Life on a small organic farm in northeastern Pennsylvania in the cool early days of spring, adapting to the rhythms of planting, livestock care and chores, can sound blissful to anyone buffeted by adult pressures and responsibilities.
Carmina Chapp hopes you think that.
Dorothy Day's principal lasting influence on American Catholicism may have been to show a faith-based alternative to secularist progressivism. In 2023, Pope Francis wrote the foreword to a new edition of Day's 1938 memoir about her conversion to Catholicism, "From Union Square
Dorothy Day liked St. Thérèse of Lisieux when she first heard of her, from a young mother in the next bed in the Bellevue Hospital maternity ward. She very much disliked the saint when she first read her, though. She found “The
We can embrace examples from our past, reignite worthwhile spiritual practices and model them for our children and for future generations. Just like someone did for my mom, many years ago.
In 1977, my then 20-year-old mother visited the Catholic Worker in New
Columnist Russell Shaw explores the life of Dorothy Day, who with Peter Maurin, founded the Catholic Worker, which became “a significant presence in American Catholicism, not only helping the poor and outcast but providing a rallying point for other activists and young
A floating monument to Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, made its maiden voyage to Manhattan April 28, sailing forth from Day’s adopted home of Staten Island that afternoon.
With the Church still celebrating the Christmas season, columnist David Mills looks back on a request in the 1930s by the Communist Party’s Daily Worker to obtain a Christmas message from Dorothy Day and her Catholic Worker newspaper that would “contribute toward
In mid-September, the Dorothy Day, the newest Staten Island Ferry boat, arrived in New York Harbor. The third of three new Ollis-class vessels built by Eastern Shipbuilding Group, the Dorothy Day is named for the beloved Catholic Staten Island journalist. Father Patrick
For the Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time, Catherine Cavadini recounts the Gospel through the eyes of Dorothy Day, the co-founder of The Catholic Worker movement, writing: “‘I only love God as much as I love the person I love the least.’ These
As the first stage of Dorothy Day’s sainthood cause is finalized, Kathryn Jean Lopez reflects upon the letters of Day: “My favorite quote about Day comes from Archbishop José Gomez: ‘I don’t know if Dorothy Day is a saint, but she makes