Kansas City Catholics:

An Evening with the
Catholic Land Movement

For Catholic families who want land, animals, good neighbors, and a life closer to the ground.

Michael Thomas, Executive Director of the Catholic Land Movement, is joining us for a special evening at our farm north of Kansas City.

50 spots · Free · RSVP Required

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Exact address sent after RSVP · All ages welcome

Wednesday, September 30 · 6:00–8:00 PM · Lathrop, Missouri

The Movement

What Is the Catholic Land Movement?

The Catholic Land Movement is a community of Catholic families helping one another build lives rooted in land, faith, work, and local community.

Growing food. Raising animals. Learning practical skills. Helping families get onto land. And building communities where the parish is the center.

The movement has roots in the Catholic Land Movement that began in England in the 1920s. Today, Catholics around the world are creating that vision again.

Kansas City already has a growing group of families gathering around these ideas.

On September 30, we're bringing that community together with Michael Thomas, Executive Director of the Catholic Land Movement.

The Speaker

Michael Thomas

Executive Director, Catholic Land Movement

Michael Thomas co-founded the modern Catholic Land Movement six years ago.

He is a shepherd, orchardist, father of six, and someone who has devoted his life to helping Catholic families recover a closer relationship with land, work, family, and community.

Michael did not grow up farming. He worked as an emergency medical responder, and found that working the land gave him something he had been missing. What began as a way to heal became a hobby, then a vocation, and eventually a ministry.

Today, he works full time building the Catholic Land Movement and traveling around the country meeting families and local chapters.

This September, he'll be spending an evening with us in Kansas City.

catholiclandmovement.info

Wednesday, September 30 · 6:00–8:00 PM

How the Evening Will Go

Meet other Catholic families · Prayer · Michael Thomas speaks · Q&A · Bonfire

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6:00 — Arrive & opening prayer

Come in, grab a seat, and meet some of the other Catholic families from around Kansas City.

We'll open the evening together with a short welcome and prayer.

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6:30 — Introduction & talk

We'll briefly introduce the Kansas City Catholic Land Movement and welcome Michael.

Then Michael will speak on where the movement came from and what it looks like for an ordinary family to begin moving toward land.

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7:15 — Questions & conversation

Michael spends much of his year talking with Catholic families working out land, homesteading, and where to begin.

Bring your questions. This is your chance to ask him directly.

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7:30 — Bonfire

The formal part of the evening wraps up here. Everyone is welcome to stay.

Gather around the fire and talk about land, family, faith, farming, and whatever else comes up.

This evening is for you if...

✓ You'd like to meet people on the same page — who share your values and want the same thing.
✓ You want land, animals, a garden. A life closer to the ground.
✓ Your family has been praying about a homestead, acreage, or moving out of the city.
✓ You've read and watched and thought about this for years. You're ready to meet people actually doing it.
✓ You want your children growing up around families who share their faith.
✓ You're already on land and want to meet other Catholic families doing the same.
✓ You're not sure this is realistic for your family, but you want to find out.

You do not need to own land.

You do not need to be a farmer.

You just need to want the same thing:

What would it look like for Catholic families to build a more rooted life together?

September 30 · 6:00–8:00 PM · Free

KC Catholic
Land Movement

Wednesday, September 30 · 6:00–8:00 PM · Lathrop, Missouri
Free · 50 spots · Michael Thomas speaking

The exact address will be sent by email before the event.
All ages welcome.

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See you September 30.

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