Month: February 1952

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    La Larga Soledad (The Long Loneliness)

    Avatar photoByDorothy Day (En Español)

    Síntesis: Ocho fragmentos de The Long Loneliness sobre temas de comunidad y trabajo según la visión de Peter Maurin: el significado de la liturgia en tiempos revolucionarios; la visión de Peter Maurin sobre la comunidad en las granjas comunitarias; una comunidad de familias como una forma laica de vida religiosa, ayuda mutua y entrega para hacer crecer el amor; el énfasis de Peter en el trabajo por sobre los salarios y la propiedad; la importancia de una filosofía del trabajo basada en haber sido hechos a imagen y semejanza de Dios; autosuficiencia alimentaria; la dificultad de restaurar la comunidad en los campos. (DDLW #628). The Catholic Worker, Febrero 1952, 3.

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    On Pilgrimage – February 1952

    Avatar photoByDorothy Day

    Summary: Updates readers about recent events in her daughter’s family. Decries the disbanding of a multi-national and interracial fraternal association because of its Communist connections. Says they oppose “atheistic communism,” not economic communism based on mutual aid. (The Catholic Worker, February 1952, 4. DDLW #629).

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    The Long Loneliness

    Avatar photoByDorothy Day

    Summary: Eight excerpts from The Long Loneliness around the themes of community and work as envisioned by Peter Maurin: the meaning of liturgy in revolutionary times; Peter Maurin’s vision of community in farming communes; a community of families as a lay form of religious life; mutual aid and giving to increase love; Peter’s emphasis on work over wages and ownership; importance of a philosophy of work based on being made in the image and likeness of God; self-sufficiency in food; the difficulty of restoring community on the land. (DDLW #628). The Catholic Worker, February 1952, 3.