ByDorothy Day
Summary: Contrasts the destitution of winter and the spiritual needs for beauty and contemplation. Comments on social organization, strikes, the destitution of winter cold, the thousands fed by the city. Notes the beauty of trees in winter and an art exhibit. Quotes Maritain on beauty and contemplation and appreciates an opera on the radio in spite of truck noise and ringing phones. (The Catholic Worker, January 1936, 6. DDLW #297).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Explains that the basic unit of society for Catholic sociology is the family, and when the family falls so does Catholicism. This is the reason for hostility to Communism and the same should be true for capitalism, since it creates a class that makes it difficult to sustain a family. Encourages family supportive programs. (The Catholic Worker, January 1936, 4. DDLW #142).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Presents P. Maurin three-point program: Round Table Discussions, Houses of Hospitality, and Farming Communes to further the personalist and communitarian revolution. Promotes worker ownership in order to go back to the land to establish farming communes. (The Catholic Worker, January 1936, 1-2. DDLW #143).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Through the Church’s liturgical prayer we can overcome individualism and experience universal brotherhood in the Mystical Body of Christ. Once this relationship has been understood, we cannot ignore the suffering of our fellow man. The liturgy is the foundation of the apostolate of the laity. (DDLW #296). The Catholic Worker, January 1936, 5.
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Presents Peter Maurin’s three-point program: Round Table Discussions, Houses of Hospitality, and Farming Communes, and highlights the movement’s activities in pursuit of the first two facets. Announces a plan to pursue the third facet with the start of a farming commune outside of New York City, to further the personalist and communitarian revolution. Addresses the necessity of returning to the land in order to increase ownership among the population, as promoted by Pope Leo XIII and the U.S. bishops. Acknowledges the likely difficulties involved, and articulates the reasons for the move. Reassures the reader that efforts to serve the downtrodden in the city will continue. (DDLW #143) The Catholic Worker, January 1936, 1-2.
