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Money and the Middle-class Christian

Dorothy DayByDorothy Day Reading Time: 30 minutes

*Summary: An interview by the NCR with Dorothy Day and Gary MacEoin, writer and social justice advocate. Dorothy explains the Catholic Worker positions on taxes, money, surplus money, cooperatives and credit unions. They agree the economic goal is that “everyone can live at a human level. They critique Church wealth. They agree and disagree during the conversation.* (National Catholic Reporter, February 18, 1970. Pp. 1, 5-6. DDLW #20)

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Ammon Hennacy: ‘Non-Church’ Christian

Dorothy DayByDorothy Day Reading Time: 11 minutes

Summary: Recalls Ammon Hennacy’slife and contribution to the Catholic Worker Movement. Admires his courage, hard work, dedication, voluntary poverty, and constant struggle against war. Admits he was sometimes harsh and anticlerical but acknowledges “He was an inspiration and reproach.” –a unique kind of Christian. (DDLW #192). The Catholic Worker, February 1970, 2,8.