Bread and Roses - Base community (Brot & Rosen)

  • Community

About the Community

  • Established
  • Spiritual
  • Urban

What we do

Bread and Roses is a Christian-based community living in a rented 20-room building and two adjacent appartments in Hamburg, Germany. We live together, share our house with homeless refugees and migrants, and share income and a lot of other resources. We are inspired by the Catholic Worker movement, other houses of hospitality, and Christian communities in the United States, Latin America and Europe. We have daily morning prayer and an occasional public worship and try to spread our social vision by inviting people to our house and by social actions for marginalized people. We are pacifists and try to live simply to protect the environment.

Our Mission

Community household with homeless refugees and migrants. Lifestyle of solidarity and sustainability.

  • Purpose
  • Spiritual
  • Community type
  • Commune
  • Spiritual Retreat Centers
  • Activities
  • Experiences
  • 5 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
Total
22

How to join

First a visit of at least one week, then volunteering for at least several months up to a year then membership possibility.

Basic expectations or agreements for members

Please call or write first! If space is available we expect some helping hand in the household and common projects.
And: Visits are more welcome during the week than just on a weekend.

Primary decision-making authority

  • Small Leadership Group

A few people (not elected by the broader community) make the major decisions.

Decision-making process

  • Modified Consensus

Generally seek agreement, but have backup methods when consensus isn’t reached.

Governance structure

  • Collaborative/Horizontal

Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.

Economic model

  • Complete Income-Sharing

All member income goes into common pool for community use.

Economic scenarios for this community

  • There is a labor obligation

Additional economic information

Labor: Yes (20 hrs/week)

Shared resources and amenities that are accessible to everyone in the community

Common House, Vehicle Share, Library, Workshop, Large Scale Kitchen, Internet

Frequency of communal meals

  • 2-5 times per week

Significant food acquisition practices

  • Locally sourced

Community activities and engagement

  • Volunteer, Internship, or Apprenticeship, or WWOOF’ing

Substance use culture

  • Substance use appears in public spaces but no pressure
  • Substance use is prohibited in the community
  • Religions
  • Christian

Gender composition

  • Majority cis (over 60%)

Age demographics

  • Family-focused (many children and parents)

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Location

  • Fabriciusstrasse 56

Bread and Roses - Base community (Brot & Rosen)

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