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Jonah House is a faith-based community/commune in Baltimore, Maryland (USA) centered on the concept of "Nonviolence, resistance and community". It was founded in 1973 by a group that included Philip Berrigan (one of the Catonsville Nine), then a Catholic priest, and Elizabeth McAlister, formerly a Catholic nun. Jonah House is located on the grounds of St. Peter's Cemetery in West Baltimore south of Coppin Heights. The 22-acre (89,000 m) cemetery was largely abandoned and overgrown, the community has devoted itself to restoring and maintaining it.

Jonah House has been specifically regarded as a prime example of a Catholic Worker House of Resistance.

Nonviolence

Main article: Plowshares Movement

Much of the non-violent resistance direct actions undertaken by Jonah House have taken the form of Plowshares actions. Additionally non-violence is practiced in the community both as a way of thought and action. Education of the injustice present in violence is contemplated.

Food pantry

Jonah House donates food and clothes to persons in need.

Sister communities

Jonah House is part of a network of individuals and communities along the east coast that calls itself "The Atlantic Life Community".

The Pacific Life Community is a similar organization encompassing the west coast of the United States of America, Pacific Islands and East Asia.

Jonah House is also a sister community with Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House (in D.C) Viva House Catholic Worker, and The P. Francis Murphy Justice/Peace Initiative.

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