Stanley Rother Catholic Worker

Dorothy's cause is being submitted to the Vatican next month!

Stanley Rother Catholic Worker group has made the sad but right decision to close Kraston House. Our last guest moved into his new apartment this past weekend.

In the last three and a half years, we have housed thirty people, male and female, black and white, Catholic and non-Catholic (and anti-Catholic).

Everyone had a story. Some of them were even true. One man said he used to play music with Leon Russell (he did). Another regularly served Mass for a cardinal in Rome (also true). One woman said she was in witness protection (she was not). Still another claimed he used to be Scottie Pippen’s personal auto detailer (maybe?). Our guests were humanity at its best and worst, sometimes on the same day. They were Christ.

There are too many people to thank: our donors, regular and one-time volunteers, the priests who said Mass (especially Fr. Sean and Fr. Jack, who were both good sports when Charles accidentally booked them both for the same day), our guests themselves. We especially want to thank Amanda Colby, who let us use her house in her late husband’s honor. We are sure Kraston is happy with how she has used their home.

Above all, we want to thank God, who challenged nine or ten people to open a homeless shelter in east midtown Tulsa. And somehow it worked.

This evening several Workers gathered with a couple of former guests to eat and be grateful. Our group is staying together! Pray for us as we discern what next step the Holy Spirit has in mind for us.

(Pictured: Two tired but happy Catholic Workers)

Useful Tulsa link. “Our outreach team is here to help! If you see someone who might be experiencing homelessness and in need of assistance, simply fill out the form below and we will get someone out to check on them. If this is an emergency situation, please call 911.”

Homeless Street Outreach Request Submit this form to request assistance for someone who is experiencing homelessness. In case of emergency, please call 911.

Palm Sunday at Kraston House.