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Month: July 1957

1950s | Dorothy Day | Dorothy Day's Writings

Dorothy Day Writes From Jail

Dorothy DayByDorothy Day July 1, 1957November 30, 2022

Summary: Serving a month-long sentence for protesting civil defense drills her letters describe conditions in jail. Says there protest was a refusal to participate in psychological warfare and a way of showing responsibility for the common good. (The Catholic Worker, July-August 1957, 3. DDLW #725).

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1950s | Dorothy Day | Dorothy Day's Writings

Dorothy Day Writes From Jail

Dorothy DayByDorothy Day July 1, 1957August 6, 2022

Summary: Serving a month-long sentence for protesting civil defense drills her letters describe conditions in jail. Says their protest was a refusal to participate in psychological warfare and a way of showing responsibility for the common good. (DDLW #725: The Catholic Worker, July-August 1957, page 3)

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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.”

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