ByDorothy Day
Summary: Account of a trip through Chicago, Minnesota, and onto Montreal. Comments on the interest of students in pacifism, singing psalms in English, riding the bus, and prayer–“A fundamental study.” (DDLW #733). The Catholic Worker, December 1957, 2, 8.
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Vivid description of the pulsing sounds of worship and smells of death in a black neighborhood in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Admires the works of mercy at Mary Frecon’s house of hospitality, and example of “the little way.” Recalls the wonderful time children had at their labor day retreat and laments their expenses on the farm and for the breadline in the city. (DDLW #484: The Catholic Worker, November 1957, pages 4, 7.)
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Lists various answers to the question “What does the Catholic Worker mean?” Says we all need to begin with ourselves in learning to give of ourselves. Keywords: poverty, family, pacifism, anarchism (DDLW #730) The Catholic Worker, November 1957, p. 2
ByDorothy Day
Summary: A tender obituary of Catherine Odlivak, a Catholic Worker for many years. She is remembered as someone “unspotted by the world,” a woman of prayer, gentle, someone conscious of God’s presence. Keywords: retreat (The Catholic Worker, November 1957, 6, 8. DDLW #732).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: An account of moving her daughter Tamar’s family from Staten Island to a spacious home and farm in Vermont. (DDLW #729). The Catholic Worker, October 1957, 8.
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Responds to criticism of their refusal to participate in air raid drills. Says they are rejecting the authority of the State to compel men to war. Says “Self-suffering, non-resistance to evil, is an alternative offered by the pacifist to the government, . . .” Keywords: civil disobedience, pacifism. (DDLW #728: The Catholic Worker, October 1957, page 2.)
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Notes visitors from South Africa and her jailing for civil disobedience. Graphic account of her grandchildren at play and “the causalities of life with children. Ah me!” (The Catholic Worker, September 1957, 4. DDLW #727).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: In jail for civil disobedience she describes in graphic detail the experience of detention–noise, animality, despair, mistreatment, “the ugliness of it all”. She has particular sympathy for the drug addicts and prostitutes. Sees her stay as visiting the prisoner and an opportunity to tell the story of those in jail. Points to the need for faith in small actions and for prayer. (The Catholic Worker, September 1957, 1, 2, 6. DDLW #726).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Promotes non-violent resistance to atomic bomb testing and all preparations for war. Defends the Catholic Worker’s civil disobedience actions in refusing to participate in civil defense drills. Says all Americans need to atone for Hiroshima and Nagasaki as she anticipates being jailed again for her protest. (The Catholic Worker, July-August 1957, 1, 3. DDLW #724).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Serving a month-long sentence for protesting civil defense drills her letters describe conditions in jail. Says there protest was a refusal to participate in psychological warfare and a way of showing responsibility for the common good. (The Catholic Worker, July-August 1957, 3. DDLW #725).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Serving a month-long sentence for protesting civil defense drills her letters describe conditions in jail. Says their protest was a refusal to participate in psychological warfare and a way of showing responsibility for the common good. (DDLW #725: The Catholic Worker, July-August 1957, page 3)
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Describes the Catholic Worker as “an inn by the side of the road” and explains the attraction it has for people who want to do the works of mercy. Also talks about visitors, diminished interest in May Day rallies, groups for the mentally ill, and a delightful week of caring for her grandchildren. (The Catholic Worker, June 1957, 2, 8. DDLW #723).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: An anniversary remembrance of the Catholic Worker’s origins and how war and labor issues continue in the present. Recalls Peter Maurin’s opposition to the modern State, his emphasis on the principle of subsidiarity, clarification of thought, and the common good. (The Catholic Worker, May 1957, 2. DDLW #721).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Witnesses the ugly harassment of the inter-racial farming community, Koinonia, during an extended visit. She shares in the daily work and is shot at while standing watch late at night. Says integration will move forward as others take up similar work. Keywords: civil rights, blacks, African-Americans, segregation (The Catholic Worker, May 1957, 3, 6. DDLW #722).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Begs for help as they are about to begin their 25th year of serving the poor. Compares the Catholic Workers to the desert fathers in their humility, gentleness, and the way their actions show a standard of values that turn the world upside down. (DDLW #720) The Catholic Worker, April 1957, p. 2
ByDorothy Day
Summary: A collection of stories: her daughter Tamar’s search for a new farm, the gift of looms, a book by Eric Fromm on community, labor and civil rights picketing, her profession as a Benedictine oblate, and the injustice of Morton Sobell’s trial for espionage with the Rosenbergs. (The Catholic Worker, April 1957, 1, 6. DDLW #719).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: A detailed account of her attendance as an observer at the Communist Party Convention. She identifies with their ends–a just social order–but not their means or beliefs (violence and atheism). Prods Catholics to “hard study” of those working for peace and justice, learning with her “of incorporating social thinking into the works of mercy.” Keywords: prison (The Catholic Worker, March 1957, 3, 6. DDLW #718).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Describes her stay in prison after protesting air raid drills and notes it was comfortable. Decries the many women there because of drug charges. Mourns the sudden death of Paulina Sturm and writes appreciative obituary of her involvements with the Catholic Worker and work for justice. (The Catholic Worker, February 1957, 1, 2, 7. DDLW #717).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Meditates on suffering and nonviolence in light of fighting in Hungary. Harshly criticizes clergy who do not prepare the laity to use spiritual weapons. Doubts the criteria of the just war theory can be met. Desires to grow in love so as to understand the mystery of suffering and forgiveness. (The Catholic Worker, January 1957, 1, 2, 8. DDLW #716).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Reports on the many religious serving poor Negroes in Mississippi in schools, parishes, and aid associations. Stories of segregation and small victories for equal rights. Keywords: African-American, colored, blacks, civil rights (The Catholic Worker, December 1956, 1, 6, 7. DDLW #715).
