Ep. 95 – The Catholic Land Movement with Mike Thomas

Tips on building community and networking

The Catholic Land Movement is a colloquial network of Catholic homesteaders who are looking to support one another educationally through fellowship and mutual aid with focusing on Catholic liturgical life as the center of those homesteading activities.

They are a network of chapters in Catholic parishes nation wide, who host workshops, coordinate work projects, share skills.

Mike Thomas from The Catholic Land Movement shares about the movement. Mike is a homesteader who lives in upstate NY.

Catholic Land Movement – Quit the Towns for the Land

Based on an early 1900’s book by Father Vincent McNabb, which encouraged readers to turn away from modernity and “quit the towns for the land”. Reading this book drove Mike and others to the deeper faith and practices of their ancestors.

Lots of tips on building community in this episode – teaching skills, networking to set up people raising animals with a farrier, chicken processing together. Then taking it to a larger regional and national network, with regional leaders, and even regional conferences (one coming up in Indiana Sept 15-17).

Info on the Midwest Regional Conference

We also talk about the importance of liturgical life, the liturgical calendar that defines and augments the seasons for life.

Apple Orchard and Apple Cider

Mike’s apple orchard, making apple cider, and his very impressive apple cider operation.

Mike’s apple orchard

apple cider barrel — Apple cider in oak barrels

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The bonus episode with Cyprian where he explains the small banking collapse and why it can be a risk for your crypto – even if you have it in a custodial wallet. Plus – what is a Cargo Cult?
Listen in on our chicken workshop as we plan incubating, sharing eggs, and processing roosters. Plus our rotating rooster strategy to select for the best traits and to keep diversity in our flocks.

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