How Dorothy Day Became Dorothy Day
Two new books highlight the life and legacy of the Servant of God.
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Saint Wannabes: Catholic Higher Education and the Pursuit of Holiness
Saints don’t have to found activist movements, start religious orders, or run colleges. They can also become saints by getting the kids to soccer practice, making dinner and reading bedtime stories.
Dorothy Day on the True Joys of Christmas
COMMENTARY: We are one and need to live as one. That was one great lesson of Christmas that Dorothy Day saw and lived.
Dorothy Day, Mongolia, Synod on Synodality, and Politicized School Curricula (Sept. 2)
Students are back in school or soon will be. And parents of public school students are, in some places, on high alert to safeguard their children from politicized agendas — especially in regards to gender identity in their school curriculum. Senior editor Joan Desmond has been following the latest developments in parental rights in California and across the country and she joins today. But first, we turn to news from the Vatican. Roman holiday — the traditional August escape from hot and humid Rome — is over and Pope Francis has picked up a busy schedule with a four-day trip to Mongolia, continued preparations for the synod, the signaling of support for the cause of Dorothy Day and confirmation that a sequel to Laudato Si is in the works.
Dorothy Day, a Witness for Today
EDITORIAL: The founder of the Catholic Worker Movement is a compelling witness of holiness, and hope, for our contemporary times.
Pope Francis Praises Dorothy Day in Preface to Collection of Her Work
The American Catholic, who is being considered for canonization and has been named a “servant of God” by Rome, was the founder of the Catholic Worker Movement and the Catholic Worker newspaper.
Whither the Catholic Worker Movement?
COMMENTARY: One cannot understand the movement unless one understands how central the totality of Dorothy Day’s Catholic faith was to the entirety of her vision, and sadly the movement has lost sight of it.
Putting the ‘Catholic’ in Catholic Worker
A new generation of communities is integrating hospitality and solidarity with the poor through prayer and Church fidelity, consistent with the vision of the movement’s founders.
How We Treat the Poor in Age Reveals Something About Ourselves
COMMENTARY: We must be present and available to the elderly, welcome them, bring them into our lives.
Transformed by the Beauty and the Life of Christ: The Future of the Catholic Literary Imagination
COMMENTARY: Contemplating what constitutes ‘a good and beautiful work.’
