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Dorothy Day’s Very Early Writings

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Chicago Daily Tribune Three short stories, written when Dorothy Day was 13 and 14, are likely her first published work….

Chicago Daily Tribune

Three short stories, written when Dorothy Day was 13 and 14, are likely her first published work.

The New York Call

Thirty-six articles written in 1916-1917 for the socialist paper The New York Call.

The New Orleans Item

Seventy articles written in 1923-1924 for the The New Orleans Item.

The Eleventh Virgin

An autobiographical novel published in 1924.

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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.

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    On Pilgrimage (February 1960)

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    Summary: Shares reactions to an article by Thomas Merton and a biography of Charles de Foucauld. Notes we have hardly begun to understand the gospels. Tells stories of feeling fear and the senseless cold war. Tells of the work of religious and lay groups in Minnesota. Says “we need to pray for vocations, all kinds of vocations.” (DDLW #761) The Catholic Worker, February 1960, 2, 7, 8.

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    More About Cuba

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    Summary: Rues the nationalism and waste of resources that continues in our relations with Cuba–“out next door brothers.” Says she will continue to write in the light of faith about all that contributes to “a heartwarming zeal for the common good.” Keywords: war, pacifism (DDLW #800). The Catholic Worker, February 1963, 1, 4.

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    Pacifism

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    Summary: Outlines The Catholic Worker pacifist position: opposition to class war, imperialist war, and war preparations. Calls for the courage to disarm. “It takes a man of heroic stature to be a pacifist and we urge readers to consider and study pacifism and disarmament in this light.” (DDLW #215). The Catholic Worker, May 1936, 8.

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    On Pilgrimage (March 1966)

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    Summary: Admits “rambling” about her grandchildren, her reading habits, and books she recommends before getting to the point–“I am afraid I am a traditionalist.” She reaffirms her high regard for the liturgical movement and the Mass, objecting to an incident where a coffee cup is used for a chalice. She speaks of CW conflicts and the ongoing struggle of freedom and authority. (DDLW #249: The Catholic Worker, March 1966, 1, 2, 6, 8.)

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    Farming Commune

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    Summary: Defines personalism as the realization that one “cannot find satisfaction in this life unless he reckons that there is only God and himself.” Discusses the difficulties of farming communes and the need to establish the communal aspects of Christianity. (The Catholic Worker, February 1944, 1,8. DDLW #149).