Tom Cornell (1934-2022)
A collection of tributes to longtime Catholic Worker and Catholic peace activist Tom Cornell, who died on August 1, 2022, at the age of 88.
- Pax Christi USA statement on the passing of Tom Cornell
- National Catholic Reporter
- Northwest Catholic
- America Magazine
- CRUX
- Tom Cornell named one of four Ambassadors of Peace in 2021
- A short bio of Tom on the Pax Christi USA Ambassadors of Peace page
- 2014 Commonweal interview with Tom Cornell
- Read Tom’s reflection, “Talking Pope Francis and Dorothy Day,” delivered at Pax Christi Hudson Valley’s Mass for Peace in 2013.
Cover photo via Jim Forest: Fr David Kirk, Jim Forest, Monica and Tom Cornell et al on Foley Square NY. This was taken 26 June 1968, the day of Tom’s sentencing for having burned his draft card; The sign in front of Tom reads: “Tom Cornell, Cream of American Middle Age.” Ralph DiGia of the War Resisters League is behind the balloon. At the time Tom was co-secretary of the Catholic Peace Fellowship. Before that he was managing editor of The Catholic Worker. Fr David Kirk, left, was the founder of Emmaus House in New York.
