Year: 1934

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).

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).

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).

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.

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).

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).*

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).

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).