Day After Day – Jul Aug 1943
Summary: Notes from her date book about visitors, talks attended and given, meetings, and visits to friends. (The Catholic Worker, July August 1943, 1, 3. DDLW #394).
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On Retreat
Summary: Summarizes the first day’s conferences of a weeklong silent retreat. Emphasis is on learning to increase our love of God through the right ordering of our desires in every day actions. Comments on the surroundings. (The Catholic Worker, July-August 1943, 2, 3. DDLW #393).
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Where is Sanctuary?
Summary: She is appalled that some don’t believe the killing of Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe. Cites documented incidents of mass killings. Lists twelve recommendations for rescue, among them a change in immigration laws in the United States. Keywords: anti-semitism (The Catholic Worker, June 1943, 1, 9. DDLW #391).
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Day After Day – June 1943
Summary: Dorothy meditates on the importance of books to her, Peter Maurin, and to the Catholic Worker tradition. Mentions many titles and relates reading to prayer and joy. (The Catholic Worker, June 1943, 4, 5. DDLW #392).
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Day After Day – May 1943
Summary: Description of their Mott Street neighborhood where in the midst of poverty there is real joy. Recalls the beauty of Holy Week services and the Catholic Worker’s international network of friends and correspondents. Appeals for sheets and household items. (The Catholic Worker, May 1943, 4. DDLW #389).
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Aims and Purposes (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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Day After Day – April 1943
Summary: Mediates on the Catholic Worker’s mission to all the poor–including those who are deemed unworthy of assistance by some who blame the poor for their condition. Concludes the story of her Southern travels with observations on Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. Updates readers on the status of the women’s Bayard Street shelter and the history behind Ade Bethune’s illustrated Stations of the Cross. (The Catholic Worker, April 1943 DDLW #388).
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Day After Day – March 1943
Summary: Describes her tour of the South in prose which evokes the rigors of travelling by bus in wartime and her reactions to the people she meets in Florida and Alabama. Praises the work of priests and religious in Alabama. Describes the hard work and poor housing for Negroes, Southern land ownership patterns, and race relations. (The Catholic Worker, March 1943, 1, 4. DDLW #387).
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Day After Day
Summary: Discusses the two major subjects of her speaking engagements, Peter Maurin, whom she describes as founder and mind of the C.W., and personalism, which she describes as communitarian, and the philosophy of both P. Maurin and the C.W.. Describes some of the difficulties in living the CW vocation and running farming communes. Recommends reading the Desert Fathers and Aldous Huxley’s Grey Eminence to understand personalism and communitarianism. (DDLW #148). The Catholic Worker, February 1943, 1,4.
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If Conscription Comes For Women
Summary: Asserts she would not register for the draft, even as a conscientious objector, because it is the first step toward conscription, which is incompatible with Christianity. Answers common objections to her stance, especially specious appeals to Scripture. Endorses tax resistance if possible. (DDLW #222) The Catholic Worker, Jan 1943, pp. 1, 4
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Day After Day (January 1943)
Summary: A general summary of The Catholic Worker’s tenth year–update on the status of houses and farms (open and closed), marriages, births, deaths; whereabouts of workers; publications; her travels. Notes the impact of World War II on members of the movement, including the status of conscientious objectors and conscription protestors. Underlines that houses of hospitality and farms are an attempt at applying a personalist, communitarian philosophy in living out the works of mercy. (DDLW #221) The Catholic Worker, Jan 1943, pp. 4, 6
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Day After Day (December 1942)
Summary: Discusses the objection that the Catholic Worker has made pacifism a precept, not a counsel like poverty, chastity, and obedience. Explains that the counsels are the means to the end to which all are obliged to aim, which is perfection. Says over emphasis on authority leads to totalitarianism. Violent means will not bring forth an end result of peace. (DDLW #220) The Catholic Worker, Dec 1942, pp. 1, 6.
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Day After Day – November 1942
Summary: Recounts her travels throughout the Midwest, reviews CW accomplishments and establishments, updates on various Catholic Worker activities, and those serviing in the armed forces. Notes the creation of two conscientious objector camps and the formation of the Association of Catholic Conscientious Objectors. A lengthy description of people and activities centered on the farm at Avon, Ohio. (The Catholic Worker, November 1942, 1, 4, 5. DDLW #386).
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Day After Day – September 1942
Summary: A St. Joseph Day bequest provides an opportunity to explain why The Catholic Worker has never incorporated and the nature of its organizational philosophy favoring smallness. As he had promised, Tony Pereiro brings spindles, similar to those used by Gandhi, as souvenirs from his trip to India which are viewed as “revolutionary implements,” symbols of another way of life. eywords: industrialism, philosophy of the Catholic Worker (The Catholic Worker, September 1942, 1, 4. DDLW #385).
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Story of a Legacy
Summary: After receiving $500 in someone’s will, explains why the Catholic Worker is not incorporated–the basis of the work is personal responsibility and seeing Christ in everyone who comes for help. Says “Ever to become smaller that is the aim.” (The Catholic Worker, Sept. 1942, p 3. DDLW #520).
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Day After Day (July/August 1942)
Summary: Updates about Odell Waller’s execution, the plight of Japanese-Americans in detention camps, the release of Panchelly, Woodworth, and Brown from Trenton Penetentiary, and the doings of various Catholic Workers such as Ossie Bondy, Peter Maurin, and Ade Bethune. Recounts her brushes with the FBI inquiring about conscientious objectors and the Office of Censorship, and shares her concern that the military has occupied land belonging to Catholic institutions. Gives the schedule of retreats, a description of Mott Street in oppresive Summer heat and various infestations, and an expression of gratitude to Nina Polcyn (Milwaukee) and Justine L’Esperance (Detroit) for their help. (DDLW #384). The Catholic Worker, July/August 1942, 1, 4.
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In Sundry Times and Places
Summary: Contrasts the scenic countryside as she travels by bus and Phil. 4:8-9 with a magazine article description of commando training in England. (DDLW #219). The Catholic Worker, June 1942, 4.
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Grave Injustice Done Japanese On West Coast
Summary: Decries the internment and relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II in concentration camps as unjust, and laments the attitudes justifying the action. Describes the dire living conditions and indignity suffered by the victims of internment. (DDLW #218) The Catholic Worker, Jun 1942, pp. 1, 3.
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Day After Day (June 1942)
Summary: Expresses a joyful heart despite the world war Reports on the effects of the war on the West Coast, lamenting the pervasive militarization. Recounts visits to friends and bishops in the West and reports on the activities of Catholic Workers on the West Coast, including Houses of Hospitality in Seattle, Sacramento, and Los Angeles. (DDLW #217) The Catholic Worker, Jun 1942, pp. 1, 4, 6.
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Day After Day – May 1942
Summary: Reviews her lecture-tour and visit to Catholic Worker groups begun on March 29th through Montreal; Baltimore, where she revisited acquaintances at St. Peter Claver’s; Cincinnati; a lecture at a girls’ school in nearby Kentucky and a visit to a state mental hospital; St. Louis where she renewed old friendships and was reminded of America’s racial problems; Oklahoma City and a visit to a federal reformatory and St. Patrick’s Guest House where she visited conscientious objectors. Muses how this journey is part of the work although she prefers settling down. (The Catholic Worker, May 1942, 1, 4, 7. DDLW #382).
