Dorothy Day
Servant of God Dorothy Day (1897-1980) was an American Catholic activist and founded the Catholic Worker movement, establishing houses of hospitality and advocating pacifism.
In 1972, for her 75th birthday, the editors of America dedicated an entire issue to Day, writing: “By now, if one had to choose a single individual to symbolize the best in the aspiration and action of the American Catholic community during the last forty years, that one person would certainly be Dorothy Day.”
Day’s cause for canonization is being explored by the Holy See.
Articles
An Introduction to Dorothy Day
Without dismissing the importance of other leaders in the history of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States, it is fair to say that Dorothy Day remains, at the dawn of the new millennium, the radical conscience of American Catholicism.
Five Years with Dorothy Day
I had planned to stay a few months, but was pretty quickly hooked and remained for five years – the last five years of Dorothy’s life, as it turned out.
Under the Gaze of Dorothy Day: Living with my grandmother’s faith
My grandmother, Dorothy Day, believed that to lose one’s faith was the greatest sadness.
Our Brothers, the Jews: A lost manuscript, a continued call for solidarity
A lost manuscript, a continued call for solidarity
