When I made the retreat, I was not a practicing Catholic. I had left the Church as a teen, and had been associated for the previous two years with an eastern mystic sect. With no intentions of returning to my faith, I came to the retreat for silence. I left fully committed to Christ. Father… continue reading
Fr. John Hugo, Spiritual Director to Dorothy Day, calls us to follow Jesus
April 1, 1996 by
This is the eighth article in a series on the philosophers, saints and spiritual guides who inspired Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in founding and living out the vision of the Catholic Worker. This issue features Fr. John Hugo, who developed the famous retreat that became also the Catholic Worker retreat. Fr. John J. Hugo,… continue reading
St. Teresa of Avila inspired Dorothy Day – Saint Teresa of Avila and Dorothy Day rebelled against Mediocrity
February 1, 1996 by
This is the seventh article in a series on the philosophers and spiritual guides who inspired Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in founding and living out the vision of the Catholic Worker. In this issue we feature St. Teresa of Avila. When she came into the Catholic Church soon after the birth of her child,… continue reading
Christian Contemplation not for Privileged Few, but for All (Jacques Maritain)
November 1, 1995 by
As a child I was brought up in “liberal Protestantism.” Later on I became acquainted with the different phases of secularistic thought. The scientist and phenomenist philosophy of my teachers at the Sorbonne at last made me despair of reason. At one time I thought I might be able to find complete certitude in the… continue reading
Christians must Transform the World: No Revolutions based on Hate and Greed (Jacques Maritain)
November 1, 1995 by
We have said that in the ordinary course it is principally by its sincerity or single-mindedness that an effort at reform or revolution is made effective and that it has a chance of success in the actual order o things. But how is this possible in the case of an effort to renew the temporal… continue reading
The Saints Refuse to Accept Evil (Jacques Maritain)
November 1, 1995 by
I take the liberty of insisting thereon: if Christians, in effect, were to renounce keeping in their hearts the desire for sanctity (even if they only desire it very distantly, excessively distantly, even if they live in evil), this would be an ultimate betrayal against God and against the world. The saints participate throughout the… continue reading
Pure Means – Ethical Choices (Jacques and Raissa Maritain)
November 1, 1995 by
(A free translation by Peter Maurin from a chapter in the untranslated volume of Maritain–The Temporal Regime and Liberty. (Later published in English as Freedom in the Modern World.) 1. GOING TO THE ROOTS In trying to bring the spirit of the Gospel, the spirit of integral humanism into the cultural and temporal order, people fail to realize the… continue reading
Jacques and Raissa Maritain influenced the early Catholic Worker
November 1, 1995 by
This is the sixth article in a series on the philosophers and spiritual guides who inspired Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in founding and living out the vision of the Catholic Worker. In this issue we feature a married couple, Jacques and Raissa Maritain. We are grateful to the Catholic Worker Archives at Marquette University… continue reading
Saint Catherine of Siena: A Woman who Influenced her Times
October 1, 1995 by
This article, the fifth in a series on the saints, philosophers and spiritual guides who influenced Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in their vision and living out of the Catholic Worker movement, features St. Catherine of Siena. Dorothy had read a biography of St. Catherine of Siena, before meeting Peter Maurin. In two of her… continue reading
Saint Catherine of Siena: Do for your Neighbor what you Cannot Do for Me
October 1, 1995 by
The following are excerpts from The Dialogue (Catherine’s dialogue with God in which God is speaking to her): I would have you know that every good, whether perfect or imperfect, is acquired and made manifest in me. And it is acquired and made manifest by means of your neighbor. Even simple folk know this, for… continue reading
