Catholic Workers a) John 3.16 b) Revelation, all

September e-Newsletter 2014

Not a week goes by here at Lydia’s House that we don’t see our friend, supporter, board member, and volunteer Rick Boydston.  Alright, who are we kidding?  Hardly a day goes by.  Rick has been here since the beginning, back in the spring of 2012.  When this white house and all it stands for was no more than a crazy idea shared between Mary Ellen and Meridith, Rick said yes to being a board member and yes to this vision of simple hospitality.  I don’t think it’s overstating it to say that Lydia’s House would not exist without the sometimes