The least are often undocumented. They must keep their money, so they can get on their feet. When a poor person crosses their path in the future, we insist that they help that poor person as a way of paying us. They will have more opportunity to meet other poor people in need than the average person who lives in the suburbs. They call us daily and hourly, seven days a week.
Agencies can distinguish between being professional and pro- fessionalism, the curse of agencies.
Yes, of course. Sometimes better than we do. We can be Catholic Shirkers as well as Catholic Workers. When people live with us, we share their problems. Most imporant also are voluntary poverty, pacifism and personalism.