Is Picketing a Crime?
Summary: Unjust injunctions persecute striking workers in New Jersey. (The Catholic Worker, Oct 1933, 5. DDLW #271).
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All In a Day
Summary: Commentary on a parade for labor organizing, labor leaders, strikes around the country, and advertising to increase consumption. Recommends voluntary sacrifices and gifts to the poor. Suggests study clubs use the Gospels, a newspaper, and Papal encyclicals for their material. (DDLW #272) The Catholic Worker, Oct 1933, 5, 6.
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The Listener – October 1933
Summary: Miscellaneous musings about child labor, study clubs, mimeographed newspapers issued by altar boys. (The Catholic Worker, Oct 1933, 7. DDLW #274).
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Is Picketing a Crime?
Summary: Unjust injunctions persecute striking workers in New Jersey. (DDLW #271) The Catholic Worker, Oct 1933, 5.
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The Listener (October 1933)
Summary: Miscellaneous musings about child labor, study clubs, mimeographed newspapers issued by altar boys. (DDLW #274)The Catholic Worker, Oct 1933, 7.
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What the Catholic Worker Believes
Peter Maurin’s “Easy Essay” outlining the program of the Catholic Worker.
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Catholic Worker Movement
Summary: The depression era story of helping a poor woman find and move into a new apartment after being evicted by a heartless landlord for failure to pay rent. (The Catholic Worker, Sept 1933, 2.DLW #268).
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The Listener
Summary: Daily chronicle of efforts to organize workers by communists and neighborhood councils. Tells of visitors stopping by to get copies of The Catholic Worker. (The Catholic Worker, Sept 1933, 1, 8. DDLW #269).
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The Listener (July-August 1933
Summary: Notes labor unrest and growing awareness of inequalities in the social system. Lauds doing what one can, quoting saints. (DDLW #884). The Catholic Worker, July-August 1933, pp. 1,8
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The Listener
Summary: Commentary on social conditions of the wealthy J.P. Morgan, of working men and women, and the increasing evictions. Describes the reactions of Communists and others to the initial issue of The Catholic Worker on May 1st. (The Catholic Worker, June-July 1933, 1, 5. DDLW #267).
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Maurin’s Program
Summary: Outlines Peter Maurin’s three step program of social reconstruction (round table discussions, houses of hospitality, farm colonies) led by the laity working out the principles in the Popes’ encyclicals on social justice. (DDLW #266) The Catholic Worker, June-July 1933, 4.
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Novena
Summary: A fictional account of a fourteen-year-old girl’s troubles beginning a novena to the Little Flower—St. Therese of Lisieux. (Brooklyn Tablet, May 13, 1933, p. 7)
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Novena
Summary: A fictional account of a fourteen year old girl’s troubles beginning a novena to the Little Flower—St. Therese of Lisieux. DDLW #26 Brooklyn Tablet, May 13, 1933, p. 7
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Our First Editorial (May, 1933)
Summary: In the inaugural issue of the paper, she states the purpose of The Catholic Worker: to popularize the Catholic Church’s program for constructing the social order. Challenges atheistic radicalism asking, “Is it not possible to be radical without being atheistic?” Notes their poverty and asks for contributions. (DDLW #913). The Catholic Worker, May 1958, p. 2
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The Listener (May 1933)
Summary: A collection of vignettes about the unemployed, union efforts, working conditions, wages, education, companies–“The depression goes on.” (The Catholic Worker, May 1933, pages 1, 5)
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The Diabolic Plot
Summary: Points out that many Join the Communist Party with good intentions, such as to better man’s human condition, yet many have received no religious training and are not concerned with the Party’s anti-religious stance. Gives a short summary of Lenin’s attitude toward dealing with Christianity. (The Catholic Worker, 49 (April 29, 1933):82-83. DDLW #44).
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Communism and the Intellectual
Summary: Summarizes the pro-Communist and anti-Capitalist speeches by a group of intellectuals at a symposium whose subject was “Why we vote Communist.” (DDLW #42) Reprinted from America, January 28, 1933, with permission of America Press, Inc., © 1933. For subscription information, call 1-800-627-9533 or visit www.americapress.org America, 48 (January 28, 1933):401-402.
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Confession of Faith
Summary: A conversation with her young daughter (Tamar Teresa) about faith in God. Notes the ways liberal relatives influence their children’s disbelief and the effects of religious education on Teresa. Argues that faith in God is not unreasonable and that unbelief stems not from lack of reason, but from lack of inquiry. (America, 48 (January 14, 1933) :359-360. DDLW #41).
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Confession of Faith
Summary: A conversation with her young daughter (Tamar Teresa) about faith in God. Notes the ways liberal relatives influence their children’s disbelief and the effects of religious education on Teresa. Argues that faith in God is not unreasonable and that unbelief stems not from lack of reason, but from lack of inquiry. (DDLW #41). America, 48 (January 14, 1933) :359-360.
Reprinted from America, January 14, 1933, with permission of America Press, Inc., © 1933. For subscription information, call 1-800-627-9533 or visit www.americapress.org
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Hunger Marchers in Washington
Summary: Narrates the events surrounding a workers protest march in Washington, D.C., organized by the Communists. Contrasts the press-fed frenzy of the authorities with the well-planned, disciplined, and non-violent demonstrators. (Commonweal, 48 (December 24, 1932): 277-279. Reprinted with permission. DDLW #39).
