Catholic Radical Alliance

The Catholic Radical Alliance was founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1937 by Roman Catholic priests Charles Owen Rice, Carl Hensler, and George Barry O'Toole. It supported the unionization of workers in the H.J. Heinz Company and the Loose Wiles Biscuit Company in Pittsburgh. Keenneth A. Heineman A Catholic New Deal: Religion and Reform in Depression Pittsburgh 1999 Penn State Press ISBN 0271018968 In addition to union activities, it founded a house of hospitality, St. Joseph's, which was still active in 2008. It dissassociated itself from the Catholic Worker Movement in World War II, over a disagreement with the Catholic Worker's pacifist stance.Nancy L. Roberts, Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Albany, State University of New York Press, 1984. ISBN 0873959388
==Sources==
* Contemporary Flyer from the Catholic Radical alliance 
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Category:1937 establishments
Category:Roman Catholic Church history
Category:Catholic social teaching
Category:Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh
Category:History of Catholicism in the United States
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