Mike Thomas of the Catholic Land Movement joins me to talk about Catholic Land Movement news. We also share about our apple orchards and cider.

The purpose of the Catholic Land Movement is "a rural resettlement of Catholics onto productive property which they own".

This is a network of Catholics supporting one another to help people start homesteads, and to help make homesteads and small farms thrive. They do this through helping folks find land, as well as skill swapping and workshops.

• The Catholic Land Movement is now up to 30+ chapters.
• Mike and his team visited Rome to discuss their mission and were able to meet with Pope Francis.
• Now is a 501c3 and you can donate to help the Catholic Land Movement.
• We also share about apple trees, progress in our orchards, my challenges with fire blight, and lambing season on the homestead.
• It has been so cold that his cider froze. How Mike will recover and try to to restart the fermentation.

We also talk about Lent and Mike's recent tweet: "Time to use Lent to purify myself, to conquer my disorder and weakness. Time to build a foundation."

Show notes for this episode: Ep. 156 - How the Catholic Land Movement is Empowering Homesteading

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