Community of the Franciscan Way

The Community of the Franciscan Way (CFW) is a Catholic Worker farm and Mission of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. We seek a life of prayer, humility, simplicity, and voluntary poverty alongside the poor. Committed to the Catholic Worker movement, founded in 1933 by Peter Maurin and Dorothy Day, we advocate for personalism, a decentralized society, and a green revolution through nonviolence, the works of mercy, manual labor, and voluntary poverty. Eight permanent residents currently live in our Catholic Worker house, and our Christ Room is available nightly for temporary guests. Funds and donations are directly used for the performance of the corporeal and spiritual works of mercy, and no one in the House draws any compensation from contributions.

On our farm, we raise our own beef, dairy, eggs, and chicken. All of animals are pasture raised and fed a non-GMO ration that is grown and milled locally. To support our farming operation, our surplus produce is available for purchase. In addition to on-farm pickup, we deliver weekly to the Church of the Good Shepherd (Asheboro), Church of the Holy Family (Chapel Hill), and the North Street Community (Durham).