Blowing the Dynamite + No Recourse + Politics Is Politics
Blowing the Dynamite Writing about the Catholic Church, a radical writer says: “Rome will have to do more than to…
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Dorothy Day’s 1973 Interview with Nodlaig McCarthy
In this archival clip from 1973, Dorothy Day sits down with interviewer Nodlaig McCarthy to talk about the origins of the Catholic Workers’ Houses of Hospitality.
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The Nine Provocations of Dorothy Day
Kate Hennessy identifies nine major teachings of Dorothy Day, which she calls “Provocations”, inviting us into deeper understanding and practice of Catholic Worker theology.
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Tener un Bebé – Una Historia de Navidad
Síntesis: Una reimpresión de su relato del parto y nacimiento de su hija Tamar en 1928. La memoria describe la espera para entrar en trabajo de parto y comentarios sobre las mujeres en torno a ella en la clínica Bellevue Hospital. Acompañada por su prima Carol, regresa a Bellevue varios días después cuando sus dolores de parto comienzan. Descripción vívida del dolor que sufrió, sus pensamientos, y los de la gente con la que se encuentra en dichas horas. Tierna descripción del amamantar y sus primeros días con su hija. (The Catholic Worker, Diciembre de 1977, 8, 7. DDLW #583).
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The Aims and Purposes of the Catholic Worker (1943)
Summary: On the tenth anniversary of The Catholic Worker she explains their purpose as promoting love of God and our brother. Their work expresses the beauty of Christianity in supporting the worker, the poor, and eschewing violence. She highlights instances of violent racism. (DDLW #919) The Catholic Worker, May 1943, 4
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We Are Not Too Late to Give Room to Christ
In this 1945 meditation on Christmas, Dorothy Day reflects that it is not too late for any of us to welcome Christ, “who is always asking for room in our hearts” in the guise of our contemporaries, especially the poor.
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In Search of the Family Maurin
Matthieu Langlois and James Murphy share their original research excavating information about just a few of Peter Maurin’s 23 siblings. Originally published in The Catholic Worker, May 2023.
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Saint Thérèse of Lisieux’s Little Way of Love in the Spirituality of Dorothy Day
A new academic paper seeks to shed light on the connection between the spirituality of St. Thérèse of Lisieux and the very public social activism of Dorothy Day. In “Saint Thérèse of Lisieux’s Little Way of Love in the Spirituality of Dorothy Day,” Noel E. Bordador of Nazareth House (Meycauyan, Philippines) proposes that Day saw the Little Way as a path to inner spiritual transformation and social change.
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Two Agitators: Peter Maurin – Ammon Hennacy
Here is the full text of Two Agiators: Peter Maurin – Ammon Hennacy, a 56-page pamphlet published by the New York Catholic Worker in 1959. The pamphlet includes essays by Hennacy, “Easy Essays” by Peter Maurin, and an introduction by Dorothy Day.
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Acclaiming Saint Dorothy: An Argument Against Her Canonization
Many Catholic Workers support the process of adding Dorothy Day to the Church’s official roster of canonized saints—but not all do. While this opposition to the canonization process is often acknowledged, the reasons behind it are rarely detailed. In the spirit of “clarification of thought,” then, here are some of the those reasons.
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Dorothy Day: A Saint for Today
Here’s a lecture delivered by Robert Ellsberg at Loyola University Chicago’s Joan and Bill Hank Center for Catholic Intellectual Heritage on February 17, 2017. Ellsberg was a member of the Catholic Worker community in New York from 1975 to 1980, and served as the managing editor of The Catholic Worker newspaper from 1976 to 1978. He later went on to become editor-in-chief at Orbis Books.
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Dorothy Gauchat, Co-Founder of Our Lady of the Wayside
A short profile of Dorothy and Bill Gauchat, the Cleveland-based Catholic Workers who founded Our Lady of the Wayside for disabled children.
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On War and Peace
Various articles by Dorothy Day on the themes of war, pacifism, and the Catholic Worker positions on making peace.
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Prayers for the Canonization of Dorothy Day
A prayer for the canonization of Dorothy Day and a prayer for her intercession.
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Timeline of the Life of Dorothy Day
A timeline of the life of Dorothy Day cin the context of the history of the Catholic Church, the Catholic Worker Movement, and the world. Created by Dr. Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty.
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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.
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A Collection of Peter Maurin’s Easy Essays
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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Dorothy Day On Work
1946 SeptemberThe Church and WorkDiscusses in length the modern industrial problem of the machine and its relation to factory, land…
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Commentary on the Nicholas Tsai Icon
Jim Forest comments on the icon of Dorothy Day by Nicholas Tsai.
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Servant of God Dorothy Day
ByJim Forest This essay by Jim Forest was originally written for TheEncyclopedia of American Catholic History, published by the Liturgical…
