Is It Time to Flee to the Fields? Why Catholics Are Returning to the Land with Michael Thomas

Dec 1, 2025
1h 6m

Episode Description

Is returning to the land just a romantic pipe dream, or a prophetic response to our disordered world?

In this episode of Catholic in America, host Jason Adkins sits down with Michael Thomas, Executive Director of the Catholic Land Movement, to explore the growing desire among Catholics to reconnect with creation, live in community, and build lives rooted in place, prayer, and productive property.

Drawing from Scripture, Church teaching, and his own journey from suburban life to homesteading in rural New York, Michael shares how the Catholic Land Movement is helping families rediscover the joy and sanctity of working the land, whether that means raising sheep, growing food, or simply planting a window garden with purpose.

Links: 

Catholic Land Movement Website
https://catholiclandmovement.info

Book: The American Catholic Land Movement: Past, Present, and Future
https://tanbooks.com/products/books/the-american-catholic-land-movement-past-present-and-future/

Book: Flee to the Fields (The Catholic Land Movement in England)
https://loretopubs.org/flee-to-the-fields.html

YouTube Video: Intro to the Catholic Land Movement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0vMhJp3DO8

Jason Adkins, host of Catholic in America, engages our own time, culture, and political milieu with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to explore how to live more fully Catholic. With so much to explore, we have guests from a variety of perspectives and faith backgrounds, and conversations do not necessarily constitute endorsements.

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