April 1950 – Catholic Worker Movement

Have You Ever Been To Jail? Catholic Worker Movement

ByDorothy Day April 1, 1950December 28, 2022

Summary: An invitation to reflect on the value of going to jail as a conscientious objector, for freedom’s sake. Comments on two books about jail and her prison experiences. Relates the indignity of being in jail to the folly of the cross. (The Catholic Worker, April 1950, 5. DDLW #231).

1950s | Dorothy Day | Dorothy Day's Writings

Poverty Without Tears

ByDorothy Day April 1, 1950March 17, 2023

Summary: Reviews several books on voluntary poverty, especially Poverty by Fr. Regamey. Elaborates on the joy of, objections to, and purpose of voluntary poverty. Rejects capitalist and communist solutions to real poverty, pointing to decentralization and distributism as the answer. (DDLW #230). The Catholic Worker, April 1950, 1, 3, 6.

Month: April 1950

Have You Ever Been To Jail? Catholic Worker Movement

Poverty Without Tears

Let us create a society in which it is easier for people to be good.

attributed to peter maurin

“God meant things to be much easier than we have made them.”

Dorothy day

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