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Author: Peter Maurin

Peter Maurin (May 9, 1877 – May 15, 1949) co-founded the Catholic Worker movement with Dorothy Day. For more about him, see the Peter Maurin section of catholicworker.org.
A Collection of Peter Maurin’s Easy Essays
Easy Essays | Peter Maurin

A Collection of Peter Maurin’s Easy Essays

Peter MaurinByPeter Maurin February 11, 2022October 21, 2022

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.

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What the Catholic Worker Believes
Easy Essays | Peter Maurin

What the Catholic Worker Believes

Peter MaurinByPeter Maurin October 1, 1933October 1, 2022

Peter Maurin’s “Easy Essay” outlining the program of the Catholic Worker.

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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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