Year: 1935

Summary: Tells of a long bus trip and talks in New York, Chicago, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Canada. Is impressed with the work of Virgil Michel at St. John’s College in Minnesota where he has started a school of social studies–“the theory of the personalist revolution must be studied.” (The Catholic Worker, December 1935, 1, 2. DDLW #295).

Summary: Distinguishes between individuals in society and persons in society. The former are isolated monads who are “weak and adrift”, the latter are a part of a body, (the Body of Christ) which draw strength from each other. The liturgy teaches this unity, which is indispensable for social regeneration. (The Catholic Worker, December 1935, 4. DDLW #16).

Summary: Distinguishes The Catholic Worker from other news publications: “The purpose of a paper is to influence the thought of its readers. We are quite frankly propagandists for Catholic Action.” (DDLW #198)The Catholic Worker, December 1933, 2.

Summary: Describes a trip to a meeting of the Catholic Rural Life Conference and hopes the movement will revolutionize Catholic thought in America as Lenin’s did in Russia. Notes the Catholic Worker’s support of such means as adult education, study clubs, forming co-operatives, and propagandizing. (The Catholic Worker, November 1935, 3. DDLW #294).

Summary: Shares some of the struggles of survival of the early Catholic Worker effort. Rejoices in the birth of a new baby in the community, for whom she and Peter Maurin will serve as godparents. Neighbors and friends have been generous to the Catholic Workers, presenting gifts from food to sacred images. Shares some intimate moments with her daughter, Tamar Teresa. (The Catholic Worker, October 1935, 6. DDLW #293).

Summary: Describes the working conditions at a power plant and the indignity “clients” experience at the Welfare department. (The Catholic Worker, September 1935, 5. DDLW #292).

Summary: Describes the working conditions at a power plant and the indignity “clients” experience at the Welfare department. (DDLW #292) The Catholic Worker, September 1935, 5.

Summary: Writes of how people are treated poorly at the Home Relief office. Describes a visit to the garden commune on Staten Island, swims, walks, the inviting smells of plants, and visiting children from Harlem. (The Catholic Worker, July-August 1935, 2. DDLW #291).

Summary: An account of moving everything from Maryfarm in Newburgh to Peter Maurin Farm on Staten Island and the birth of Tamar’s seventh child, Martha. (DDLW #240) The Catholic Worker, July-August 1955, 3.