The South Avenue House of Hospitality has been in operation since 1941, making it the oldest Catholic Worker facility still based at its original location in the US. It is supported through the volunteer efforts and financial generosity of dozens of people and organizations in the Greater Rochester Community. (Click on the image to learn more about volunteering.)

Saint Joe's does not charge its guests for any food, clothing, use of phone, shower or use of its laundry facilities during regular hours or operation. Plus, we are one of two communities in the Rochester area that provide a hot meal seven days a week. Today over 185 Catholic Worker communities remain committed to nonviolence, voluntary poverty, prayer, and hospitality for the homeless, exiled, hungry, and foresaken. Catholic Workers continue to protest injustice, war, racism, and violence of all forms.

Dorothy Day founded the Catholic Worker movement in the midst of the Great Depression. Sadly, our Greater Rochester Community is facing another time of economic uncertainty, which is hurting families across the country. Clearly, our role in service to the needy, the hungry and the homeless is as important as ever.

Please visit the links on our site and see if you can find a way that you can help us provide essential needs to our brothers and sisters in humanity.

To volunteer, review our rewarding opportunities on our Volunteer page.

To help us financially, visit our Donation page. For more information, please call 232-3262 and ask for Tom Malthaner.