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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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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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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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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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…
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Eulogy at the Funeral of Dorothy Day
ByGeoffrey B. Gneuhs, O.P. EULOGY GIVEN BY FATHER GEOFFREY B. GNEUHS, O.P., AT THE FUNERAL OF DOROTHY DAY, NATIVITY CHURCH,…
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The Life and Spirituality of Dorothy Day
This article is from the introduction to the book Praying with Dorothy Day by James Allaire and Rosemary Broughton.
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Biographies of Dorothy Day
An Introduction to the Life and Spirituality of Dorothy Dayby James Allaire and Rosemary Broughton Servant of God Dorothy Dayby…
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Thirty interesting facts about Dorothy Day
Born in 1897, she was raised in a nominally Protestant family and became a Roman Catholic in 1928. One of…
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Dorothy Day, Servant of God
Almost immediately after her death in 1980 controversy arose about whether Dorothy Day should be canonized a Saint by the…
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Dorothy Day’s Very Early Writings
Chicago Daily Tribune Three short stories, written when Dorothy Day was 13 and 14, are likely her first published work….
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An Eye For Others, Dorothy Day Journalist: 1916-1917
This book by Tom McDonough opens a new dimension on Dorothy Day whose life has been recorded in numerous biographies…
