Catholic Worker Movement
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The Catholic Worker Movement is a Christian social justice movement founded in the 1930s that combines radical hospitality to the poor, pacifism, and communal living with a critique of capitalism and state power.
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How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Catholic Worker Movement Context triple: [Christian anarchism, associatedMovement, Catholic Worker Movement]
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A.
Fellowship of Reconciliation
The Fellowship of Reconciliation is an international, faith-based peace and justice organization known for its commitment to nonviolence, conscientious objection, and social reconciliation.
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Catholic Social Services
Catholic Social Services is a faith-based nonprofit organization affiliated with the Catholic Church that provides social services such as foster care and adoption placement.
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Poor People’s Campaign
The Poor People’s Campaign was a 1968 effort organized by Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders to demand economic justice and anti-poverty measures for disadvantaged Americans through mass protest and civil disobedience.
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D.
American Friends Service Committee
The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker-founded organization dedicated to peace, social justice, and humanitarian service worldwide.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is a prominent American civil rights organization, led in its early years by Martin Luther King Jr., that coordinated nonviolent protests and campaigns against racial segregation and discrimination.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Catholic Worker Movement Target entity description: The Catholic Worker Movement is a Christian social justice movement founded in the 1930s that combines radical hospitality to the poor, pacifism, and communal living with a critique of capitalism and state power.
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A.
Fellowship of Reconciliation
The Fellowship of Reconciliation is an international, faith-based peace and justice organization known for its commitment to nonviolence, conscientious objection, and social reconciliation.
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B.
Catholic Social Services
Catholic Social Services is a faith-based nonprofit organization affiliated with the Catholic Church that provides social services such as foster care and adoption placement.
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C.
Poor People’s Campaign
The Poor People’s Campaign was a 1968 effort organized by Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders to demand economic justice and anti-poverty measures for disadvantaged Americans through mass protest and civil disobedience.
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D.
American Friends Service Committee
The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker-founded organization dedicated to peace, social justice, and humanitarian service worldwide.
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E.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is a prominent American civil rights organization, led in its early years by Martin Luther King Jr., that coordinated nonviolent protests and campaigns against racial segregation and discrimination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic lay movement
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Christian social justice movement ⓘ pacifist movement ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Catholic social teaching
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Sermon on the Mount ⓘ |
| corePractice |
civil disobedience
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farming communes ⓘ hospitality houses ⓘ hospitality to migrants ⓘ hospitality to the homeless ⓘ roundtable discussions for the clarification of thought ⓘ soup kitchens ⓘ war tax resistance ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| foundedBy |
Dorothy Day
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Peter Maurin ⓘ |
| hasApproximateNumberOfCommunities | over 200 worldwide ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
Christian anarchism
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anarchism ⓘ communal living ⓘ critique of capitalism ⓘ critique of state power ⓘ distributism ⓘ nonviolence ⓘ pacifism ⓘ personalism ⓘ radical hospitality to the poor ⓘ voluntary poverty ⓘ works of mercy ⓘ |
| hasGlobalPresence | yes ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| hasMainOrgan |
Catholic Worker newspaper
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surface form:
The Catholic Worker
|
| hasMotto |
“Create a new society within the shell of the old”
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“The world will be saved by beauty” ⓘ |
| hasNotableFarm |
Maryfarm
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Peter Maurin Farm ⓘ |
| hasNotableHouse | St. Joseph House (New York City) ⓘ |
| hasPublicationFrequency | monthly (often) for The Catholic Worker newspaper ⓘ |
| inception | 1933 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Benedictine monasticism
ⓘ
Saint Francis of Assisi ⓘ
surface form:
Francis of Assisi
French personalism ⓘ |
| opposes |
anti-immigrant policies
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capitalist exploitation ⓘ conscription ⓘ imperialism ⓘ militarism ⓘ nuclear weapons ⓘ racism ⓘ |
| positionOnWar | absolute pacifism ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
|
| supports |
conscientious objection
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decentralization of power ⓘ labor unions ⓘ local self-sufficiency ⓘ workers' rights ⓘ |
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Subject: Catholic Worker Movement Description of subject: The Catholic Worker Movement is a Christian social justice movement founded in the 1930s that combines radical hospitality to the poor, pacifism, and communal living with a critique of capitalism and state power.
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Catholic Worker communal life
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