St. Joseph's House of Hospitality is a home for homeless men in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1937 by the

Catholic Radical Alliance The Catholic Radical Alliance was founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1937 by the Roman Catholic priests Charles Owen Rice, Carl Hensler, and George Barry O'Toole, with the approval of their bishop, Hugh C. Boyle. It supported the unionizati ...

on the principles of the Catholic Worker Movement, and is named for

St. Joseph the Worker Joseph (; el, Ἰωσήφ, translit=Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. The Gospels also name some brothers o ...

. As a

house of hospitality A house of hospitality or hospitality house, in the United States, is an organization to provide shelter, and often food and clothing, to those who need it. Originally part of the Catholic Worker Movement, houses of hospitality have been run by ot ...

, the homeless are guests of the house, similar to being guests of a family, and they are charged a fee based on a sliding scale. Past resident directors have included Monsignor Charles Owen Rice. During the early 1950s the House, then in Tannehill Street, was managed by Paul J Rudzik, who lived on the premises with his wife and two daughters. It has moved from its original location, but is still in the

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at 1635 Bedford Avenue, Pittsburgh PA (+1 412 471-0666). The current facility provides single-occupancy locked rooms. It is operated by

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of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. There are or were similar houses with the same name in New York City and Rochester, New York.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Joseph's House Of Hospitality (Pittsburgh) 1937 establishments in Pennsylvania Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh History of Catholicism in the United States Homeless shelters in the United States

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