Biography of Peter Maurin
This essay by Jim Forest on Peter Maurin was written for The Encyclopedia of American Catholic History published by the Liturgical Press.
This essay by Jim Forest on Peter Maurin was written for The Encyclopedia of American Catholic History published by the Liturgical Press.
Peter Maurin dispensed his vision for a Christian social order in short, memorable blank verse poems that he called “Easy Essays.” Here are 82 of his Easy Essays, organized into 11 themes.
An account of the birth of the Catholic Worker Movement on May 1, 1933, in New York City’s Union Square, from the opening paragraphs of “All Is Grace: a Biography of Dorothy Day,” by Jim Forest. “Dorothy found more bewilderment than enthusiasm from those who had the paper thrust into their hands. They all knew The Daily Worker, a Communist paper that was a militant supporter of unions and strikes. But a radical paper, a paper for workers, put out by Catholics?”
Jim Forest comments on the icon of Dorothy Day by Nicholas Tsai.
1946 SeptemberThe Church and WorkDiscusses in length the modern industrial problem of the machine and its relation to factory, land…
ByJim Forest This essay by Jim Forest was originally written for TheEncyclopedia of American Catholic History, published by the Liturgical…
This article is from the introduction to the book Praying with Dorothy Day by James Allaire and Rosemary Broughton.
ByGeoffrey B. Gneuhs, O.P. EULOGY GIVEN BY FATHER GEOFFREY B. GNEUHS, O.P., AT THE FUNERAL OF DOROTHY DAY, NATIVITY CHURCH,…
ByFr. John Hugo Dt 6: 2-6; 1 Cor 13: 1-13; Lk 10: 25-37 Editor’s note: This homily was originally presented…
An Introduction to the Life and Spirituality of Dorothy Dayby James Allaire and Rosemary Broughton Servant of God Dorothy Dayby…
Born in 1897, she was raised in a nominally Protestant family and became a Roman Catholic in 1928. One of…
Almost immediately after her death in 1980 controversy arose about whether Dorothy Day should be canonized a Saint by the…
by Robert P Russo For four months beginning in December 1923, Dorothy Day lived in New Orleans and found work…
Chicago Daily Tribune Three short stories, written when Dorothy Day was 13 and 14, are likely her first published work….
“A nation can be considered great when it … strives for justice and the cause of the oppressed, as Dorothy…
Ways to Browse Choose a decade then a specific year to coincide with historical events of interest, such as the…
by Robert P Russo On December 3, 1923, Dorothy Day, her younger sister Grace Delafield “Della” Day, and their friend…
This book by Tom McDonough opens a new dimension on Dorothy Day whose life has been recorded in numerous biographies…
The Catholic Worker Movement DirectoryCW WebsitesVolunteer OpportunitiesCW FarmsAllied Movements Allied Movements and Organizations These links are to groups, organizations, and…
DirectoryCW WebsitesVolunteer OpportunitiesCW FarmsAllied Movements Links to Catholic Worker Communities With Websites United States: (85 communities) ALAZCACOCTDCFLGAHIILINIALAMDMAMIMNMONMNVNYNCOHOKORPATNTXVAWAWVWI International: (16 communities)…