ByDorothy Day
Summary: Describes the struggle in establishing farming communes as Peter Maurin taught. Poverty, toil, and suffering are bore by the young families trying to live on the land. She writes to comfort these fellow workers who live day by day. (DDLW #641). The Catholic Worker, December 1952, 3, 6.
ByDorothy Day
Summary: A detailed account of a visit to the Blessed Martin House of Hospitality in Memphis where Helen Caldwell Day cares for the children of women cotton pickers. The problems of poverty. Urges use of spiritual weapons–poverty, precarity, self-denial, suffering. Says that only love can overcome the evil in the world. (DDLW #640). The Catholic Worker, November 1952, 1, 4.
ByDorothy Day
Summary: An appeal for funds. Lauds begging and says what is given is given to Christ who is sometimes hard to see in the destitute. Says all are poor in some way. (DDLW #912). The Catholic Worker, November 1952, p.
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Several stories: unfair labor practices, a birthday party of a granddaughter, the public relations charade of organized labor, and a story of Peter Maurin’s belief in labor as an “exchange of goods”, not work for wages. (The Catholic Worker, October 1952, 1, 7. DDLW #639).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Shares her notes from the annual retreat at Maryfarm and the importance of developing the spiritual life, which is as important as the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. (The Catholic Worker, September 1952, 2, 6. DDLW #637).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: An obituary of Theresa Weider who started the catholic worker in Rochester, New York. Describes her practice of the works of mercy and the encouragement she gave–one of the “little saints” St. Therese promised. (The Catholic Worker, September 1952, 3, 8. DDLW #638).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Asserts that action for social and racial justice must flow from reverence for those in need and the precept of love. Says “. If we are afraid, we must pray not to be afraid, to be fools for Christ.” (The Catholic Worker, July-August 1952, 1, 2. DDLW #635).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: On the feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary she appreciates the work of mothers and the practice of the presence of God in the smallest acts. Describes Tamar’s family and their house where she is caring for the grandchildren while Tamar and David have a vacation. Describes life with the children and lauds “manual labor as part of a penitential aw well as creative life.” (The Catholic Worker, July-August 1952, 2, 7. DDLW #636).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Travels to a Trappist monastery for Holy Week and notes her speaking engagements. Recommends a journal on Christian art and lauds all personal efforts at creative expression. (The Catholic Worker, June 1952 DDLW #634).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Lukewarm review of a book on Christian unity. Defends the author’s critique of Catholics but wishes he was better versed on ecumenical efforts, including ones she is involved in. (The Catholic Worker, April 1952, 4. DDLW #632).
