ByDorothy Day
Summary: Expressed support for all men facing conscription for the Vietnam War. (DDLW #947). The Catholic Worker, January 1968, p. 1
Dorothy Day (November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980) was co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement along with Peter Maurin. A writer and journalist by trade, she and Maurin founded The Catholic Worker newspaper. Much of her writing on the Catholic Worker Movement website is taken from the newspaper. The Roman Catholic Church is currently considering her cause for canonization.
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Collection of little stories: visitors, helping Tamar with homework, praying to St. Joseph for money, reading Pelle the Conqueror, and attending a CIO convention. Affirms her “faith in the tremendous spiritual capacities of man.” (The Catholic Worker, October 1938, 1, 4. DDLW #336).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Fondly recalls Sister Aloysia who guided her preparation for Baptism, mentions tax resistance, and the enthusiasm of a convention of 16,000 charismatic Catholics whom she wishes would embrace peace activities, rejection of war, and income tax resistance. However, she admires their return to Scripture and communitarian spirit. Keyword: Pentecostal (The Catholic Worker, October-November 1975, 1, 8. DDLW #557).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Shares some of the struggles of survival of the early Catholic Worker effort. Rejoices in the birth of a new baby in the community, for whom she and Peter Maurin will serve as godparents. Neighbors and friends have been generous to the Catholic Workers, presenting gifts from food to sacred images. Shares some intimate moments with her daughter, Tamar Teresa. (The Catholic Worker, October 1935, 6. DDLW #293).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Contrasts the support of certain Catholics for the Industrial Council Plan, which called for co-management, with Distributism’s advocacy for co-ownership as the only means to alleviate the injustices caused by industry. Quotes “Osservatore Romano” on its condemnation of capitalism. Repudiates the characterization of the Industrial Council Plan as ‘the Pope’s plan,’ by quoting Pius XII’s 1952 Christmas message opposing efforts to conform society to modern industry and praising economies emphasizing agriculture and the crafts. Laments the use of text books upholding industrial capitalism in Catholic schools and seminaries, and offers examples of the body of American Catholic thought “which sets its face against this godless system.”
(DDLW #175) The Catholic Worker, Oct 1954, 1, 6.
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Relishes attending plays by Chekov and comments on the need to develop ones talents to combat a sense of futility in this age. Says to be a personalist is to be communitarian and writes vignettes of some of those around her. Notes the need to grow in the spiritual life. Keyword: work (The Catholic Worker, March 1956, 3, 7. DDLW #700).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: The Daily Worker, a Communist daily paper, telegraphs The Catholic Worker asking it to denounce “fascist barbarism.” The response protests all war, imperialist, civil, or class, whether fascist or bolshevist. (The Catholic Worker, January 1937, 5. DDLW #313).
