October 9, 2008 at the University of St. Thomas in Houston The panel discussion of the book, The Catholic Worker Movement: Intellectual and Spiritual Origins by Mark and Louise Zwick (Paulist Press) at the University of St. Thomas, Houston, was cancelled because of Hurricane Ike. It has been rescheduled for Thursday, October 9, from 7:00 to… continue reading
Symposium on Mark and Louise Zwick’s Book, The Catholic Worker Movement: Intellectual and Spiritual Origins
Meeting Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin
Stanley visited the Catholic Worker when he was and idealistic 18-year-old and began to help. He could never decide if he wanted to stay or not for sure, but died as a Catholic Worker at age 80. One morning in the Williamsburg branch of the public library I picked up The Life of Christ by… continue reading
My Dorothy Day
Tom Cornell is a long-time Catholic Worker who worked with Dorothy Day. He is a deacon in the Archdiocese of New York. Joe Zarrella, among the first Catholic Workers, preferred her old publisher’s publicity photo from the Thirties, Dorothy in wavy shoulder-length hair. I prefer the one from the mid-Sixties, before she lost her weight,… continue reading
Dorothy Day on Love: The Mystery of the Poor
It is most surely an exercise of faith for us to see Christ in each other. But it is through such exercise that we grow and the joy of our vocation assures us we are on the right path. On Easter Day, on awakening late after the long midnight services in our parish church, I… continue reading
Easy Essays The Easy Essays of Peter Maurin Define the Catholic Worker Movement
What the Catholic Worker Believes The Catholic Worker believes in the gentle personalism of traditional Catholicism. The Catholic Worker believes in the personal obligation of looking after the needs of our brother. The Catholic Worker believes in the daily practice of the Works of Mercy. The Catholic Worker believes in Houses of Hospitality for the immediate… continue reading
Dorothy Day’s Granddaughters on Canonization
by Martha Hennessy It is a privilege for my family to be asked to participate in the effort to forward the cause for canonization of Dorothy Day. I hope that our contributions can be understood, in the words of Peter Maurin as part of “the clarification of thought” and that our sentiments will not disqualify… continue reading
Dorothy Day on the Atom Bomb at Hiroshima
Reprinted on the sixtieth anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb. Mr. Truman was jubilant. President Truman. True man; what a strange name, come to think of it. We refer to Jesus Christ as true God and true Man. Truman is a true man of his time in that he was jubilant. He was… continue reading
Group Formed to Promote Canonization of Dorothy Day: Reflections on Dorothy’s Life and Spirit
Robert Ellsberg spoke at a gathering of individuals interested in the canonization of Dorothy Day on June 7, 2005, held under the auspices of the Cardinal Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Egan. Since Dorothy Day was from New York, it fell under the responsibility of the Ordinary of her diocese to pursue the canonization process…. continue reading
Dorothy Day, Co-Founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, Servant of God, 1897-1980, a Patroness of Migrants
Many hearts have been touched by the stories of the suffering of immigrants and refugees coming to the United States, and especially the deaths this summer in the trailer truck in Victoria, Texas Many ask what they can do to help those who have been uprooted from their homes and families, those who have tried… continue reading
The Power of Fritz Eichenberg Woodcuts with Dorothy Day Text in The Catholic Worker: The Peaceable Kingdom
Fr. Daprile, a priest from the Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio, has just sent us a copy of his dissertation at Duquesne University. It is entitled The Power of the Visual Image and its Correlation to Text: The Graphic Illustrations of Fritz Eichenberg and the Texts of Dorothy Day as found in The Catholic Worker 1949-1980…. continue reading