ByDorothy Day
Summary: Describes the progress in getting Peter Maurin farm on Staten Island up and running–building, planting, neighborly help, and summer camps for children from Harlem. Extols Christian Communism of the family on the land. (The Catholic Worker, June 1954, 2, 8. DDLW #670).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Traces the French involvement in Vietnam through the lives of the 19th century missionary Venard and the political leader Ho Chi Minh. Admits it is hard to clearly see complex historical issues where faith, persecution, power, and economics intermingle. Keywords: war (The Catholic Worker, May 1954, 1, 6. DDLW #667).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Paints a picture of Catholic Worker community life–the house, work, prayer, needs, and volunteers. Lists the summer programs for Peter Maurin Farm and Maryfarm. Describes her Holy Week observance. (The Catholic Worker, May 1954, 2, 8. DDLW #668).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Passionate condemnation of the hydrogen bomb tests and industrial preparation of nerve gas for war. Upholds the supremacy of conscience and challenges each person to resist as they are able. Quotes spiritual writers in an effort to strengthen her faith and reduce fear. (The Catholic Worker, April 1954, 1, 6. DDLW #664).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Experiences God’s tenderness in the springtime beauty flooding her senses. Appreciates the improvements at the farm wrought by diligent manual labor and tape recorded retreat conferences by Fr. Hugo. (The Catholic Worker, April 1954, 3, 5. DDLW #666).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Overflowing with the destitute and broke, she implores St. Joseph to move readers to help. Praises the work with the poor of The Little Brothers of Jesus. The Catholic Worker, April 1954, 2. (DDLW #665).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Digest of news stories of organized underground efforts by political prisoners in Russia culminating in a strike by miners. Focuses on the role of faith in this non-violent struggle. (The Catholic Worker, March 1954, 3, 8. DDLW #662).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: While convalescing she quotes the recently ill Pope on illness and suffering. Tells of being cared for, the life of the house, and the inadequate housing of Tamar’s family. (The Catholic Worker, March 1954, 2, 6. DDLW #661).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: A tender remembrance of poet Max Bodenheim and his wife Ruth who were murdered. Recounts the many times her and Max’s paths crossed, his tormented and difficult life of poverty, and Max and Ruth’s coming for hospitality to the Catholic Worker. Comments on Ruth’s flirtations and unseemly newspaper accounts of their life. (The Catholic Worker, March 1954, 3, 7, 8. DDLW #663).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Discusses the differences and similarities of the ‘Worker Priests’ of France and the Little Brothers of Jesus. Explains the Church’s condemnation the Jeunesse de L’Eglise movement, linked to some worker priests, which advocated a close a association between Marxism and Catholicism, but is distraught at the Church’s inconsistency in not condemning those priests who are closely linked to capitalism. Sees the present day scandal of the Church as an imbalance between spiritual and material works. (DDLW #174) The Catholic Worker, Mar 1954, pp. 2, 4
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Describes life at Maryfarm during Winter: guests, visitors, gifts of a statue of the Blessed Mother and a phonograph, and pies, furniture repair and refurbishing. Mentions books read as spiritual reading during silent meals. (DDLW #945). The Catholic Worker, Mar 1954, p. 3
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Explains what anarchism and pacifism mean against the backdrop of the modern state. Reaffirms the principles of subsidiarity, freedom and personal responsibility, and the membership of all in the body of Christ. (DDLW #237) The Catholic Worker, February 1954, pp 1, 7
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Summarizes The Way of a Pilgrim* and the Jesus prayer. Quotes the book and recommends it as a spiritual classic. Underscores its application in daily living. (DDLW #883). Third Hour #6 1954, pp.13-18
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Stories of life at Peter Maurin Farm—children’s talk of God, her reading, a family needing hospitality, the gift of a cow, a visit from the FBI, and the need for activists to pray. (DDLW #235) The Catholic Worker, Jan 1954, pp. 1, 7, 8
ByDorothy Day
Summary: A new year’s reflection on the ways they have failed Peter Maurin’s vision. Concludes that “…such failures are inseparable to a work of this kind, and necessary for our growth in holiness.” Posits that Peter would identify the tendency to act without sufficient clarification of thought as their greatest failure, and resolves to do better, while recognizing that attempting to put ideas into effect at once, and the ensuing failures, have been necessary for their growth. (DDLW #236) The Catholic Worker, Jan 1954, pp 3, 6
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Ill and ordered to rest she reflects on sickness, life, and death. Tales of life at Peter Maurin farm–the gift of 45 chickens, a blizzard, and smog. (The Catholic Worker, December 1953, 1, 7, 8. DDLW #660).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Meditation on dying and praying for the dead. Enumerates the many people on a list kept in her missal. Recalls that Fr. Zachery, her confessor, taught her that “There is no time with God.” (The Catholic Worker, November 1953, 1, 7. DDLW #657).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Says they are servants of those who send help for the work of hospitality. Notes their continuance is a miracle and that their purpose is to show the providence of God. (DDLW #658) The Catholic Worker, November 1953, p. 2
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Details life at Peter Maurin Farm–nearby brush fires, visitors, discussions, neighbors–“It is not a Utopia.” (The Catholic Worker, November 1953, 2, 4. DDLW #659).
ByDorothy Day
Summary: Recommends a new edition of the St. Andrew Daily Missal saying it is a “veritable encyclopedia for the layman.” Keywords: liturgy (The Catholic Worker, October 1953, 5. DDLW #656).
