Rooted in soil, rooted in Christ
The Catholic Land Movement exists to help Catholics resettle onto productive land they own. We offer the network, vision, and support to help make it a reality.
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Many of us long for work centered in the home, food raised by our community, and parish life where members depend on each other. We miss the simple traditions that make the family what God created it to be: the soul of society.
We believe family, faith, and place are gifts we receive, not things we build from a plan. A good culture grows slowly, from tending what we’ve been given. We help households become places that make, grow, and give, not just consume. Whether you’re planning a rural resettlement or simply learning to bake sourdough, we’re here to connect, teach, and build alongside you — across every parish from Austin to San Antonio.
Our movement has a rich and significant role in the Church’s long response to industrialization, carrying forward Pope Leo XIII’s vision of families who own the land they work. When the Industrial Revolution drew families off the land and into factories, Leo answered in Rerum Novarum (1891), urging widespread ownership of productive property. In 1929, Catholics in Glasgow took up that call and formed the first Catholic Land Association. Associations soon spread across Scotland and England, with bishops as their presidents and patrons, and in 1933 Pope Pius XI sent his Apostolic Blessing to their work. Today, as a new technological revolution reshapes work and home once again, Pope Leo XIV has extended that same blessing to the Catholic Land Movement, recognizing us as carrying this work forward.