CHRISTMAS
Summary: Three reflections: a child’s view of Christmas, trusting in God to guide one’s work, and picketing as passive resistance to injustice. (The Catholic Worker, December 1934, 4. DDLW #199).
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Day After Day – November 1934
Summary: Observations about the hardships of Mother Seton, the gift of thirty dozen eggs, the oppression of a steelworker, and an accident befalling three poor boys. Recommends nursery schools so mothers can work and not be separated from their children by the city. A book review of Calverton’s The Passing of the Godswhich is dismissed as “the shallowest book of the month.” (The Catholic Worker, November 1934, 6. DDLW #283).
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Day After Day – October 1934
Summary: Notes the poor women hired as “walking billboards” whose miserable appearance belies the glamour of the products which they advertise. Compares the physical abuse of Catholic Worker pamphleteers to that suffered by Jesus during His Passion. Observes that such treatment deepens our appreciation of Christ’s suffering. Summarizes Father Lord’s lecture on the differences between Nationalism and Patriotism. (The Catholic Worker, October 1934, 5. DDLW #282).
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Day After Day (October 1934)
Summary: Notes the poor women hired as “walking billboards” whose miserable appearance belies the glamour of the products which they advertise. Compares the physical abuse of Catholic Worker pamphleteers to that suffered by Jesus during His Passion. Observes that such treatment deepens our appreciation of Christ’s suffering. Summarizes Father Lord’s lecture on the differences between Nationalism and Patriotism. (DDLW #282). The Catholic Worker, October 1934, 5.
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Another Letter to An Agnostic
Summary: Witnesses to the authenticity of the Eucharist, and answers the agnostic’s objections of religion’s cannibalism. Recognizing that the Eucharist is a difficult teaching to accept, she argues that its understanding lies in its simplicity. Christ nourishes through His presence and accomplishes this through the most simple elements of life, bread and wine. (America, 5 (September 1, 1934):491. DDLW #54).
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Day After Day – September 1934
Summary: A review of summer activities including a children’s party held in honor of the Feast of the Assumption, passing out literature, answering inquiries, and the various summer centers hosting lectures. Describes a feisty infant whose antics inspired Peter Maurin to recite the principles of Catholic Action to this “potential recruit.” Defends The Catholic Worker’s* reaction to Rockerfeller’s recent donations to Catholic Charities in light of violence in Ludlow, Colorado. (The Catholic Worker, September 1934, 3, 7. DDLW #281).*
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Letter to An Agnostic
Summary: Answers the assertion of a young agnostic that religion is morbid. Recalls the struggle of St. Theresa of Avila as well as her own efforts to find joy in God. Suggests that the arrogance and rebelliousness of youth can deprive the soul of life. (DDLW #53). America, 5 (August 4, 1934):390.
Reprinted from America, August 4, 1934, with permission of America Press, Inc., c.1934. For subscription information, call 1-800-627-9533 or visit http://www.americamagazine.org
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Day After Day – July-August 1934
Summary: Describes the church and community life of a nearby parish in the midst of a heat wave. Reports on her first meeting with the Interracial Committee and describes the hard realities of Peter Maurin’s work in the new office in Harlem. (The Catholic Worker, July-August 1934, 4. DDLW #280).
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Why Write About Strife and Violence?
Summary: Calls attention to the social crisis, class warfare, and numerous strikes. Notes how Communists practice the corporal works of mercy while lukewarm, comfortable, and indifferent Catholics turn their backs on strikers and their families. (DDLW #279). The Catholic Worker, June 1934, 1, 2.
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Day by Day – June 1934
Summary: Tales of young women struggling to find shelter and work in the midst of economic depression. (The Catholic Worker, June 1934, 7 DDLW #278).
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Thank You!
Summary: Thanks the readers for gifts to pay the printing bill, and discusses their choice of holy poverty and identification with the workers. Reports the Communist Party’s recruitment of African-Americans, and predicts that they will be first to be hurt in any strikes. Describes the joy of the month of May, with the opening up of houses and the fresh sounds and smells of the city. (DDLW #938: The Catholic Worker, May 1934, page 4)
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Days With an End
Summary: Repeats P. Maurin’s fear that increased state regulation leads to fascism and undermines personal responsibility. However, agrees with Pius XI in his encyclical “Forty Years After”, that the state may intervene when a particular group is threatened and no other means are available to them. (DDLW #13) The Catholic Worker, April 1934, 3-4.
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Day by Day – March 1934
Summary: Writes of efforts to improve race relations and that the “paper is not a paper for black or white, but for the Catholic Worker.” Describes examples of hospitality, suffering from cold, and the food they eat. (The Catholic Worker, March 1934, 5. DDLW #311).
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Another Miracle, Please, St. Joseph
Summary: After cataloging the “little miracles” of gifts that arrive just in time–blankets, food, clothes, offer of a moose–she asks for bill money. She rejects business approaches to fund raising and says their method comes from the gospel and the “importunity” suggested. They trust they will receive. (DDLW #937: The Catholic Worker, Feb 1934, page 4)