ByDorothy Day
Summary: Ill and ordered to rest she reflects on sickness, life, and death. Tales of life at Peter Maurin farm–the gift of 45 chickens, a blizzard, and smog. (The Catholic Worker, December 1953, 1, 7, 8. DDLW #660).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Meditation on dying and praying for the dead. Enumerates the many people on a list kept in her missal. Recalls that Fr. Zachery, her confessor, taught her that “There is no time with God.” (The Catholic Worker, November 1953, 1, 7. DDLW #657).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Says they are servants of those who send help for the work of hospitality. Notes their continuance is a miracle and that their purpose is to show the providence of God. (The Catholic Worker, November 1953, 2. DDLW #658).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Details life at Peter Maurin Farm–nearby brush fires, visitors, discussions, neighbors–“It is not a Utopia.” (The Catholic Worker, November 1953, 2, 4. DDLW #659).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Recommends a new edition of the St. Andrew Daily Missal saying it is a “veritable encyclopedia for the layman.” Keywords: liturgy (The Catholic Worker, October 1953, 5. DDLW #656).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Cares for her daughter’s children after Tamar has her sixth child. Quotes from various letters she is answering. Tells of a conference on pacifism and notes that many don’t agree with the Catholic Worker position. (The Catholic Worker, October 1953, 1, 6., 8. DDLW #655).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Recommends a new edition of the St. Andrew Daily Missal saying it is a “veritable encyclopedia for the layman.” Keywords: liturgy (DDLW #656)
The Catholic Worker, October 1953, 5.
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Proposes a new attitude toward labor, which needs to be achieved through the educational system. Draws from Pius XII and Peter Maurin to articulate a mysticism of labor that promotes a wholeness of cult, culture and cultivation. This attitude advocates one to work for what one needs, not what one wants, so one can work for others in need. (The Catholic Worker, September 1953, 2,6. DDLW #173).
ByDorothy Day
The Catholic Worker, July-August 1953, 2.
Summary: A brief obituary remembering the author Hilaire Belloc, his visit to the Catholic Worker, his “great zest and joy in life,” and his books on property and the state. Calls him “an apostle to this world.” (DDLW #653).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: An empathic reflection on the last hours before the execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg who were convicted of spying for Russia. Weaves images of children, fear of death, praying the psalms, and the duplicity of prelates who bless US warmaking. Says we must pray for mercy and have no part with the vindictive state. (DDLW #654) The Catholic Worker, July-August 1953, 2, 6.
